Max Rumpf (musician)
Max Hull (* 22. June 1906 in Berlin , † 12. September 1987 in Darmstadt ) was a German musician ( piano , drums ) and orchestra leader of jazz - and popular music .
Live and act
Rumpf received piano lessons at secondary school during his school days ; After graduating from high school in 1924, he enrolled at the University of Berlin , where he studied medicine up to the fourth semester, before becoming an optician . During this training he developed a deeper interest in music. He became a musician and played as a cinema pianist until 1928, when he appeared as a solo pianist and in a piano duo with Mark Hermanns, who also gave guest performances in Paris. He increasingly concentrated on playing the drums and in 1932 became a member of Boris Romanoff's orchestra, with whom he also took part in recordings and went on tour abroad. In 1933 he went on tour with the septet by Alexander Grammatikoff , with whom he then led a joint band, which in 1935 resulted in his own band Max Romme and his Rommees . After training as a drummer and admission as a professional musician by the Reichsmusikkammer , he renamed his band in 1937, which quickly grew to big band strength.
In July 1937, Rumpf received a contract from Deutsche Crystalate Gesellschaft mbH , which guaranteed him monthly recordings on their Kristall and later Imperial labels . The first own recordings were made with singers such as Rudi Schuricke , Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann . Between September 1938 and May 1939 in particular, Rumpf and his orchestra (for the Imperial label) recorded "a number of excellent Anglo-Saxon swing titles that give an idea of the high quality of the band."
In 1939 there was a scandal in Berlin's Delphi when SA men brought Rumpf's vocal soloists Fin Olsen and Viola Rosé off the dance floor because they did not like an “Excentric Dance” by the two artists, which was rated as “un-German”. Despite a denouncing article in the striker , Rumpf stuck to his musical course. In March 1940 he was called up for military service, which meant the end of his dance orchestra. Some musicians in the band like Lubo D'Orio continued to play swing music .
Hull was wounded several times in the war. He had to give up a new band, which he founded in 1945 while a British prisoner of war in Oldenburg , due to severe hearing damage that he sustained during the war. From 1946 to 1964 Rumpf was active in the automotive industry, first as a salesman and then as a sales manager. For professional reasons, he came to Darmstadt via Kaiserslautern , where he founded an optician's shop in 1966, which was expanded to include a branch in 1970.
literature
- Michael H. Kater : A daring game. Jazz under National Socialism . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02409-4
- Horst H. Lange : Between optics and hot tact - Max Rumpf ( Fox on 78 No. 5, spring 1988, p. 4 ff.)
- 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
- Max Rumpf with his dance orchestra at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ HH Lange Between Optics and Hot-Takt - Max Hull ; Michael H. Kater ( Daring Game , p. 135) also highlights the band's swing potential
- ↑ Michael H. Kater Daring Game , p. 219
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trunk, max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and entertainment musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1987 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |