Lutz Templin
Ludwig "Lutz" Templin (born June 18, 1901 in Düsseldorf , † March 7, 1973 in Stuttgart ) was a German saxophonist , band leader and arranger .
Originally from Düsseldorf, Templin was a violinist in dance orchestras and directed his own orchestra, which played in the Berlin region at the end of the 1930s. Templin became known from 1940 as the leader of the propaganda swing band " Charlie and His Orchestra ", which during the Second World War re- enacted American jazz standards in versions arranged by Templin on behalf of the Propaganda Ministry . The original text was mostly repositioned in line with Nazi propaganda . As a band leader, Templin was officially allowed to listen to the otherwise forbidden enemy radio stations in order to be able to use the swing music heard there in his versions and arrange it as jazzy as possible . At that time, numerous German and European musicians who belonged to the elite of jazz and popular music outside the USA played in Templin's orchestra.
From 1943 Templin worked in Stuttgart. His swing music (without propaganda texts) was also published on record for export purposes during the Nazi dictatorship .
literature
- Michael H. Kater Daring game. Jazz in National Socialism Cologne 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lutz Templin at www.rundfunkmuseum.at
- ^ Gregor F. Lüthy: Swing for Goebbels. In: Berliner Zeitung . February 18, 2004, accessed June 16, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Templin, Lutz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Templin, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German saxophonist, band leader and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1973 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |