Pictorically Speakin' ......the early sixties

FDF K25 Forårskoncert (Spring Concert) 1958

Efterslægtsselskabets Skole, Brønshøj
Erling Kroner 2nd row, leftmost, Eb alto horn
Erik Martinsen, conductor
Bb Tuba - Summer of 1958

pictured in the back-yard of family home
King Fredrik IX conducts the FDF 650 piece brass band

in Herning, summer of 1959. Erling Kroner, to the left seen from the back, plays tuba
C.C.Rider Band
rehearsing at home on Hareskovvej 69, Brønshøj in the basement.
Fall 1959

Erling Kroner, Benny Pedersen, Arne Mathiesen, Ole Møller Sørensen and Jørgen Juncker, seated
Matt's New Orleans Band

same band, new name. Live at Gabriel's Horn, Copenhagen 1960
First 'real' horn, an OLDS AMBASSADOR w/CONN 3 mouthpiece
l'Institute Française, Copenhagen, September 24, 1960

Benny Pedersen, Ole Møller Sørensen, Arne Mathiesen, Jørgen Juncker, Erling Kroner, Preben Tschicaja
Dixieland Stompers August 1961

rehearsing at home for German tour September thru October 1961,
Storyville Frankfurt, Storyville Cologne, Jazz Cap Düsseldorf
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'Stritter', Uno Larsen, Erling Kroner, 'Pet' Nielsen, John Neess and 'Plys'
Dixieland Stompers (wrongly billed as New Orleans Stompers)
playing opposite 'Champion' Jack Dupree and Kenny Clarke Quartet
with Billie Poole, Jimmy Gourley and René Urtreger
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Tour Management: Knud Thorbjørnsen
Jazz Cap, Flingerstraße
Altstadt, Düsseldorf, Germany
October 1961
Matt's New Orleans Band
rehearsal at home
probably late 1961
Poeten bei Karstadt, Düsseldorf 1961
Christian d'Auchamp New Orleans Band - New Years Eve 1961


with 'Cornet-Ole', Frank Bohnsen-cl, Jens Sølund-bass
Rehearsal at Snus'

Jan zum Vohrde & Erik Spierman
Peder Bangsvej

"Swing" Jørgen & Erling "Lawrence"
probably early 1962

Carl Christian 'Snus' Søndergaard

Ole Thilo
Anti Atomic Stompers at Easter-March against nuclear warfare Holbæk-Copenhagen
A.W.O.L

June 1962
Jack Duff's Jazztet

Ronnie Matthewsson, George Cole, Alex Shaw, Jack Duff, Per Hansen (Ringkjøbing)
WAITING
for
Ken Sims Vintage Jazz Band



Düsseldorf, Germany, late July 1962

Ken Sims Vintage Jazz Band, Düsseldorf, August 1962

Erling Kroner, Phil Ward, Pete Emmuss, Colin Smith, Eddie Lomax, Ken Sims
©Jens A. Schütte
Kaleidoscope, Essen, September 19, 1962
Signing off from Riverboat, Lübeck
December 1, 1962



Sigrid 'Sigi' Schubert & Colin Smith
End of 4 months with
Ken Sims Vintage Jazz Band
in Germany


Erling Kroner & Colin Smith
Back in Denmark doing the Milk Pub Circuit
Summer of 1963

"Radisserne" (Peanuts)

Erling Kroner, - ?, Ib Holbeck Mårtensen, Preben 'Leif' Lindhardt, Frank Bohnsen, Michael "Banjo Mick" Hansen, Anders Dahlerup (manager)
The trombone section, Ancher Grøn's Big Band, Fall 1963

Erling Kroner, Kim Mentzer, Morten Nissen, Willy Jägert (Clausen)

©Bjørn Andersen
Ryesgades Skole, Copenhagen
presenting the new CONN 6H VICTOR

my room, upstairs, Hareskovvej 69, Brh
Concert Ancher Grøn's Big Band early 1964

Theo Rahbeck, Steen Larsen, Søren Gorm, Kim Mentzer, Erling Kroner, Ole Matthiessen, Willy Jägert, Ancher Grøn-cond., Carsten Vogel, - ?
Basin Street, Copenhagen ©Erik Findstrøm

Steen Larsen, Åge Olsen-tp, Stig Andersen-dr, Kim Mentzer, Erling Kroner, Søren Gorm-b, Ole Matthiessen-p, Peter Mikkelsen-ts, ts-?, Per Carsten Petersen-as, Carsten Vogel-as, ?-bs

Jørn Elniff-d sitting in with Ancher Grøn far right conducting
Rehearsing with the Chr. Ancher Grøn Tentet
click for photo suite ©Henning Bendixen
at famous Peter Mikkelsen's Kælder (Basement), Borups Allé. Fall 1964
Poul Lindblads Big Band, Holbæk Jazzclub ca. 1964

with a.o. Egon Petersen, Erik Lahn-tp, Ole Kock Sørensen, Erling Kroner-tb, Jørgen Kragerup-as, Per Jensen, Niels Husum-ts, Jørgen Borch-p
Finn von Eyben's Workshop, Vingaarden 1965
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