Georg Nettelmann
Georg Nettelmann (also George Nettelmann , born January 20, 1902 in Hanover ; † October 17, 1988 there ) was a German jazz and entertainment musician (piano, violin) and orchestra conductor.
Live and act
After training at the Brune-Evers Conservatory in his hometown and his first engagements in Hanover in 1924, Nettelmann directed The Wembley Band , with which he performed at the Rote Mühle ; it was the first jazz band in town. He also worked as a pianist for the music for the film Gold (1934, director: Kurt Hartl ). In 1929 the record “The longer I look at you, the better I have you!” (With Willy Rosen ) was released. In the 1930s he headed a dance orchestra in Berlin that had an engagement in the European pavilion and was partly swing- oriented in its repertoire . In addition, in the 1930s, his band recorded records for the record label Kristall with hits and dance music numbers such as “Close your eyes, baby” (# 3230), “Who is crying out of love tears” (# 3229), “ I ask Madam, when are we going to get together ”(# 3229, all with Walter Jurmann , Refraingesang),“ I don't know how to tell you ”(# 3240, with Kurt Mühlhardt ),“ Arabella ”(# 3228) and "I whistle tonight" (Gloria 41268, with Wilfried Sommer mostly popular titles from music films of the time. During the war years, the Nettelmann Orchestra was one of the few surviving big bands in Nazi Germany , alongside the big bands of Kurt Widmann and Erhard Bauschke .
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 .
Web links
- Georg Nettelmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Struck : Hanover in 3 days: An entertaining cultural guide .
- ↑ Georg Nettelmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Klangwunder / Isophon 912009a)
- ↑ Knud Wolffram: Tanzdielen und Vernügungspaläste .: Berlin nightlife in the thirties and forties. From Friedrichstrasse to Berlin W., from Moka Efti to Delphi. Ed. Hentrich, 1992
- ↑ Michael H. Kater : Daring game. Jazz under National Socialism . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02409-4 . P. 135
- ↑ Georg Nettelmann and his orchestra at Discogs (English)
- ^ Kater, Daring Game , p. 221
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nettelmann, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nettelmann, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician and entertainment musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1988 |
| Place of death | Hanover |