Harry van Dyk

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Harry van Dyk (actually Harry van Dijk , * around 1900, †) was a Dutch musician ( drums ) and bandleader , who in Germany in the field of jazz - and popular music actuated.

Live and act

Harry van Dijk worked as a jazz musician in the Netherlands from the early 1930s; In 1932 he played in the Paul Kley Orchestra in Amsterdam and in the summer of 1933 went on an American tour with Kley. From 1939 to 1943 he played in the bands of Kurt Widmann and Kurt Hohenberger in Germany , and he also worked with numerous studio orchestras, such as those of Michael Jary , Henk Bruyns , Guus Janssen , Willy Berking , Teddy Kleindin , Hans Rehmstedt , Primo Angeli , Adolf Steimel , Benny de Weille and Meg Tevelian . In 1942 he had the opportunity to record some shellac records for the Tempo label under his own name (mostly as Harry van Dyk ) , mostly swing-oriented instrumental numbers such as “Loesje” (Tempo 5137), “Midnight am Congo” / “Rhythm” (by Willy Berking , Tempo 5144), "Rugby" (by Curt Hasenpflug ; Tempo 5145), "Harry and his drum" / "Nocturne" (by Benny de Weille, Tempo 4005), "Amazonas" (Tempo 5137) and "I don't need a big one Love "/" Dance of the Penguins "(Tempo E4006). In his studio band u. a. Rinus van den Broek (tp), Jos Breyre and André Smit (tb), Benny de Weille (cl, as), Eugen Henkel , Cees Verschoor (as, ts), Tip Tischelaar (p), Meg Tevelian (git) and Cesare Cavaion (kb). In the field of jazz he was involved in 40 recording sessions between 1939 and 1943. After the end of the war he played with a small orchestra in American soldiers' clubs. a. in Frankfurt / Main, where he also lived; In 1955 he worked as a hotel musician in Bad Homburg .

According to Ingo Schweck, Harry van Dijk was “a good swing drummer” who made “his recordings interesting in terms of jazz”.

Discographic notes

  • The great dance orchestras 1930 - 1950: Harry Van Dyk & Meg Tevelian

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portrait at gramophone records
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 1, 2016)
  3. ^ Ingo Schiweck: "Let yourself be surprised--": Dutch entertainers in Germany after 1945 . Agenda, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Dyk, Harry van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dijk, Harry van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch jazz musician and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH around 1900
DATE OF DEATH after 1955