Joe Wick

Joe Wick (born March 19, 1916 in Siegburg as Josef Wick ; † November 15, 1994 in Hamburg ) was a German orchestra leader , singer and drummer .

Live and act

Wick first played as a violinist, then as a drummer with Fred Franke, Nando Ferenci, Willy Rosé-Petösy , Will Glahé , Peter Kreuder , Peter Igelhoff , La Jana, Otto Dobrindt and Bernard Etté . In the Third Reich he directed the dance orchestra of the UFA (Universum Film AG). During the Second World War he was employed in looking after the German soldiers in Normandy and was taken prisoner by the British along with the orchestra . Wick and the orchestra were brought to London , where they stayed until 1946. Then they played as Joe Wick and his dance orchestra of the BBC London for the British troop support in Germany. "However, this band was dissolved again at the end of 1946, and Wick relentlessly put together a new group in which he united some young, enthusiastic jazz musicians from West Germany." The orchestra retained its name, which played mainly jazz and only existed until the end of 1948, also after the troop support. Joe Wick's orchestra is considered to be the "link between the bands of the older school and the upcoming big bands of a more modern character, such as those of Kurt Edelhagen , Kurt Henkels , Erwin Lehn and Werner Müller ". With this band he recorded some notable tracks for Brunswick (Deutsche Grammophon) in 1948 (Opus in Brown, Torpedo Function). When Wick had to break up his band in December 1948, Edelhagen took over his best musicians, the trumpeters Fred Bunge and Hanne Wilfert , the trombonists Erich Well and Otto Bredl , the saxophonists Paul Biste and Bubi Aderhold, and Delle Haensch as arranger . Wick later continued to work with alternating bands.

Composition of the Joe Wick Orchestra in 1948

For the recordings in January and June 1948, the orchestra made up the following line-up: Fred Bunge , Hanne Wilfert , Horst Mauch, Ernst Mueller (tp); Erich Well, Willi Schoenfeldt, Addie Aderhold, Max Büttermann (tb); Delle Haensch (ts, cl, arr), Hans (Jackie Roman) Rösch (ts, as), Connie Geiger (ts), Paul Biste (as), Bubi Aderhold (bars); Bert Grund (p), Werner Schulz (g), Karl (Charlie 'Pops') Hartl (b), Teddy Paris (d).

In October 1948: Willi Sanner (tp) and Jack Malder (tp) in place of Mauch and Mueller, in addition to Erich Well now the trombonists Helmuth Hauck and Max Büttermann and the pianist Günter H. Borchert in place of Bert Grund.

literature

HJP Bergmeier & Rainer E. Lotz The Joe Wick Storry - told by himself in 1987
Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .

Discography (selection)

2003: The great dance orchestras 1930-1950 - Joe Wick / Werner Deinert . (CD; recordings 1948–1949, compilation by Horst H. Lange ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Horst H. Lange : Jazz in Germany. The German Jazz Chronicle 1900-1960. Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1966, p. 125ff.
↑ Music with the sunglasses . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1948, pp. 29 ( online ).
↑ On this “swing label” of the Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft, revived in 1946, cf. Horst H. Lange: Jazz in Germany. The German Jazz Chronicle 1900-1960. Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1966, p. 171.
↑ ^a ^b Horst H. Lange: The German Jazz Discography. Bote & Bock, Berlin / Wiesbaden 1955, p. 600. The records mentioned were recorded on January 6th, June 5th and October 6th 1948.

personal data
SURNAME	Wick, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wick, Josef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German orchestra leader, singer and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siegburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1994
Place of death	Hamburg

[lange-1] A ^b ^c Horst H. Lange : Jazz in Germany. The German Jazz Chronicle 1900-1960. Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1966, p. 125ff.

[2] Music with the sunglasses . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1948, pp. 29 ( online ).

[3] On this “swing label” of the Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft, revived in 1946, cf. Horst H. Lange: Jazz in Germany. The German Jazz Chronicle 1900-1960. Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1966, p. 171.

[lange2-4] Horst H. Lange: The German Jazz Discography. Bote & Bock, Berlin / Wiesbaden 1955, p. 600. The records mentioned were recorded on January 6th, June 5th and October 6th 1948.