Lothar Löffler (musician)
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Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Lothar Löffler (born February 5, 1918 - December 20, 1995 ) was a Swiss entertainment pianist , composer and arranger .
Life
In his youth Löffler worked at Musik Hug in Basel .
Löffler played in various formations ( e.g. with Günter Lenz ) z. B. Tangos , waltzes , foxtrots . In the late 1930s he was among the Swing kiddies to René Bertschy .
He formed his own orchestra under the name Ambassador and founded the Löffler Grammo House in Basel .
In 1986 Löffler was “awarded a gold record for his complete works ”.
Discography (selection)
- Gershwin melodies
- Dream Concert
- 1993: Piano Cocktail (CD EAN 7619950500923)
- 1981: Wonderful (EMI 13C 064-76195)
- Around the world
- In the bar with Lothar Löffler
- Golden evergreens
- Dream concert (starlight piano)
- Piano games for dancing
- Souvenirs
- Cocktail Party (with Mac Strittmatter's Dixielanders), Tell Record LP 564
- Broadway tunes from the bar next door
- 12 bestsellers to dance to
literature
- Loeffler Lothar (1918-): Document collection. OCLC 600979251
- Fränzi Jenny, Chris Gugger: BaselLexikon. Verlag Jenny & Gugger, 2001, p. 214. ISBN 978-3-9522110-0-7
Web links
- Lothar Löffler at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Swiss National Sound Archives , accessed on December 18, 2016
- ↑ Bruno Spoerri : Jazz in Switzerland: History and Stories. Chronos, 2005, pp. 210, 322 and 323.
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Lothar+L%F6ffler&titel=Wunderbar&cat=a
- ↑ http://www.phono-schop.ch/product_info.php/info/p4036_Loeffler-Lothar.html
- ↑ http://www.jazzdocumentation.ch/oh_bertschyr.html
- ^ Loeffler Lothar (1918-): Document collection. OCLC 600979251
- ↑ Basler Stadtbuch , Volume 107, 1987, p. 272.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löffler, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entertainment pianist, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1918 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1995 |