Joe Nay

Johannes "Joe" Nay (born May 10, 1934 in Berlin ; † December 22, 1990 near Munich ) was a German jazz musician , composer and drummer .

Live and act

After Nay had studied guitar at the Berlin Conservatory, he changed instruments in 1958; during a stay of several months in Paris he became a drum student of Kenny Clarke . Between 1961 and 1963 he played in Michael Naura's quintet and developed alongside Hartwig Bartz , Ralf Hübner and Klaus Weiss to become one of the most important German jazz drummers. Michael Naura has apostrophized him as the “perfect heater” and the “heartbeat of the quintet”.

Together with the pianist Jan Huydts and the bassist Peter Trunk , he formed the house rhythm group in the Berlin jazz cellar Blue Note from 1963 . This trio accompanied American stars such as Roland Kirk , Don Byas , Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin with great success .

After an interlude in Dusko Goykovich's International Quintet , Nay founded the group Space Rangers Orbit Company in Munich in 1972, in order to then work with Volker Kriegel . He later played with Randy Brecker , Leszek Zadlo and Jasper van't Hof . His Northern Lights at the end of the 1970s included Johannes Faber , Andy Scherrer , Harry Pepl , Christoph Spendel and Adelhard Roidinger . In the eighties he led the group Message , in which musicians such as Harry Sokal and Paul Grabowsky played. In total he has worked on over 80 LP or CD recordings.

He died as a result of a car accident.

His son Sebastian Nay (* 1966) is also a jazz drummer, works with pianist Tine Schneider , among others , and in 2016 remembered his father's work as a composer.

Discographic notes

Recordings under your own name

• Dusko Goykovich, Tete Montoliu , Rob Langereis , Joe Nay: After Hours (1971)
• Message (1986)
• Dick Heckstall-Smith , John Etheridge , Rainer Glas , Joe Nay: Live 1990 (1991)
• Fritz Pauer • Joe Nay The Rambler (2000)

Recordings as an accompanist

• Barbara Dennerlein : Be-Bab , 1985
• Wilton Gaynair : Alpharian , 1982
• Dusko Goykovich: It's About Blues Time , 1971
• Dusko Goykovich: After Hours , 1971
• Johnny Griffin : Body & Soul , 1990
• Jan Huydts: Trio Conception , 1963
• Carmell Jones : Carmell Jones in Europe , 1969
• Volker Kriegel: Mild Maniac , 1974
• Volker Kriegel: Topical Harvest , 1975
• Volker Kriegel: Biton Grooves , 1976, ed. 2019
• Tete Montoliu: Body and Soul , 1971
• Tete Montoliu: It's About Blues Time , 1971
• Tete Montoliu: Recordando a Line , 1971
• Michael Naura: Michael Naura Quintet , 1963
• Michael Naura: Call , 1970
• Michael Naura: Rainbow Runner , 1973
• Fritz Pauer : Beat the Beat , 1966
• Dieter Reith : Join Us , 1978
• Annie Ross & Pony Poindexter : Annie Ross and Pony Poindexter , 1966
• Kristian Schultze: Recreation , 1972
• Peter Trunk: Sincerely PT , 1973
• Utopia: Utopia , 1973 (with Jimmy Jackson , Kristian Schultze , Olaf Kübler , Lothar Meid and other Amon Düül II musicians)

literature

• Werner Burkhardt : 'Liner notes' for Joe Nay: Message (1986)
• Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
• Martin Kunzler :  Nay, Joe. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 7 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
• NN: "Joe Nay †", Jazz Podium , February 1991, p. 55

Remarks

1. ↑ http://www.tineschneider-jazzpiano.com/TEMP/de/link4.html
2. ^ Sebastian Nay Septet plays the Music of Joe Nay
3. ↑ ^{a b} contains wrong date of death

Web links

• Joe Nay at Discogs (English)
• Joe Nay at Allmusic (English)
• Works by and about Joe Nay in the catalog of the German National Library