Daniel N. Tobler

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Daniel "Danny" N. Tobler (born July 31, 1939 in Reinach BL ; † April 4, 2011 ) was a Swiss manager and concert organizer.

Live and act

Tobler was first a full-time hotel specialist, where he rose to become vice director of a hotel. Then he worked as an import-export manager in Zug before moving to the chemicals division. At the Beiersdorf Group, he initially worked as a product coordinator in the global cosmetics market and developed a line of cosmetics for aging people for the first time. He was then managing director and director of the Swiss BDF Beiersdorf in Münchenstein . As such, he was honored as an honorary member of the Swiss Cosmetics and Detergent Association. Tobler, who was also an amateur musician ( cello , double bass ), was best known for his contributions to jazz culture in the Basel region and Switzerland: from 1970 to 1972 he organized the Whitsun Jazz Days in Vitznau. In 1972 he founded the Amateur Jazz Rock Festival , which took place in five regions of Switzerland and from 1973 to 1981 its final took place in Augst . He continued to organize many concerts with Swiss musicians (such as the Basel Jazz All Star Reunion , the Basel Jazz Week or the Basel Casino Festival ). For his services to the Swiss amateur jazz festival in Zurich , the Pro Augst association with open air concerts, the Basler Jazz Weeks and as an artistic consultant for the AVO Session Basel, he received the Golden JAP Note in 1999 . He was also the first president of the Basel Jazz School, and in this role he helped it develop into an equal part of the Basel City Music Academy .

He also emerged as a bass player: He played in Dixieland and swing bands (including the Svannah Junk Men ) and was also involved in a record production as a companion for Albert Nicholas in 1970. In the last years of his life he was mainly active as a cellist in chamber music ensembles.

Lexical entries

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jazz sponsor and manager Danny Tobler has died. In: OnlineReports . April 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: SKW annual report 2004 ) @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jugend-wirtschaft.ch
  3. ↑ Cf. Bruno Spoerri : Jazz in Switzerland: History and Stories. P. 214.
  4. ↑ Golden JAP Note
  5. ↑ See Swiss Jazz Discography 1925-2008
personal data
SURNAME Tobler, Daniel N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tobler, Danny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss manager and concert promoter
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Reinach BL
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2011