Hans-Jürgen Schaal (jazz author)
Hans-Jürgen Schaal (* 1958 in Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt ) is a German jazz author and jazz journalist.
Life
Schaal studied German , sociology and theater studies , which he completed in 1986 in Munich with a master's degree. While still a student, he started working as a jazz journalist. He also held courses on literature at the Munich Adult Education Center from 1987 to 1989. From 1992 to 2010 he worked for the Enja record label in Munich and from 1999 to 2011 as a lecturer for Jazz thing (with its blues and world music supplement Blue Rhythm) in Cologne . Schaal has lived in Germering near Munich since 1993 . Besides Jazz thing he wrote a. a. in Jazz Podium , Jazzthetik , the Jazzzeitung and Fono Forum . Schaal is the author (and translator) of several jazz books, including a. the new edition of the standard work on jazz by Arrigo Polillo , a dictionary of jazz standards and a biography on Stan Getz .
Works
- as an author
- Humanity and Resistance, The Image of Jazz in Literature. In: Annette Hauber (Ed.): Thats Jazz. The sound of the 20th century . 2001 publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1988, pp. 635–642 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Darmstadt May 29 to August 28, 1988).
- Stan Getz. His life, his music, his records . Oreos Verlag, Waakirchen 1994, ISBN 3-923657-44-7 .
- Jazz in New York in the roaring twenties . Gerstenberg Verlag , Hildesheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-8369-2581-5 (with 1 CD; illustrated by Robert Nippoldt ; also in English)
- Various contributions. In: Peter N. Wilson (ed.): Jazz classics . Reclam-Verlag, Ditzingen 2005, ISBN 3-15-030030-4 .
- as editor and co-author
- Arrigo Polillo (term): Jazz. The new encyclopedia. Schott, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-254-08368-5 .
- Jazz standards . Bärenreiter , Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 (was awarded the German Music Edition Prize).
- Jazz. New York in the Roaring Twenties (Taschen, 2013), with Robert Nippoldt
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Jürgen Schaal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Schaal's website, with texts and a list of publications
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Sarah Churchwell Jazz: the transformation from subversive expression to mainstream entertainment , New Statesman June 27, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schaal, Hans-Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz author and jazz journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |