Rainer Sander
Clarinet and Alto Saxophone.
Rainer Sander was born in Königs Wusterhausen near the city of Berlin. By profession he is a Doctor of Medicine. He received instrument instruction from Heinz Both in Hannover from 1958 to 1963 where he also performed with Jonny’s New Orleans Jazz Band from 1961 to 1963. Rainer was a member of the New College Six during his medical studies in Marbug /Lahn. He has been a resident of Munich since 1969 and is a founding member of the Allotria Jazz Band, becoming band leader in 1982, contributing his composing and arranging in addition to his other duties. He also founded „Swing Wing“ in the late nineties, the „band within the band“, a quartet in the style of Benny Goodman and Peanuts Hucko, with whom he enjoyed a long and enduring friendship.