Günter Herzog (musician)
Günter "Duke" Herzog (born July 22, 1910 in Breslau ; † December 1, 1942 in Sychovka ) was a German jazz and entertainment musician (trumpet, conductor).
Herzog worked in the orchestras of Erhard Bauschke and Teddy Stauffer in the 1930s before founding his own medium-sized dance orchestra in 1938, which performed in Berlin in the Delphi Palace and the Rosita Bar and "quickly became known among jazz fans" . In 1938 and 1939 he played some records under his own name (including the Limehouse Blues ). He was also involved in 16 recording sessions with the von Bauschke Orchestra between 1936 and 1938. At the beginning of the war he was drafted; he died on the Eastern Front .
Lexical entries
- 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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst H. Lange Jazz in Germany: the German Jazz Chronicle until 1960 1996, p. 114
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, February 6, 2014)
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| SURNAME | Duke, Günter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herzog, Duke (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and entertainment musician (trumpet, conductor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1942 |
| Place of death | Sychovka |