Chrissie Dave Horler

• 1 Live, Love and Learn 09:40
• 2 My Romance 08:14
• 3 Tying the Knot 08:19
• 4 You Make Me Feel So Young 05:38
• 5 Chrissie 06:52
• 6 Big Bad G 10:14
• 7 Angel Eyes 09:10
• 8 Bogey Blues 06:06
• Total Runtime 01:04:13

Info for Chrissie

The WDR Big Band, featuring Rob Bruynen on flugelhorn, performs "Chrissie" by Dave Horler, a long-standing member of the WDR Big Band.

During his early years in London, Horler played for the BBC Radio Orchestra and accompanied artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby. In 1980, he moved to Germany to join the Werner Müller Dance Orchestra as a solo trombonist, composer, and arranger. The WDR Big Band eventually evolved from the Werner Müller Dance Orchestra, and Horler helped shape its sound and musical direction for nearly three decades.

Throughout this period, Horler frequently composed and arranged for the WDR Big Band while also playing lead trombone with his wonderfully distinctive sound and style.

More recently, several of Horler’s compositions and arrangements were newly produced under the musical direction of conductor Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea (WDR Studio 4 / Cologne, February 2022).

Dave Horler, valve trombone, band leader
WDR Big Band

Dave Horler
was born in Lymington, Hampshire. His father was a professional trumpeter. David studied piano from age five and trombone from age 14, and attended the Royal Academy of Music from 1963 to 1966. Following his graduation he played with the BBC Radio Orchestra (1967–70), then played freelance in London orchestras, including those conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Quincy Jones, and Michel Legrand.[2] He moved to Cologne in 1980, playing in the WDR Big Band, also composing and arranging for the group. As a sideman, he has played with Maynard Ferguson, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett, Bob Brookmeyer, Mike Gibbs, Clark Terry, Kenny Wheeler, Carmen McRae, and Jim McNeely. He was made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 1992.

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