Officially taken under the auspices of Radio Ljubljana in the fall of 1945, it was named the Radio Ljubljana Dance Orchestra until the early 1960s. It was renamed the Ljubljana Radio and Television Big Band with the TV being introduced. The most prominent Slovenian jazz soloists included Ati Soss, Dušan Veble, Mojmir Sepe, Zoran Komac, Albert Podgornik, and Franci Puhar. Since 1961, led by Jože Privšek (1937–1998), the orchestra dominated the scene within ex-Yugoslavia with Slovenian jazz music. It also won the German Deutsche Phono Akademie award for the best record in 1978, competing with orchestras led by James Last and Max Greger. After the country's independence it was renamed Big Band RTV Slovenija and in 1992, the orchestra was taken over by Lojze Krajnčan.
