Hans Thomas (musician)

Hans Thomas , also called Hans Thomas-Mindnich (born August 14, 1937 in Bonn - Beuel ), is a German jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn ) and music editor.

From 1949 Thomas received piano and accordion lessons; In 1952 he switched to the trumpet and received lessons until 1958. He played in the State Youth Orchestra of North Rhine-Westphalia and then directed his own mainstream jazz ensemble . With this band he recorded albums for the Focus and Intersound labels. Then he belonged to the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra ; He also worked as a studio musician for Peter Herbolzheimer's Galactic Light Orchestra and was also involved in recordings by Walter Strerath and Madison . He composed under the pseudonym Thomas Mindnich . From 1966 to 1980 he was a lecturer in the jazz seminar at the University of Bonn ; he also worked at the St. Augustin Music School. In 1980 he went to Stuttgart to work as a music editor for Süddeutscher Rundfunk , where he was responsible for both the Jazztime and Treffpunkt Jazz programs and was one of the designers of the SDR 3 music program .

Lexical entries

• 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 .

Web links

• Hans Thomas at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Jazz Archive. In: Nutrition Thinking Workshop. Dr. Ulrich Oltersdorf, August 17, 2008, accessed on November 18, 2014 . 
2. ^ Frieder Berlin Trio. (No longer available online.) In: Jazzclub Biberach. November 12, 2005, archived from the original on January 9, 2016 ; Retrieved November 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Mike Louis: Five questions to Werner Köhler. In: SDR 3 History. Retrieved November 18, 2014 .