Paul Kley
Paul Kley (born April 2, 1904 , Weimar ; † 1985 , Spain ) was a German jazz and entertainment musician ( clarinet , alto saxophone ) and band leader .
Paul Kley played in the Regina Palace in Berlin at the end of the 1920s ; From 1928 onwards, recordings as a Regina orchestra were made for the Artiphon record label (and its sub-brands) , some of which were influenced by hot jazz (“Gonna Get a Girl”). From the early 1930s he toured Europe and performed with his orchestra on board liner steamers. In October and November 1933 he was engaged in the Hamburg Café Heinze at Millerntor . a. on the steamer Reliance of the Hamburg America Line . Kley also made other records with his orchestra in the 1930s for the Tempo and Brillant-Special labels, mostly dance and entertainment music such as "Come dance with me Swing-Time" (Tempo, 557, with Rolf Böhme, vocals), "Die amliebte Harmonika" ( Will Glahé ) and " La Cucaracha " (Tempo 643), hits like "To be happy doesn't belong to a million" (Tempo 556, with Erwin Hartung ) and also jazz-oriented numbers like "Step Boys" by Edmund Kötscher and “Goody, Goody” ( Mercer / Malneck ). After the Second World War he was employed by Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Heidelberg as "director of the sound archive and acting as a play director for music, planning and implementation of public events" (1950–1969), including play director at Heidelberger Blumentage in the 1950s.
Web links
- Paul Brinkley at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on gramophone records
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 6, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kley, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |