Raymond Droz

Raymond Droz (January 23, 1934, La Chaux-de-Fonds – June 29, 2000, Zürich) was a Swiss jazz trombonist, arranger, and bandleader.

In the next few years he played with Claude Albert and with his own Dixieland jazz band, and in 1956–1957 worked in Lausanne as a radio technician.

He toured with his own bands, which included as sidemen Charly Antolini, Jean-Pierre Bionda, Raymond Court, and Pierre Favre.

He performed with Clark Terry at the Montreux Jazz Festival and in Switzerland with small ensembles.

He also worked with Heinz Kretzschmar (1960), Bill Ramsey (1965), Buck Clayton (1966), Rex Stewart (1966), Othella Dallas (1967), Gabriela Schaaf (1979) and The New Zürich Jazztet (1981).