Joe Bushman

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Josef Wilhelm "Papa Joe" Buschmann (born April 6, 1925 in Wattenscheid ; † October 13, 2015 ) was a German jazz musician and restaurateur. He ran several music bars in Cologne.

Live and act

Buschmann, who grew up in Cologne, founded a salon orchestra at the age of 15 , which he ran on the side until he graduated from high school. After the end of the war he studied in Münster and also performed almost every day as a pianist in British officers' casinos . He was only able to realize the idea of ​​combining music with gastronomy after the opening of a small hotel in Cologne in 1956, in whose beer bar Buschmann himself acted as a bar pianist . In 1964, Buschmann founded the "Orchestrion", the first discotheque in Cologne, on Rudolfplatz in the basement of the Hahnentorburg . During the breaks of the disc jockeys , including Frank Elstner , Ray Miller and Jack White , he tried to entertain the guests with an orchestrion from 1903 located there.

In 1974, in the revitalized old town of Cologne , Buschmann founded Papa Joe's jazz bar and a little later Papa Joe's beer salon Klimperkasten . A jazz band has been performing in Papa Joe's jazz bar since 1974, alternating daily - usually in swing or Dixieland style; meanwhile there is also soul , funk and latin jazz . In the Klimperkasten , where historical mechanical musical instruments collected by Buschmann can be heard, the landlord also performed as a pianist from time to time. In his last years Buschmann continued to accompany the vocal trio Die Schmonzetten , for which he also arranged. He also arranged a cabaret Otto Reutter evening, which was performed repeatedly in Cologne and the surrounding area.

Discographic notes

  • Die Schmonzetten Always (Meyer Records 2011)
  • Aglaja Camphausen & Die Schmonzetten (Meyer Records 2008)
  • Klimperkasten music

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Schramm: Josef Buschmann is 90: Frank Elstner went into his cellar. Aachener Zeitung , April 10, 2015, accessed on October 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ 3 Bushmen and Big Band Ballroom-Sündikat - "I wonder about jarnish more" Otto Reutter evening - Cologne premiere. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. Mustard Pot Theater, accessed October 15, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.senftoepfchen-theater.de
  3. ↑ Werner Meyer: “Bring yourself as you are. You're perfect!". Blonde in Niko von Glasows “Everything will be fine”. aaanalog.de, accessed on October 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ News - events and publications with our participation. studio-feder.de. November 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Bushman, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buschmann, Josef Wilhelm (real name); Bushman, Papa Joe (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician and restaurateur
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattenscheid
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2015