Fritz Maldener
Fritz Maldener (born January 6, 1935 in Sulzbach / Saar ; † December 11, 2011 in Saarbrücken ) was a Saarland jazz pianist , composer and arranger .
Live and act
Maldener received classical piano lessons at the age of ten and founded his first band at the age of 13. This was followed by studies at the Saarland University of Music with Professor Fritz Griem , with whom he initially had private lessons. In his early days he played together with his peer Siegfried Kessler in his hometown of Sulzbach and neighboring cities. He achieved his national breakthrough when he composed for the Düsseldorf cabaret stage Kom (m) ödchen and directed the accompanying combo as a pianist from 1966 to 1971. Then he was an accompanist for the group "Hammersänger", in 1986 he took part in a Kurt Tucholsky program in Berlin.
In the course of his career he worked with jazz musicians such as Peter Herbolzheimer ( Soul Puppets ) and Emil Mangelsdorff as a pianist and composer, as well as with Hans Koller , Allan Botschinsky and Herbie Mann . In addition, Fritz Maldener composed film music for the directors Helmut Käutner , Truck Branss and Rainer Werner Fassbinder , as well as for the interpreters Thomas Freitag , Hanne Wieder , Franz-Josef Degenhardt , Walter Giller , Hanns Dieter Hüsch and Paul Kuhn . He also worked as an arranger for the music producer Frank Farian .
In his many years of production activity for Saarländischer Rundfunk, he wrote and arranged numerous titles for advertising, film, radio and television. He directed the “Modern Jazz Quartet” (not to be confused with the Modern Jazz Quartet ) and the “Fritz Maldener Trio”. He submitted several albums under his own name, including a pop album under his pseudonym Maurice Pop .
In addition to his work abroad, he was mostly active in Saarland ; since the fifties mainly as a jazz pianist, mostly accompanied by two or three other musicians, including the sculptor and graphic artist Horst Linn as a drummer for a long time . Until recently he worked as a composer, pianist, publisher of his "Altax Musikverlag Fritz Maldener" and as a producer.
Discographic notes
- The Fritz Maldener Trio (197?)
- Fritz Maldener Orchestra: Speedy Buggy (MPS)
- Fritz Maldener Orchestra: The Voo Doo's (1973)
- Fritz Maldener Quintet - The World in Your Pocket (Altaxon, 1984) with Gerd Mayer-Mendez, Janusz Stefanski, Ernst Vöster, Manuel Riga
- Maurice Pop - Power Pop ( Motor Music )
Web links
- Obituary for Fritz Maldener on November 14, 2011 on SR-online
- Orchestra Maurice Pop - Make Love
- Fritz Maldener at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maldener, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pop, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz pianist, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sulzbach / Saar |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2011 |
| Place of death | Saarbrücken |