Julian Fuhs

Wedding of Julian Fuhs and Lily Löwenthal, December 1930

Julian Fuhs (born November 20, 1891 in Berlin , † February 4, 1975 in Miami , according to another source in Miami Beach ) was a German - American pianist and band leader .

Life

After attending the Stern Conservatory , Fuhs emigrated to the United States in 1910 and acquired American citizenship in 1916. In 1924 he returned to Berlin, where he put together his Follies Band , whose American-influenced jazz and entertainment music was extremely successful. He made a significant contribution to the establishment of jazz in Germany in the 1920s , was the first to employ a three-part saxophone setting and was considered the German counterpart to Paul Whiteman - after his recording of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue , Fuhs was the first to do it in Europe for the Recorded record. In 1931, as a result of the global economic crisis, he was forced to dissolve his orchestra and earn his living as the owner of a pub. In 1933 he was repeatedly the victim of violent attacks because of his Jewish origins. He emigrated first to Austria, then to Czechoslovakia and France. In 1937 he returned to the USA, where he got by as a sales representative and died impoverished.

Works

Label of a shellac record by Julian Fuhs, 1930

Julian Fuhs, An American from Berlin (CD with original recordings 1925–1930)

Web links

• CV, photos, sound samples
• Works by and about Julian Fuhs and his orchestra in the catalog of the German National Library

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• Rainer E. Lotz: Discography of German Dance Music, Volume 1 . Birgit Lotz Verlag, Bonn 1993 (pp. Viii, 1-278), ISBN 978-3-9802656-4-5 (contains a list of all records by Julian Fuhs, pp. 75-106).
• Julian Fuhs, article in CD booklet by: Swing dance prohibited. Vol. 1. Unwanted Music 1929–1945. (4 CDs), Membrane Music Ltd.