John Dengler

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John Morgan Dengler (born June 20, 1927 in East Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania , † July 25, 1994 ) was an American jazz musician ( saxophone , trumpet , cornet , trombone , tuba , composition , also washboard and kazoo ). According to JazzTimes , he was a "seriously underrated" soloist on the bass saxophone .

Live and act

Dengler studied at Princeton University (1944–1950), interrupted in 1946/47 by completing military service in the US Army. After initially working as a journalist in 1948/49 and briefly in the advertising industry in his home town of Stroudsburg in 1950, he also began to work as a jazz musician. After first recordings in Princeton with The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band , he played in the New York region a. a. with Marty Grosz , with whom he led a Dixieland band, including Dick Wellstood , and with Bobby Hackett , Jerry Shard , Don Ewell , Don Goldie , Rex Stewart , Pee Wee Russell , Billy Maxted , Stan Rubin and Jabbo Smith . In the field of jazz he was involved in 43 recording sessions between 1948 and 1970, most recently with Andy Bartha / Billy Butterfield . According to Leonard Feathers , Dengler had a great deal of flexibility both in the rhythm section and in his role as a soloist.

Discographic notes

  • Rex Stewart / John Dengler All Stars: The Irrepressible Rex Stewart (Jazzology, 1951), with Bob Jenney, Fred Waring, Jr., Roger Acker, Willie Spicer, Ruth "Rudi" * * Stan Rubin and His Tigertown Five: Dixieland Bash ( RCA Victor , 1956)
  • Bobby Hackett / Bob Wilder Sextet: Complete Live at the Voyager Room (rec. 1956–58, ed. 2006)
  • Billy Maxted: Bourbon St. Billy and the Blues (1959)
  • Jabbo Smith: Complete Hidden Treasure Sessions (rec. 1961, ed. 2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JazzTimes, Volume 35, Issues 6–10, 2005, p. 322
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 12, 2018)
  3. ^ Leonard Feather: The Book of Jazz - A Guide to the Entire Field . New York 1957, 1961, 1976, Horizon 1988.
personal data
SURNAME Dengler, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dengler, John Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1994