Heinz Grah

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Heinz Grah (* 7. May 1931 , † 1989 ) was a German double bassist of the Modern Jazz , who is also in mainstream jazz was active.

Grah comes from a musical family; his father was the pianist and conductor Willi Grah. With his brother, the pianist and vibraphonist Bill Grah , he played in a band from 1946 that performed regularly in the jazz clubs of Cologne and Düsseldorf. In the mid-1950s he moved with him to Vienna , where he was active in the central bands of Oscar Klein and Fatty George . Back in the Rhineland he was part of the Boogie Woogie Company around Leo von Knobelsdorff and Ali Claudi from 1964 . Between 1953 and 1973 he was involved in 43 recordings, in addition to the aforementioned bands, among others with the quartet of Karl Drewo .

Discographic notes

  • Fatty George: Fatty 69 (Preiser, 1969)
  • The Boogie Woogie Company: Our Blue Boogie Soul (EMI, 1973)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 , p. 125.
  2. ↑ cf. Robert von Zahn Jazz in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1946 . Emons, Cologne 1999, p. 49 as well as Reclam's jazz guide
  3. ^ Boogie Woogie Company
  4. ↑ cf. Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  5. ↑ Heinz Grah at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Grah, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1931
DATE OF DEATH 1989