Hermann Rohrbeck

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Hermann Rohrbeck (born February 28, 1899 in Berlin ; † February 22, 1978 there ) was a German jazz and entertainment musician ( violin , composition, arrangement, orchestral direction).

Career

Rohrbeck studied violin at the Stern Conservatory . From 1915 he played in a salon orchestra that performed in the Berlin Hotel Excelsior . In the 1920s he was enthusiastic about jazz and founded his jazz symphonic orchestra , with whom he appeared in the relevant establishments in Berlin, e.g. B. in the Barberina on Steinplatz or in Ballhaus Resi in Blumenstrasse, later in the Hotel Excelsior at Anhalter Bahnhof , in the Moka Efti and in the Femina-Palast . The "remarkable for swing fans" formation went on numerous concert tours. From the mid-1930s until the 1950s, Rohrbeck worked with his orchestra on the express steamers of the North German Lloyd , such as the TS Bremen . His orchestra included musicians such as the saxophonist Rudi Rischbeck , the trombonist Rudi Arndt, the violinist Walter Leschetitzky and the drummers Willy Kettel and Longin Leffler. Rohrbeck recorded records for His Master's Voice , Electrola and Gloria .

literature

  • Horst H. Lange  : Jazz in Germany - the German jazz chronicle 1900-1960 , Berlin, Colloquium 1966, 2nd improved edition, Olms 1996, ISBN 3-487-08375-2 , 296 pages.
  • Marko Paysan: A good hand and good salaries. All star hidden: the Hermann Rohrbeck story. In: Klaus Krüger (Ed.): Fox auf 78, Herbst 2002, pp. 72–74. Here is also a photo of the orchestra.
  • Knud Wolffram: dance floors and amusement palaces. Berlin nightlife in the thirties and forties from Friedrichstrasse to Berlin W, from Moka Efti to Delphi (= Series German Past Vol. 78: Sites of Berlin's History) Berlin: Edition Hentrich 1992. ISBN 978-3-89468-047- 3 , 241 pages. Illustr.
  • 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paysan p. 72
  2. ↑ Paysan p. 73
  3. ↑ Horst H. Lange, p. 93
  4. ↑ In 1960 an EP “Music on board the› Bremen ‹” was published by Bertelsmann Schallplattenring with recordings by the on-board band conducted by Hermann Rohrbeck ( Bertelsmann-Schallplattenring 45 rpm, catalog no. 36237)
  5. ^ Klaus Krüger, Rainer E. Lotz Discography of German Dance Music Vol. 5. Bonn 1998; ISBN 3-9803461-5-3
personal data
SURNAME Rohrbeck, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1978
Place of death Berlin