Knut Kiesewetter

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Knut Kiesewetter (1976)

Knut Kiesewetter (born September 13, 1941 in Stettin ; † December 28, 2016 in Garding ) was a German jazz singer , songwriter , trombonist , guitarist and producer .

Life

The Fresenhof in Bohmstedtfeld, where Kiesewetter lived from 1971

At the age of three, Kiesewetter moved to Garding on the North Frisian peninsula of Eiderstedt . At the age of 14, inspired by Jack Teagarden , he began to play the trombone and sing jazz. He recorded his first singles at the age of 19 while studying music. Of these, two singles with the group Die Tramps , Am Missouri (October 1961, D # 24) and Nur eine kleine Träne von dir (July 1962, D # 38), made it into the German charts. Kiesewetter first had various stage names until he was successful enough to be able to perform under his own name. In the 1960s and 1970s he won the German Jazzpoll eleven times in the singer category. During this time he also won the Europe-wide Jazz Poll of the French jazz magazine Blue Note three times . In his music he mixed styles such as blues , jazz, rock , soul , gospel , chanson and folk . He also sang the aria Do you want your heart to be given to me from the music book for Anna Magdalena Bach on record. His spectrum in jazz ranged from old-time jazz to bebop . He also played with Chet Baker , Dizzy Gillespie and Joe Zawinul . He often performed with his siblings Sigrun and Hartmut Kiesewetter.

At the end of the 1960s Kiesewetter began producing records himself. He discovered Volker Lechtenbrink and Fiede Kay , among others, and became their producer, as did Hannes Wader , whose first three albums he produced. In 1971 he moved to the Fresenhof in Bohmstedtfeld near Husum . As a result, Kiesewetter became known for his high German, Low German and sometimes also North Frisian , often politically inspired songs. In total, he published around 50 albums, of which Leeder von mien Fresenhof received a gold record . The LP contains u. a. the song Fresenhof . He later sold the Fresenhof to the television presenter Peter Lustig and moved to Garding.

Politically, Kiesewetter committed in the late 1970s in the first environment - Wählergemeinschaft Germany, the Green List Nordfriesland . Knut Kiesewetter taught song composition and lyrics at the Hamburg University of Music and Performing Arts in the 1980s .

In 2012 Kiesewetter received the Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein for his services to the Low German and Frisian languages .

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 1964: Songs and ballads (with Hartmut and Sigrun Kiesewetter)
  • 1964: Halleluja - German Spirituals ( Polydor )
  • 1967: That's Me (Star-Club Records)
  • 1968: The Gospel Train
  • 1968: Happy Dixie
  • 1969: Knut's broken joke box (FASS)
  • 1970: Knut's broken joke box 2 - two meet ... (FASS)
  • 1970: stop! Watch! And Listen! (MPS)
  • 1972: That can't be true (Somerset)
  • 1972: Take me down the river (BASF)
  • 1972: The best East Frisian jokes are distributed by Knut Kiesewetter
  • 1973: You shouldn't forget me ( BASF )
  • 1974: Nobody really loves me (Polydor)
  • 1976: Leeder vun mien Fresenhof (Polydor)
  • 1976: The dream of being a great man (Polydor)
  • 1976: STARGALA Knut Kiesewetter (double album, Polydor)
  • 1978: Where Are You Ween (Polydor)
  • 1978: Don't jump in my boat (Polydor)
  • 1980: Jazz Again (Polydor)
  • 1982: I only sing like this for you
  • 1983: Never Let Them Win (RCA)
  • 1985: I'm Still Singing (RCA)
  • 1987: Wiehnachtstied op uns Fresenhof
  • 1989: When you're not in (BMG Ariola)
  • 1991: Morning light (Dino, Knut Kiesewetter and family)
  • 2005: Wiehnachtstied (4 CD)
  • 2007: 50 Years on Stage (4 CD)

Participation on other albums

Literary works

honors and awards

Others

His German translation of the Beatles song Yesterday is used as the intro to the second episode of the first season of the US series The Politician .

Web links

Commons : Knut Kiesewetter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Singer Knut Kiesewetter died. ( Memento of December 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Report of the NDR of December 28, 2016. Accessed on December 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g CV on Kiesewetter's website ( memento from June 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), June 4, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Awards - Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein - Archive , schleswig-holstein.de
  4. ↑ Knut Kiesewetter turns 70 , shz.de, September 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Knut Kiesewetter - Yesterday on Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZj0RLFCjg
personal data
SURNAME Kiesewetter, Knut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz singer, songwriter, trombonist, guitarist and producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2016
Place of death Garding