Bob Lenox
Bob Lenox (born 1944 in New York City , † August 30, 2010 in Paris ) was an American pianist, singer and songwriter in the fields of jazz , blues , rock and folk as well as a composer of film music .
Bob Lenox started his career in 1957 at the age of 13 with the formation Kiwi and the Dynamics, later he worked with Jimi Hendrix , Ike and Tina Turner , Mort Shuman and Joe Cocker . With singer Garland Jeffreys and a doubled rhythm section , he founded the avant-garde band Train . From the 1970s he lived in France and Berlin , where he worked in various clubs and for radio (such as the RIAS ); In 1979 he presented his debut album Call on Blue on the Omnibus label . In the 1980s he recorded several albums for folk labels such as Stockfisch Records and Folk Freak . The singer Judy Winter performed in a duo with Lenox in Berlin in the 2000s; Together they also made an album with songs by the songwriter at a performance in the Renaissance theater. His most recent albums, Season of Souls and Romance , were released in 2008/09 .
Lenox also had appearances as an actor in films like death flight and Must Love Death and wrote a number of film scores, including the music for the scene - a consequence Laura My Angel (1994) and the feature film The Volcano (1999) (both of Ottokar Runze ) and for the comedy You're a Handsome Man (2004).
Web links
- Bob Lenox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Web presence
- portrait
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary in The Independent
- ↑ Drummer Abbey Rader played in the free rhythm section .
- ↑ Information in Der Tagesspiegel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenox, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2010 |
| Place of death | Paris |