Emil Mangelsdorff
Emil Mangelsdorff ( born April 11, 1925 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 21, 2022 ibid) was a German jazz musician ( saxophone , flute ). With his powerful alto tone and finely chiseled lines, he was, according to Martin Kunzler , "one of the most distinguished, versatile soloists" in German jazz. His younger brother was the jazz trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff (1928-2005).
Live and act
Emil Mangelsdorff first played the accordion. As a member of the illegal Frankfurt Hotclub Combo , he switched to the clarinet , which he played from 1942 to 1943 at the Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt. Because of his commitment to jazz, he was repeatedly harassed by the Gestapo and arrested in early 1943 and interned for 14 days. After the Wehrmacht and being a prisoner of war , Mangelsdorff joined the Frankfurt jazz scene in 1949 and played with many different groups (first with Joe Klimm, then with Jutta Hipp , the Two Beat Stompers and the Frankfurt All Stars , later in his own groups, but also with Wolfgang Lauth ) . In 1966 he founded the Swinging Oil Drops with Joki Freund , Volker Kriegel , Fritz Hartschuh and Günter Lenz . After the death of his wife, soprano Simone Mangelsdorff , he retired from the scene for a year, only to return in 1974 with a new quartet. According to Bert Noglik , playing together with his quartet creates “an enormous lightness, almost something like lightheartedness, without sacrificing the depth of musical feeling and thought”.
His musical development ran parallel to that of jazz. He was initially strongly influenced by Dixieland and swing , but he also creatively took up the stimuli coming from contemporary developments in jazz such as bebop and fusion . At the same time, he embarked on experiments such as jazz and poetry . This personal development is documented by recordings with his quartet and, since 1958, by his membership in the jazz ensemble of the Hessischer Rundfunk , where he appeared more as a soloist and ensemble player than as a composer ( according to Jürgen Schwab , he has fewer than ten compositions or arrangements there contributed). He now played mainly alto saxophone, but also flute and soprano saxophone. In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 100 recording sessions between 1941 and 2007, most recently with the HR Jazz Ensemble.
Mangelsdorff was also active as a jazz pedagogue; From 1960 to 1966 he led a jazz class with Carlo Bohländer at the Frankfurt Youth Music School and wrote a "Instructions for Improvisation for Saxophone in Bb" (Mainz: Schott 1964).
Mangelsdorff often accompanied his old companion Fritz Rau on his reading tours. As a contemporary witness, he often gave information about his experiences in the so-called swing youth in schools. For several years he has had his own series of concerts at the Holzhausenschlösschen in Frankfurt .
He composed the film music for the film by Frankfurt director Malte Rauch Blues March Soldier Jon Hendricks .
Prizes and awards
On January 20, 2006, Emil Mangelsdorff was awarded the Goethe Plaque of the State of Hesse for his services to culture in Hesse (after he had already received the Johanna Kirchner Medal (1991) and the Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt am Main in 1995). . Emil Mangelsdorff is also the recipient of the Hessian Jazz Prize (1995) and the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal (2001), the highest award of the State of Hesse. In 2008, Social Affairs Minister Silke Lautenschläger presented him with the Cross of Merit , First Class, of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. At the Ronneburg he was made "Knight of Jazz". In December 2015, the Hessian Minister for Science and Art awarded Mangelsdorff the title of “ Honorary Professor ” in the concert hall of the State Music Academy of Hesse in Schloss Hallenburg .
Discographic Notes
- Swinging Oil Drops! , Bellaphon , 1966
- Emil Mangelsdorff Swingers, Old Fashion - New Sound , Europe, 1969, with Gustl Mayer , Hans Hartmann , Joe Nay , Oscar Klein , Rolf Lüttgens
- This Side Up (Bellaphon, 1992), with Thilo Wagner , Gerhard Bitter, Janusz Stefański
- Meditation (Bellaphon, 1995), with Jo Flinner and Bob Degen , Gerhard Bitter, Janusz Stefański and Attila Zoller )
- Blues Forever (2007), with Thilo Wagner , Vitold Rek , Janusz Stefański; Quarterly list of German record reviews spring 2008
- Mangelsdorff & Mangelsdorff: Early Discoveries (recordings 1953-63, Jazzhaus , ed. 2016)
Lexigraphic Entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning to today. Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Wolf Kampmann (ed.), with the collaboration of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Encyclopedia. Volume 2: M–Z (= rororo non-fiction book. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
web links
- Literature about and recordings by Emil Mangelsdorff in the German National Library catalogue
- Jürgen Leinhos: I believe in change for the better - Loved and honored: Emil Mangelsdorff. In: laks.de. State Working Group of Cultural Initiatives and Socio-Cultural Centers in Hessen (LAKS Hessen), January 20, 2006 (interview with Emil Mangelsdorff).
itemizations
- ↑ Danijel Majic: Frankfurt jazz legend Emil Mangelsdorff is dead. In: hessenschau.de. 21 January 2022, retrieved 21 January 2022 .
- ↑ Michael Kater daring game. Jazz in National Socialism . Cologne 1995, p. 277
- ↑ Michael Kater Daring Game , p. 354
- ↑ Knauer, Wolfram, Darmstadt Jazz Institute, Darmstadt Jazz Forum (11th: 2009): Albert Mangelsdorff: Tension, tension . Original Edition Edition. Cloud, Hofheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-936000-05-4 , p. 283 .
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 2, 2022)
- ↑ Section Awards EM
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mangelsdorff, Emil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (saxophone, flute) |
BIRTH DATE | April 11, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2022 |
PLACE OF DEATH | Frankfurt am Main |