Max Bruel
Max Brüel (born July 14, 1927 in Hillerd , † March 31, 1995 in Ponches ) was a Danish jazz musician (piano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone), architect and painter.
Life
Brüel was one of the pioneers and leading soloists of Danish post-war jazz. With the bassist Erik Moseholm (1930–2012) and the trumpeter Jørgen Ryg (1927–1981) he represented bebop in Danish jazz. He became known as a jazz musician in 1949, first as an alto saxophonist, then in 1951 as a baritone saxophonist and from 1957 as a tenor saxophonist. In 1954 he performed at the Paris Jazz Festival. He belonged to a post-war generation of musicians who wanted to play modern jazz , even if it had to be on an amateur basis. Some recordings have been preserved, including those with Finn Savery and Erik Moseholm. At the end of the 1960s he was still involved as a musician on recordings by John Tchicai ( Cadentia Nova Danica , Afrodisiaca ).
Since the 1950s Brüel worked as an architect. In 1956, together with Gehrdt Bornebusch, Henning Larsen and Jørgen Selchau, he founded an architecture office that primarily designed public utility buildings, including a. the tallest building in Denmark to date , the district hospital in Herlev . In 1985 he moved to Portugal, where he worked as a painter.
From 1951 to 1962 he was married to the actress and singer Birgit Brüel , with whom he had twin daughters born in 1952.
Discography (selection)
- Max Brüel - Recordings 1950-1957 (Music Mecca)
literature
- John Jörgensen & Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
- Erik Wiedemann: History of Jazz in Denmark . In: That's Jazz . (Exhibition catalog), Darmstadt, 1988
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birgit Brüel in Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bruel, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish jazz musician (piano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone), architect and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hillerd |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1995 |
| Place of death | Ponches |