Gerhard Hund (musician)

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Gerhard "Doggy" Hund (2011)

Gerhard "Doggy" Hund (born April 21, 1943 in Vienna ; † September 5, 2015 in Cologne ) was a German trombonist and leader of the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne , one of the oldest German jazz formations in the New Orleans style . The (retired) headmaster of the Ulrichschule in Kerpen- Sindorf devoted himself with the band to music in the style of the Preservation Hall and maintained friendly contacts with the jazz legends from New Orleans .

Career

Hund grew up in a musical household, the mother was a piano teacher in Cologne. He had been taking piano lessons since he was eight, he had been playing guitar since he was ten, and when he was 15 he began playing the trombone in the trombone choir of the YMCA in Cologne, which existed in the 1950s. The main instrument at that time, however, was the piano.

At the end of 1959 he became a pianist in the Maryland Jazz Band, which had just been founded as a school band, and switched to the trombone six weeks later. This is where the foundation stone for the love of old jazz was laid. From 1963 to 1965 Hund was a regular soldier with the pioneers in Cologne and headed a “company-owned dance band” (utility music). After his studies (1965 to 1968 in Bonn) he moved to Kerpen and after a short period of acclimatization he took over the position of organist in the evangelical parish of Kerpen on a substitute basis (for about seven years). During this time, church music was, alongside music in school lessons (1973 to 1979 GGS Bergheim-Oberaußem as vice-principal, from 1979 to 2008 school principal and music teacher Ulrichschule Kerpen-Sindorf), Hund's main musical field of activity.

Grave in the Melaten cemetery

In 1975 the Maryland Jazz Band was re-established and played on many occasions in the entire Rhein-Erft district and soon in all of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as in Holland and Belgium. The band still plays today under the name New Orleans Jazz Band of Cologne . Later there were also other international concerts, including in New Orleans . He also played in the Traditional Association in Frankfurt in 1993 and in the Band of Friends in 1994 with Reimer von Essen , Trevor Richards and other musicians in Hamburg.

From 1983 to 2013 he was the artistic director of the annual International Jazz Night (later: Internationales Jazzweekend) in his hometown of Kerpen .

His grave is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 25 (X)).

Dog was the father of Ulrich Kortenkamp .

Connections to New Orleans / USA

In 1979 the first trip to New Orleans to study jazz music at its roots took place and was then repeated annually in order to cultivate contacts and friendships with the originals, especially in the Preservation Hall . Doggy Hund followed the example of the drummer Barry Martyn, who brought musicians from New Orleans to Europe as early as 1963.

Awards

In 1994 all members of the band were given honorary citizenship of the city of New Orleans , together as a group and individually for each individual musician.

In 2010 Doggy Hund was awarded the Rhein-Erft district's culture prize. In 2014 he received the Keeper of the Flame in Osnabrück as a personality who has made a name for himself in traditional jazz in Europe .

Music on phonograms

A dozen long-playing records and 18 CDs as well as a DVD, recorded at the Ascona Jazz Festival / CH, are evidence of Doggy Hund's intensive work with the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne.

  • Jazz in Schloß Gracht (1987)
  • Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne & Sing Miller & Sam Lee at the "Streckstrump" (1988)
  • Willie Humphrey Meets His Friends in Germany (1990)
  • From Papa Joe's Jazzlokal, Cologne (1991)
  • A Kiss to Build a Dream on feat. Willie Humphrey (1992)
  • Jazz in Schloß Gracht II (Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams) feat. Papa Don Vappie & Ernie Elly (1993)
  • Traditional Association (1993); Frankfurter Sparkasse CD 940401/02
  • Walking to New Orleans feat. Dave Bartholomew (1994)
  • New Orleans "Yea Yea" Breakdown feat. Dave Bartholomew (1995)
  • Christmas Time in New Orleans feat. Papa Don Vappie & Ernie Elly (1995)
  • I'll be Loving You, Always feat. Ralph Johnson & Placide Adams (1996)
  • Smiles feat. Walter Lewis (1997)
  • Que Pasa, Amigo (2001)
  • Live at the Palm Court Jazz Café feat. Evan Christopher (2004)
  • Maryland Jazz Band goes to the Movies feat. Thomas L'Étienne, Ad van Beerendonk & Elaine McKeown (2005)
  • to: MARYLAND Jazz Band - special requests (2006)
  • Live at Jazzascona 2007 (DVD, 2007)
  • ... Happy ho ho ho to You ... (2008)
  • Let's all go down to New Orleans feat. Lillian Boutté (2008)
  • Doggy Hund & the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne 1959–2009 (double CD for the 50th anniversary in 2009)
  • Everyday I have the Blues feat. Big Al Carson (2012)
  • Jazz for the Heart feat. Gerald French (2013)
  • Live at 19th Dixieland Jubilee Ludwigsburg (2015)

Fonts

  • Al "Father" Lewis from New Orleans in Berlin-Kerpen . In: Knollen, coal and Miljöh, an Erftkreis reading book. Rhein-Eifel-Mosel-Verlag 1990, ISBN 3-924182-17-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ documented on CD940401 / 02
  2. ↑ Biography of Abbi Hübner
  3. ^ Report in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from October 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Profile Ulrich Kortenkamp , Science Wiki of the mathematics didactics madipedia.de, accessed July 15, 2020
  5. ^ Alyn Shipton : A new History of Jazz, ISBN 0-8264-7380-6 reprinted 2006, page 631
  6. ↑ The 2010 Culture Prize unites generations . In: Kölnische Rundschau, March 19, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2017
  7. ↑ http://www.park-lane-jazz-club.de/index.php?menuid=24
  8. ↑ Allmusic
personal data
SURNAME Dog, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dog, doggy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz trombonist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 2015
Place of death Cologne