Kurt Dörflinger

Kurt Dörflinger (born August 5, 1910 in Karlsruhe ; † January 6, 1986 in Estorf ) was a German composer who also worked as a jazz and entertainment musician. He also published under the pseudonym Collano .

Dörflinger studied at the Munz Conservatory in his hometown in the 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s he worked as a saxophonist with Willy Berking , in the German Dance and Entertainment Orchestra (under Willi Stech ) and with Kurt Widmann , for whom he wrote the piece Heisse Tage . Then he worked in radio orchestras. He composed orchestral works, the comic opera Der Erntekranz , the symphonic work Revolution , but also hits such as Quite leis' can be heard from Conny Scheffel recorded.

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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 .

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SURNAME	Dörflinger, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Collano (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German jazz and entertainment musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 1986
Place of death	Estorf