Jean Claude Fohrenbach
Jean-Claude Fohrenbach (* 5. February 1925 in Paris ; † the 30th March 2009 ) was a French Jazz - Tenor Saxophonist of the swing , then of hard bop .
Live and act
Fohrenbach received violin and clarinet lessons and began to work as a professional musician in 1945. He played u. a. with Django Reinhardt ("Minor Blues", April 16, 1947, Blue Star Session ) and performed mainly in Paris, as with Bernard Zacharias et ses Solistes in 1954, but also in Germany and accompanied US musicians such as Jonah who were in France Jones . He released the album "Fohrenbach French Sound" under his own name.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001.
swell
- ↑ Décès du saxophoniste Jean-Claude Fohrenbach - Obituary in Jazzmagazine.com 2009 ( Memento of the original of February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fohrenbach, Jean Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2009 |