Norbert Cohn

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Norbert Cohn (born October 12, 1904 in Ingweiler in Alsace ; † September 2, 1989 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) was an initially German, later American jazz and entertainment musician and director of the Faconi jazz band .

Life

Norbert Cohn was born on October 12, 1904 in Ingweiler (Ingwiller) in Lower Saxony. He learned to play the violin and became an entertainment musician. With two colleagues he first founded a trio in the 1920s, from which the Faconi jazz band emerged . He formed your name from the first letters of the founding members (the pianist Heinz Fa bian, the violinist Co hn and the drummer Ni kisch).

From the mid-1920s onwards, Cohns Kapelle played regularly in Berlin, mainly in the Palais am Zoo , and also made records for the companies Clausophon and Vox. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the Faconi jazz band was on a rather unsuccessful tour that took them via Prague and Vienna to Paris. Cohn finally emigrated to the USA in the summer of 1938, where he became an American citizen. He was drafted on October 6, 1942. During the Second World War, Cohn worked as a musician in Australia, but returned to America in 1949. There he performed as a violinist in various clubs and hotels until he retired into private life around 1980. He settled in Florida, where he died in Fort Lauderdale on September 2, 1989. His granddaughter Julie Faconi remembered in 2005: My grandfather, Norbert Faconi wrote a song, once sung by Jane Morgan entitled "Once More My Love".

Sound documents (selection)

  • on Clausophon (product by Clemens Claus, Thalheim in the Erzgebirge). In 1925, in a department of the Clemens Claus cardboard factory, not only the Ideal Mater but also Clausophon records were made. A converted barn served as a recording studio for singers and orchestra.

No. 1147 (mx 95) When and where? March from the revue of the same name by Walter Kollo / (mx 96) Two red roses a tender kiss , Foxtrot v. Walter Kollo. Faconi Jazz Orchestra from the “Palais am Zoo” Berlin.

No. 1148 (mx 93) Love night in Hawaii , waltz by Martron / (mx 94) Ilona Blues by Meisel. Faconi Jazz Orchestra

No. 388 (mx. 5772) Two red roses, a tender kiss . Foxtrot (M: W. Kollo, T: Kurt Robitschek), voc. / (mx. 5773) You, only you! Blues (M: W. Collo - T: W. Collo), voc.

No. 481 (mx. 5824) In Switzerland and in Tyrol . Foxtrot (M: Anton Profes, T: Fr. Rotter and O. Stransky) / (mx. 5827) How does the lipstick get into Lehmann's underbed? Foxtrot (music & text R. Gilbert) Faconi jazz orchestra from "Palais am Zoo" Berlin with refraing singing. Berlin, c. Winter 1927/28.

Possible band line-up: Norbert Cohn (v, s, ld), Wilbur Curtz (tp),? (tb), Jack Shields (cl, as), Freddy Schweitzer (ts, bars), Heinz Fabian (p), Charlie Schick? (bj), Lou Galkin (d) (according to HHLange p. 334) .

  • on VOX, cf. VOX catalog v. 1925. Recorded in June 1924 as “Tanzkapelle Norbert Faconi”, a total of 10 tracks, VOX No. 01614 - 01618 and 01631

I Am Nobody's Darling Foxtrot (M: R. King) 1924. VOX 01614 30 cm.

Je cherche après titine . Shimmy-Foxtrot (One-step) from »Mlle. Toboggan «(operetta) 1924. (M: Léo Daniderff / T: Marcel Bertal, Louis Maubon, Emile Ronn) VOX 01614 30 cm.

First, Last And Always . Foxtrot (M: Harry Akst / T: Davis) 1924 (NE 06/1924). VOX 01615 25 cm.

That Red Head Girl . Foxtrot (M: Joe Schenck, Henry Lodge / T: Gus Van) 1924 (NE 06/1924). VOX 01615 30 cm.

Gone (But Still In My Heart) . Foxtrot. (M: Lee David / T: Burke) 1924. VOX 01618 25 cm.

Oh! La gentile petite Friponne (Oh you sweet little rascal). Foxtrot (M: J. Solman) 1924. VOX 01618 25 cm.

O Marianka (O Marianka, come to the bank) . Shimmy (M: Ernö Geiger) VOX 1630-A (1873-A)

Can you get used to me Shimmy (M: Arthur Rebner) VOX 1630-B (1876-A)

If it's not you, then it will be another . Shimmy (M: Willy Rosen ) VOX 01631-A (1874-A)

I have known for a long time that you are no longer true to me . Shimmy (M: Willy Rosen) VOX 01631-B (1875-A)

Re-releases

3 audio CD (s) Horst HJ Bergmeier, Rainer E. Lotz (eds.): Jazz in Germany - From Cake Walk to Jazz Dance. 1st edition. Bear Family Records, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89916-379-7 . (with 1 booklet, running time approx. 256 minutes. Language: English. Part 1 contains track 56 from the Faconi jazz orchestra: Today I was with Frida )

Audio CD (August 1, 2005) "Dance floors and pleasure palaces Vol. 2", Label: Pumpkin Pie Records (H'ART), contains "The Great Four" as track 13 by the Faconi jazz band .

literature

  • Sarah Barth: Comments on jazz in the “Third Reich”. In: Jazzbrief from Darmstadt ( Memento from May 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , August 2008.
  • Horst H. Lange : Jazz in Germany: the German jazz chronicle up to 1960. 2nd edition. Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 1996.
  • Horst H. Lange: The German '78 'discography of hot dance and jazz music: 1903–1958. 3rd, completely revised and exp. Edition. Panther-Verlag, Berlin 1992.
  • Rainer E. Lotz : Hot Dance Bands in Germany - Vol. I: The Pre-History - A Photo Album (German / English) . Jazzfreund Publication No.21a
  • Rainer E. Lotz: Company discography on the VOX recordings.
  • Marcus A. Woelfle : Jazz in Germany. In: Jazz newspaper. 2009/03, p. 18.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ picture of the orchestra leader [1]
  2. ↑ cf. Woelfle 2009: [ "Behind the supposedly Italian jazz orchestra Faconi is a German violinist, while the Italian Giovanni Abriani appears as John Abriani." ]
  3. ↑ geocities.ws
  4. ↑ cf. Entry at ancientfaces.com [2]
  5. ↑ franklarosa.com
  6. ↑ songster.de
  7. ↑ lotz-verlag.de
  8. ↑ cf. home.allgaeu.org/cgallenm/Lotz/Vox%20Firmendiscographie.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Cohn, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingwiller
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1989
Place of death Fort Lauderdale , Florida