Freddy Schweitzer
Freddy Schweitzer (born May 20, 1907 in Saarland ; † November 16, 1950 in Edgware ) was a German jazz musician ( alto and tenor saxophone , clarinet ) and comedian.
Schweitzer initially worked as a pianist. He worked with Louis de Vries , Stanley Barnett, Tommy Marshall, Marek Weber and Efim Schachmeister . In 1932 Jack Hylton brought him into his band, with whom he stayed until the orchestra was disbanded in 1940, because he was racially persecuted in Hitler's Germany, and also performed comic interludes; so he balanced a violin and later even a bass on his forehead during a clarinet solo. Subsequently he was a member of Freddy Bretherton's orchestra. Since the 1940s he worked together with Paul King in the variety, but also led his own band. He can be heard on recordings with Norbert Cohn , Hylton and with Coleman Hawkins .
Lexical entries
- John Chilton , Who Is Who in British Jazz London 2005; ISBN 978-0826472342
Web links
- Entry (jazz index)
- Freddy Schweitzer at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael H. Kater : Daring game. Jazz under National Socialism . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02409-4 , pp. 50, 135
- ↑ Pete Faint Jack Hylton 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweitzer, Freddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1950 |
| Place of death | Edgware |