Fred Kinglee & the King-Kols

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Fred Kinglee & the King-Kols was a German swing trio that performed with pieces such as B. Kippen-Boogie , Slim Gaillards Cement Mixer and Swing it, Magister became known.

history

The musicians Fred P. Kinglee (piano, vocals) and Ary See-Kolsen (guitar) played dance music for the Belgrade Lili Marleen broadcaster during the war . In 1946 they formed a trio with Mackie Ruff (double bass). Ruff came from Königsberg , See-Kolsen from Wuppertal and Kinglee (actually Fred Preusser, 1923-1975) from Munich.

“The three of them dissipate a jazz into small, comical events that they let themselves happen while they are making music. In this way they turn every piece of jazz, no matter how sacred, into a scenic performance through parody . They pull the ideas out of it like the bars from the corset. They juggle triple virtuoso on the dump, where jazz turns into brilliantly skilled jokes. "

- DER SPIEGEL 45/1949

The trio first appeared in an orchestral competition in 1947. The comrades-in-arms refused to continue performing unless the trio waived a vote. It was precisely this renunciation that made it famous. They played the main hit in the rubble film Untitled . In the following years they played for Radio Hilversum and toured Holland. This was followed by recordings in Hanover for Polydor . Recordings for the Decca gramophone company in Zurich were planned. In egg Weih (a Germanized cover version of Louis Prima -Songs Oh Babe! ) And Piff Paff Boogie (Austrophon 55120) had Fred Bunge (trumpet) and Teddy Paris with (drums).

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  1. ^ Jürgen Wölfer: Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 , p. 177.
  2. ↑ Polydor 48136H, recordings Hanover December 1948. With the titles Cement Mixer , Meine kleine Melodie . As well as Polydor 48217H with slide (photo May 1949)
  3. ↑ DER SPIEGEL 45/1949: Taken on the dump three times. Retrieved November 4, 2014 . Decca recordings are not recorded by Tom Lord.
  4. ↑ Recording Hamburg September 1951. There is also Kinglee Blues (1951) on Austroton 30000. The last recording recorded by Tom Lord Hey-ba-ba-re-bop , Hamburg August 1952, with Toni Kolsing instead of Macky Ruff on bass