Gerry Hayes
Gerry Hayes (* 1934 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German-American musician (vibraphone, drums, piano, vocals) of swing , mainstream and modern jazz .
Life
After completing his classical training in piano and drums, Hayes lived as a teenager in New York City , where he came into contact with the jazz scene. Back in Europe, he worked as a drummer in big bands that played in the US soldiers' clubs and then went to Paris , where he founded his own band in 1960. He toured Europe, North Africa and Lebanon with his own groups and played with Inge Brandenburg , Nancy Wilson and Diana Ross . He was involved in music broadcasts on radio and television and worked as an actor in the 1969 film Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up with. In 1970 Disques Vogue released the single Soulgirl (Philly Dog) / Soulcity .
Hayes has been a restaurateur in Munich since 1980 and ran jazz bars such as "Gerry's Music Corner" on Feilitzsch Platz in Schwabing, "Gerry's im Lehel" and, from 1983 (at various locations), "Allotria". He plays with his “Big Band Swing”, his “Swing Explosion” with Charly Antolini and the “Modern Swing Quartet”.
Discographic notes
- The Swinging Voice (1987)
- Swing Explosion (Jeton, 1993)
- Soultime: Soulcity / Soulgirl (Palettenrecords 1967)
- Go-go-girl / Flowerbird (Cornet 1967)
literature
- Hermann Wilhelm / Gisela Kurz: Jazz in Munich from the 20s to the 80s. Verlag der Lentner'schen Buchhandlung Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-981-14984-5 ; Pp. 124–127 (also available on the enclosed CD)
Web links
- Web presence
- Jazz newspaper about Hayes
- critical dossier on the declining jazz scene in Munich, Ruhland, Jazzzeitung 2002
- Gerry Hayes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayes, Gerry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |