Rick Kiefer

Trumpeter, born 24 May 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Worked in New York City with the orchestras of Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and Tito Puente during the late 1950s and was a member of Maynard Ferguson's band from 1959 until 1963. Kiefer moved to Germany in 1965 and joined the orchestras of Max Greger (1966), Kurt Edelhagen (1967-1973) and later James Last's orchestra, the Clarke-Boland Big Band, Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass and the WDR Big Band Köln (1977-2004).