Career
Von Ohlen has led the Blue Wisp Big Band in Cincinnati from 1980 to the present, and his own groups under his name ranging from quartets to big band. From 1967 to 1968, Von Ohlen toured with Billy Maxted’s Manhattan Jazz Band.
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Von Ohlen has led the Blue Wisp Big Band in Cincinnati from 1980 to the present, and his own groups under his name ranging from quartets to big band. From 1967 to 1968, Von Ohlen toured with Billy Maxted’s Manhattan Jazz Band.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Von Ohlen was a member of a big band led by the pianist Steve Allee.