Kleinschuster, Erich#

b. Graz, Styria, Jan. 23, 1930, d. Graz, Sep. 11, 2018, jazz musician, trombone player. Law graduate, devoted himself exclusively to jazz from 1958, founded the Erich Kleinschuster sextet in 1965. Was instrumental in establishing jazz departments in the music universities of Graz (1965), Vienna (1969) and Klagenfurt (1985). 1971-81 head of the Production Department/ Light Music at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), produced numerous radio and television programmes. 1981-96 headed the improvisation class of the Jazz Department of the Graz University of Music.