Eugen Henkel

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Eugen Henkel (born December 2, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main , † March 2, 1978 in Lindenfels ) was a musician ( tenor saxophonist and clarinetist ) of swing and light music .

life and work

Eugen Henkel studied clarinet and piano at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and in Mátyás Seiber's jazz class banjo and saxophone. From 1931 he had engagements in Berlin, Luxembourg, Italy, Holland, Hungary and Switzerland. After 1936 he rose to become “the leading German tenor saxophonist” in Berlin. He led his own band, which also included Primo Angeli . Because of his Jewish ancestors, he was temporarily banned from gambling by the Nazi dictatorship. During the war he played with Lutz Templin in his propaganda band Charlie and His Orchestra , but then had to leave the formation as a so-called half-Jew and do military service. In 1945 he played with Freddie Brocksieper , in 1946 with Willy Berkings Orchester, in 1948 with Helmut Zacharias and in 1949 with his own formation, with which he appeared at the forerunner of Jazz im Palmengarten and in which Rolf Kühn also played. Henkel had been active at Hessischer Rundfunk since 1952 . With his sextet he accompanied the singer Bully Buhlan on the song "I like to exchange".

Discographic notes

  • Freddie Brocksieper: Globetrotter (Bear Family Records, 1941–43)
  • Freddie Brocksieper: Drums Boogie (Bear Family Records, 1943-48)

literature

  • Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
  • Gerhard Conrad Kurt Henkels: A musician biography with extensive discography. Hildesheim, Georg Olms, 2010.
  • Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Jürgen Schwab The Frankfurt Sound. A city and its jazz history (s). Frankfurt a. M .: Societäts-Verlag, 2005, p. 26.
  2. ↑ Michael H. Kater Daring Game. Jazz under National Socialism . Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch 1995, pp. 89, 261.
  3. ↑ Jürgen Schwab The Frankfurt Sound. A city and its jazz history (s). Frankfurt a. M .: Societäts-Verlag, 2005, p. 84.
personal data
SURNAME Henkel, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1978
Place of death Lindenfels