Kaempfert Medley Flacflac

German producer, arranger, conductor, band-leader and composer, born October 16, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany, and died June 21, 1980 on Mallorca, Spain. Nick-name: “Fips”. He won a Golden Globe-Award for his composition “Strangers In The Night”. Stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Caterina Valente, Engelbert, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington and Count Basie were successful with Kaempfert’s compositions…

German conductor, arranger, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, whose hits included the chart-topper "Wonderland by Night." Stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Caterina Valente, Engelbert, Dean Martin, Nat "King" Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington and Count Basie were successful with Kaempfert's compositions. Bert Kaempfert had almost too much talent, ability, and good luck rolled into one career to be fully appreciated, even by his own chosen audience, the lovers of fine orchestral pop music. He was one of the most successful conductors, arrangers, and recording artists in the latter field, but was also a major producer and played a key (if indirect) role in the roots of the British beat boom of the early '60s, which evolved into the British Invasion of America in 1964.

Everybody knows "Strangers in the Night", one of the greatest hits of the 20th century. Yet, hardly anybody knows that the German composer Bert Kaempfert wrote the song. One can find his name credited next to a great number of world-famous titles. Kaempfert made music history and created a distinctive style with titles like "Spanish Eyes", "Danke Schoen", "A Swingin’ Safari" or the aforementioned "Strangers in the Night", that facilitated Frank Sinatra’s furious return to the top of the charts in 1966.
Subtitled "Celebrating Bert Kaempfert" vibes player Christopher Dell offers a contemporary sideways take on the work of the late composer, arranger and bandleader. Dell has imaginatively re-arranged Kaempfert’s tunes placing them in a thoroughly contemporary setting…