Macky Kasper
Macky Kasper (born February 17, 1922 in Breslau , † April 14, 1968 in Berlin ) was a German jazz trumpeter and orchestra conductor .
Live and act
Kasper started out as a saxophonist before switching to the trumpet. He first played with Hans Sandberg before he appeared with Benny de Weille , Heinz Burzynski and Lutz Templin . In 1942 and 1943 he was a member of the Hans-Georg Schütz Orchestra. After returning from the war he played with Lubo D'Orio , and from 1946 on Radio Berlin Tanzorchester ; In 1947 he recorded with Willi Stanke's orchestra. In 1948 he moved to Werner Müller in the newly founded RIAS dance orchestra . He showed that he played “hot” “mainly through his whole-body commitment”, and thus achieved “great popularity with the audience.”
He later led his own big bands, with which he presented swing , hit and dance music and accompanied stars like Mona Baptiste . He recorded under his own name for EMI and Ariola ( We never want to go apart ) , but also with Werner Müller ( All the Things You Are ; Trumpet Boogie), Walter Dobschinski (Hello Mr. Bebop), Kurt Henkels (Nordlicht-Melodie), Lionel Hampton (The Mess Is Here), Kurt Abraham , Omar Lamparter , Kurt Widmann and Marcel Simonet. According to Jürgen Wölfer , he was at times known as the "German Harry James ". Kasper was also seen in films, including 1954 as a musician in Ten fingers .
The guitarist Harry-James Kasper is his son.
Lexical entries
- 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 .
Web links
- Macky Kasper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Macky Kasper at Discogs (English)
- Literature by and about Macky Kasper in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank-Manuel Peter : Hans Berry, a "German top trumpeter after 1930 to 1954". ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kasper, Macky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz trumpeter and orchestra leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1968 |
| Place of death | Berlin |