Fred Bunge
Fred Bunge (born November 15, 1923 in Leipzig , † May 1960 at Buchloe ) was a German trumpeter and arranger of modern jazz .
Live and act
Bunge learned the piano, violin and trumpet and played in various ensembles after 1945 before moving to West Germany. In 1948 he worked in Joe Wick's band . In 1950 he became a member of the Kurt Edelhagen orchestra , where he also arranged and helped create a European variant of progressive jazz . In 1953 he performed with the German All Stars at the German Jazz Festival (album). He also founded his own band with which he appeared at numerous jazz festivals and in which Willi Sanner and Egon Christmann also played; he also went on tour with Bill Coleman . After a concert in Zurich, he had an accident while driving to an event in Hof as a passenger in the car.
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Friedel Kelm: The big book of the trumpet: Instrument, history, Trompeterlexikon Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-7957-0530-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reginald Rudorf Jazz in the Cologne Zone 1964, p. 32
- ↑ Wolfgang Dohl ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bill Coleman Trumpet Story Northeastern University Press 1991, p. 183
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bunge, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trumpeter and arranger of modern jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1960 |
| Place of death | at Buchloe |