Flip Gehring

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Swingtett with (from left) Jann Meyer, Dietrich Geldern , Flip Gehring, Bernhard Gauer

Flip Gehring (born June 28, 1929 - † August 9, 2013 ) was a Dutch jazz musician ( vibraphone , piano , also tenor saxophone ) who lived in the Rhine-Main area for a long time.

Gehring was part of Helmut Weglinski's sextet for eleven years , with whom he recorded in six recording sessions between 1956 and 1966 for the labels Columbia, Brunswick, Amiga and Philips. He also acted there as a clarinetist, guitarist and drummer when required. He has led his own bands since the 1970s. Wolfgang Dohl also used his trio to make recordings for his Lufthansa Swing Party , which was available at the airline for on-board entertainment. He repeatedly played in the shellac Party of Alexander Loulakis which also hr4 aired. Siggi Gerhard and the French trumpeter Patrick Artero also belonged to his Swingtette , with whom he toured regionally and performed at the Rödermark jazz club . He also performed with the Dietrich Geldern Swingtett and the New Orleans Connection Jazz Band , with whom he also toured internationally.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice (Frankfurter Rundschau), September 7th
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, September 18, 2013)
  3. ↑ Jürgen Schwab, The Frankfurt Sound. A city and its jazz stories , Societätsverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004. p. 116
  4. ^ Schwab, The Frankfurt Sound. P. 251
  5. ↑ Brief portrait (Jazzwoche Oestrich-Winkel)
  6. ^ New Orleans Connection Jazz Band
personal data
SURNAME Gehring, Flip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gehring, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1929
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2013