Hans Podehl

Hans Podehl (born March 21, 1924 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 11, 1979 in Kahl am Main ) was a German jazz musician ( drums ) and music producer .

Podehl was one of the founders of the Hotclub Combo and Hotclub Frankfurt in 1941 . From 1945 he worked as a drummer with Paul Martin , then with Paul Kuhn , initially mainly in the clubs of the American occupation forces , and with Wolfgang Sauer . In the 1950s he worked for the Hessischer Rundfunk , first as a studio musician , from 1959 as a program designer for popular music , where he was responsible for programs such as Teenager Melodie or the Schlager exchange moderated by Hanns Verres . As an actor he appeared in the comedy So a millionaire has a hard time (1958). From 1966 he worked as an independent record producer, among others for Inge Brandenburg and for Adam and Micky’s . He can be heard on records with Willy Berking ( Canadian Dixie ), Paul Kuhn, Heinz Schönberger and Wolfgang Sauer.

Lexical entries

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Podehl, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German jazz musician and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 1979
Place of death	Bald on the Main