Gerhard Sterr

Gerhard Sterr (born July 19, 1933 in Munich ; † October 28, 2011 there ) was a German jazz musician who led the Dixieland band Hot Dogs ; he was also active as a visual artist.

Life

Sterr grew up on the Schwanthaler Höhe . There he experienced the war time and bombing until his class from the Theresiengymnasium was sent to the countryside because of the air raids. His father Joseph was a communist in a concentration camp . After the end of the Nazi dictatorship, he got to know jazz in Munich, especially boogie , which electrified him and which he played on the piano in clubs in the Bahnhofsviertel. Sterr studied mechanical engineering , turned down a position at the University of Berlin because he did not want to leave Munich and his parents, and finally worked at TÜV Munich . In 1955 he was a co-founder of the Hot Dogs, for which he also composed. Sterr was also a member of the German Composers Association .

Sterr also worked as a visual artist; he painted surrealistic pictures. During a business trip in Brussels , he visited his idol René Magritte . From 1974 he lived with his wife in the house he helped design in the Fasanerie-Nord . Sterr was buried on November 3, 2011 at the Feldmoching cemetery.

In 2014 the cultural center 2411 posthumously presented its surrealist images.

Web links

Personal entry in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Gerhard Sterr at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Birthday list in INFORMATION - Bulletin of the German Composers' Association, Volume 37 No. 74, 2/2007, p. 38 (PDF)
↑ The surreal pictures of Mr. Sterr. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
↑ Hot dogs. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
^ Gerhard Sterr | artnet. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
↑ Vernissage “The surrealist world of Gerhard Sterr”. In: youtube.com. June 7, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2020 (German).
^ Abendzeitung Germany: Exhibition in the cultural center 2411: Surreal pictures. Crows in luxury garments - Munich evening newspaper. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sterr, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German jazz musician and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 2011
Place of death	Munich

[1] Birthday list in INFORMATION - Bulletin of the German Composers' Association, Volume 37 No. 74, 2/2007, p. 38 (PDF)

[2] The surreal pictures of Mr. Sterr. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .

[3] Hot dogs. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .

[4] Gerhard Sterr | artnet. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .

[5] Vernissage “The surrealist world of Gerhard Sterr”. In: youtube.com. June 7, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2020 (German).

[6] Abendzeitung Germany: Exhibition in the cultural center 2411: Surreal pictures. Crows in luxury garments - Munich evening newspaper. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .