James Last
A big band leader who has spent his career transforming pop hits into easy
listening, orchestral show tunes, James Last sold over 70 million records to
become a huge star in Europe. Raised in Bremen, Germany, he learned to play
piano as a 10-year-old, training in military music schools in Frankfurt before
being inspired by the American jazz and swing music that he first heard with the
end of World War 2. He made his name as leader and bass player of the acclaimed
Last-Becker Ensemble, before becoming an arranger for Polydor Records and
releasing his debut album Non-Stop Dancing (...
