Orchester Harald Banter

Orchestra founded and conducted by Harald Banter in 1951, inspired by the music of The George Shearing Quintet and located in Cologne (NWDR, later WDR). First radio broadcast April 1952 in a small formation as Harald Banter Ensemble, later renamed to "Harald Banter Media Band". 30 years after its founding, the orchestra was dissolved by the radio station (WDR). The orchestra recorded about 5.000 tracks.