From Copenhagen to New York 1945-1947, the winds of change of Danish jazz began blowing in the fresh air after the German surrender. Refugees, including musicians in Sweden, returned home, dance clubs began to reopen, and a new wave of jazz blew in from America with the visit of Don Redmond's big band in 1946. Young drummer Uffe Baadh, with Peter Rasmussen's Sekstet, began tours to Sweden, Norway, and Holland, bringing audiences a new sound of swing-bebop and jamming with local musicians. America beckoned, however, enticing the Scandinavian music stars towards the west, Uffe among them.