Harry Nicolai

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Harry Nicolai (born January 29, 1936 in Halle / Saale ; † July 26, 2006 ) was a German jazz musician ( piano , vibraphone , composition ), music producer and radio editor.

Life

Nicolai passed his exam as a professional musician and band leader after private studies. From 1961 to 1963 he played in the quintet of trumpeter Werner Pfüller and from 1963 to 1972 led his own groups. From 1973 he worked as a producer of dance music for the Leipzig transmitter. There he was able to win foreign guest soloists such as George Gruntz , Hans Koller , Jiggs Whigham , Peter Herbolzheimer , Ack van Rooyen and Ferenc Snétberger for the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra, led by Walter Eichenberg and later by Eberhard Weise . Occasionally he was involved as a musician in productions of the orchestra, which was "wound up" in 1992. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , Nicolai worked to ensure that jazz became an indispensable part of the MDR program. Between 1992 and 2001 he was in charge of the station's jazz editorial team, which he set up; There he was also concerned with overcoming the inhibitions of listeners, promoting young jazz musicians through radio recordings, supporting creative organizers and sharpening the aesthetic ideas of young people. He also composed dance music for the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra; the Manfred Ludwig sextet took up his composition "Zweck". As a singer he interpreted “But I don't know your heart” (1968), accompanied by Klaus Lenz and his band, and “Heart Lost” (1968) with the Walter Kubiczeck orchestra .

The actor and comedian Thomas Nicolai is his son.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Date of birth after Wölfer Jazz in Germany ; different year of birth for GND
  2. ↑ a b Jazz pioneer Harry Nicolai dies; nmz - new music newspaper
  3. ↑ Can Figaro jazz? But yes , jazz newspaper 10/2005
  4. ↑ Harry Nicolai at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Nicolai, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician and editor as well as music producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2006