Jürg Maurer
Jürg Maurer (* 1935 ) is a jazz - clarinet player from the Swiss canton of Zurich , the Dixieland and Swing in The Saints Jazz Band played.
Even as a teenager, Maurer was less influenced by Dixieland Jazz , which was also popular in Switzerland at the time , than by Woody Herman's music , which he heard on AFN . He had his first engagements in a folk wind group, called Harmoniemusik in Switzerland , but remained loyal to jazz, which ultimately led to his dismissal. From then on he performed mostly in the Niederdorf of the city of Zurich - in the Eulerbar, in the Hirschen and in the Trester Club. He also played in the Swiss Swing College Band .
After one of the founders, the saxophonist and clarinetist Rene Borel, left The Saints Jazz Band , which the pianist Romeo Borbach took over in 1962, Maurer became a permanent member of the group in 1963. He played in this band until his age-related retirement in 2014. He was also a member of the Paramount Union Jazz Band for a time.
Web links
- Biography on website about the Saints ( Memento from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry (jazzindex.ch)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mason, Juerg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |