George Koenig

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George Francis Koenig ( December 2, 1911 - August 20, 1999 ) was an American jazz musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet , flute ) of the swing era.

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From the mid-1930s Koenig played in the swing orchestras of Lionel Hampton (with whom the first recordings were made in 1937), Benny Goodman (1937-38), Artie Shaw (1938), Bob Crosby (1939/40) and Will Bradley (1941 / 42). At Goodman's performance at Carnegie Hall , he played in the reed section alongside Babe Russin , Hymie Schertzer and Arthur Rollini . In the field of jazz he was involved in 113 recording sessions between 1937 and 1946, apart from the aforementioned also with Red Norvo , Teddy Powell , The Quintones / Buck Ram's Orchestra and most recently with Louis Armstrong / Bob Haggart .

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ There he replaced the alto saxophonist Joe Keams, who moved to Philadelphia to start his own band. See John Chilton : Stomp Off, Let's Go !: The Story of Bob Crosby's Bob Cats & Big Band . Jazz Book Service, 1983,
  2. ↑ Catherine Tackley: Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Oxford University Press, 2012, p 116
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 12, 2018)
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SURNAME King, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koeig, George Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1911
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1999