Kamil Běhounek

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Kamil Běhounek (born March 29, 1916 in Blatná , † December 9, 1983 in Bonn ) was a German jazz and entertainment musician ( accordion , tenor saxophone ) of Czechoslovak origin, who also emerged as a film composer and arranger .

Live and act

Běhounek was trained as an accordion virtuoso; he got into jazz through a concert by Jack Hylton . He first played in an amateur band at the Grammo Club in Prague and recorded his first record in 1936. He then worked in Harry Harden's orchestra before becoming a member of Rudolf Antonin Dvorský's ensemble , where he also composed and arranged. With Jiří Traxler he wrote the music for the film Eva Makes Stupidity (1939). In 1940 he switched to Karel Vlach , who had previously recorded his piece Ráda zpívám hot . In 1943 Běhounek was conscripted by the German occupiers; he had to go to Berlin, where he arranged for Lutz Templin and Ernst van't Hoff . Even after his return to Prague he continued to work for the Berlin radio . In 1944 he was able to record the first records for ultraphone with his quintet . In 1948 he moved to West Germany, where he worked in the American soldiers' clubs. He increasingly worked as an arranger for Adalbert Luczkowski , Willy Berking , Heinz Schönberger and Werner Müller . Between 1968 and 1977 he recorded several albums of folk music , but continued to play swing music with his own groups .

Discographic notes

  • Memorial (Black Jack)
on anthologies and albums by other musicians
  • Český jazz 1920-1960 (Supraphon 1965).
  • Sjezd swingařů (Supraphon 1968).
  • RA Dvorský (Supraphon 1969).
  • Doctor Swing redivivus (Supraphon 1974).
  • My tri - sestry Allanovy (Supraphon 1985).
  • Pozdravy orchestru Karla Vlacha (Supraphon 1986).
  • Doctor Swing - Arnošt Kavka (Supraphon 1987).
  • Dívka v rytmu zrozená - Inka Zemánková (Supraphon 1988)
  • Má láska je jazz (Radioservis 2003)

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SURNAME Běhounek, Kamil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and entertainment musician (accordion, tenor saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Blatná
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1983
Place of death Bonn