Oskar Joost

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Oskar Joost (born June 9, 1898 in Weißenburg in Alsace ; † May 29, 1941 in Berlin ) was a German musician ( violin , tenor saxophone and clarinet ) and director of a dance orchestra . His record pseudonyms Leo Hardy and Fred Marley were also used for other orchestral conductors.

Life

Oskar Joost came from a musical family. The father Albert Joost Sr., a military musician , played the cello. From him the sons Oskar and Albert jun. ("Ali") first violin lessons. After attending grammar school in Leipzig and voluntarily participating in the First World War , Oskar earned his living in agriculture, as a bank clerk and finally as a member of entertainment bands.

In 1924, Oskar and his brother Ali founded the Oscar Joost dance sport orchestra , with Oskar as primary violinist and brother Ali as Trapp drummer. Engagements all over Germany and Denmark followed. The first records were made in 1929 for Berlin department store brands. The breakthrough came in Berlin in March 1930 with a first engagement on the roof garden of the Eden Hotel and a recording contract with Electrola , which was to be followed by further recordings with other companies: Pallas (1931), Kristall (1931-1934), Ultraphon / Telefunken ( 1932), Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor (1934-1941)

From 1933 Oskar Joost was a member of the NSDAP . In January 1940 Oskar Joost was drafted into the Wehrmacht , his orchestra was continued by Rudi Juckeland. He became a company commander with the rank of first lieutenant . For his unit he composed a “Bohemian Polka”. He participated in the attempt of the Reichsmusikkammer to realize "German" dance music without syncope . He was wounded in the Western campaign and died of flu in May 1941 in a Berlin hospital.

Discography

  • Rainer E. Lotz: Discography of German Dance Music , Volume 1. Birgit Lotz Verlag, Bonn 1993 (vii, pp. 1–278). ISBN 3-9802656-4-1 / ISBN 978-3-9802656-4-5 (contains a list of all records by Oskar Joost, pp. 155–254).

Selected records

  • Greetings to my homeland-LF - Rot-Blau 9619 - Berlin, September 1929
  • Herr Ober - two Mokka-F - Electrola EG1890 - Berlin, April 16, 1930
  • Fensterpromenade-F - Kristall 3369 - Berlin, July 1933
  • Court concert in the rear building (Organ Grinder's Swing) -F - Grammophon 10565 - Berlin, January 27, 1937

New edition as CD

  • Oskar Joost. The early recordings 1930–1934. Jube (Bear Family Records), April 2003
  • Oskar Joost and his orchestra. Episode 2. From the "Grammophon" recordings 1934 to 1939. Jube, 2009

Selected films

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Joost, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenburg (Alsace)
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1941
Place of death Berlin