Joe Sydow

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Ekkehart "Joe" Sydow (born February 22, 1926 ; † January 3, 2018 ) was a German jazz bassist .

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Sydow, who originally wanted to become a doctor or a pilot, was a bassist in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra in 1949/51 and was already making numerous recordings with the Edelhagen band. In 1951 he worked for the NWDR Radio Orchestra . As the successor to Bob Carter , Edelhagen engaged him again in his orchestra around 1963, where he stayed until the end of 1966. He toured with the Edelhagen Band through several countries - for example through the Soviet Union in 1964 and through North Africa in 1966 - and played at numerous European jazz festivals. Then Franz Thon brought him into the NDR dance orchestra as the successor to bassist Hans Last . He also played in the bands of Bora Roković , Milo Pavlović and Günter Fuhlisch , with the Hamburg Oldtime All-Stars , with Meyers Dampfkapelle , with Ladi Geisler and, in recent years, with the Mountain Village Jazzmen . With Helmut Weglinski he wrote the title “Antik” (1962). In 2001 he played as a guest with the European Jazz Giants . Sydow was involved in 39 recordings between 1948 and 1983 in the field of jazz. He also appeared in the feature film Give me your heart (2010).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Short biography (Swinging Hamburg) ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Jazz legend Joe Sydow died at the age of 91. Hamburger Abendblatt , January 6, 2017, accessed on January 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ See Horst H. Lange: The German Jazz Discography. A history of jazz on records from 1902 to 1955. Berlin, Wiesbaden, Bote & Bock, 1955, pp. 201ff.
  4. ↑ http://www.wmg-wolfsburg.de/presse-archiv-einzelansicht+M526bf06cbd5.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=236
  5. ↑ Ladi Geisler Trio
  6. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  7. ↑ Jam session with Paul Kuhn on the occasion of the film premiere in Hamburg (Die Welt, May 4, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Sydow, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sydow, Ekkehart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1926
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2018