Kurt Weg (musician)

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Kurt routes (* 11 July 1911 in Frankfurt am Main , † 5. April 1964 in Hamburg ) was a German woodwind , composer and orchestra leader in the field of swing and popular music .

Live and act

Wegen, who played clarinet , tenor and baritone saxophone , was a member of the orchestra Die Goldene Sieben ( St. Louis Blues 1937); He also played with James Kok ( Flying Hamburger 1934), Erhard Bauschke ( Nachts am Mississippi , 1937) and Peter Kreuder . He co-wrote the song I'm Happy But Sad! which Rudi Schuricke recorded for Odeon in 1941 . In the same year he recorded for Electrola under his own name ( Kurt Weg with his soloists ) jazzy instrumental versions of the tracks known from Rosita Serrano . It was always so nice with you and I do everything with music! that came from the musical comedy Anita and the Devil .

After 1945 he played in the Hamburg Radio Dance Orchestra , directed by Willy Steiner, on the North West German Radio ; there he was in charge of the “small line-up” of the orchestra (wind instruments and rhythm section ). In the summer of 1946 he took over overall management from Steiner. Conflicts soon arose over the role of the string section in the orchestra and the direction of the music. 1947 there were complaints from listeners who in letters to the Hörzu rejected any jazz orientation of the orchestra; on the other hand, there were also numerous petitions from jazz fans as a result . Due to tactical mistakes made by his colleague Friedrich Meyer , he was dismissed and, like Dorle Rath, he was initially given leave of absence.

For Lale Andersen he wrote the song Kleines Märchen , which the singer recorded in 1949 with Michael Jary's orchestra for Decca . In 1951 he accompanied the pop singer Gerhard Wendland with his orchestra on a cover version of Jay Livingston's song Mona Lisa ; he also recorded again in November 1951 with Rosita Serrano, who recorded the Georges Boulanger song My Prayer with a German text by Curth Flatow ( Eine Saite zersprang, Electrola EG 7702). He was also active as a film composer ( Der Mustergatte ; Director: Erik Ode , 1956). Shortly before his death, he presented an LP with music by Leroy Anderson . Weg died of a stomach ailment in April 1964 at the age of 52. He was buried in the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof in Hamburg, grid square AC 13 (west of the north pond ).

Discographic notes

Singles

  • Kurt Weg and his orchestra: Avant de mourir (solo violin: Barnabás Bakos ) / Today I say that, tomorrow I say that Vocals: Rosita Serrano (Electrola EG 7702)
  • Kurt Weg and his soloists: Bye-bye, Honolulu-Baby / I love to think back again, vocals: Jan Behrens (Philips P 44024)
  • Kurt Weg and his soloists: In the park of Monbijou (from the movie Pikanterie ) / Intermezzo (springtime, you most beautiful time) Singing: Peter Scheeben (Philips P 44087)
  • Kurt Weg and his soloists: Come, come, be good again / If you don't know a girl Singing: Gerhard Wendland (Philips P 44071)
  • Kurt Weg and his soloists: Sunday night on the Reeperbahn / Over the year when the cornflowers are in bloom Singing: Rosita Serrano (Electrola EG 7676)

LPs

  • Swing Dancing Prohibited - Unwanted Music 1929 - 1945 Volume 1 (Membran Music, ed. 2004)
  • The Music of Leroy Anderson ( Polydor , 1963)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Goldene Sieben and their orchestra, Electrola EG 6132, matrix number: ORA 2384-1, date of recording: November 1937
  2. ↑ Polydor 10662, die number: 7279 1/2 GR8, date of photo: September 1937
  3. ↑ Electrola 7149 / mx. ORA4857
  4. ^ Electrola EG. 7149 / mx. 4858, cf. also Günther Schifter Mediathek  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.mediathek.at  
  5. ^ < Gabriela A. Richmond: The WDR Big Band, a Brief History. (2011) (pdf)
  6. ↑ See Uta G. Poiger Jazz, Rock, and Rebels: Cold War Politics and American Culture in a Divided Germany (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) . University of California Press 2000, p. 43
  7. ↑ Sheet metal pressed against the wall. Between hot and sweet Der Spiegel , January 17, 1948
  8. ↑ Lale Andersen discography ( memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lale-andersen.de
  9. ↑ Philips PH 4072
  10. ↑ The mirror
  11. ↑ Celebrity Graves
personal data
SURNAME Ways, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German woodwind player, composer and orchestra leader in the field of swing and light music
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1964
Place of death Hamburg