Peter Trunk

Peter Trunk (born May 17, 1936 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 31, 1973 in New York ) was a German jazz musician ( bass , bass guitar , cello ), composer and arranger .

Live and act

First he played with the British trumpeter Stu Hamer and the German pianist Werner Giertz. As early as 1957 he accompanied American jazz stars such as the tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims and the drummer Kenny Clarke , and in 1959 the no less famous tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and the Dutch singer Rita Reys . He became generally known through the early bands of Albert Mangelsdorff , in whose " Jazz Ensemble of the Hessian Radio " he also participated. In the early 1960s he was the house bassist of the Berlin jazz bar “Blue Note” (his colleagues were the Dutch pianist Jan Huydts and the German drummer Joe Nay ).

In 1966 he took part in the recordings for the soundtrack for the Will Tremper film Playgirl . Under the direction of Peter Thomas , Klaus Doldinger (saxophone), Ingfried Hoffmann (Hammond organ) and Rafi Lüderitz (drums) can be heard on the soundtrack released on a Philips LP .

Trunk later worked with Klaus Doldinger and was part of the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra in Cologne from 1967 to 1971 . In the years up to his death he also played free jazz in the tradition of Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman , e.g. B. in the New Jazz Trio with the trumpeter Manfred Schoof and the drummer Cees See .

His playing on the double bass was characterized by a sonorous, full, round tone, melodic and rhythmic precision and a variety of ideas. His playing on the electric bass and cello are also remarkable.

In the spring of 1973 Peter Trunk founded his octet sincerely pt . with the sheet metal set Manfred Schoof, Shake Keane and Jiggs Whigham , as well as the rhythm section from Jasper van't Hof , Sigi Schwab , Peter Trunk, Joe Nay, Curt Cress . He produced the first recordings with the new formation himself. On the tour that followed, Udo Lindenberg replaced Curt Cress, who had switched to Doldingers Passport . Immediately before the second tour, his tragic fate overtook him in New York: he was fatally injured by a taxi driver on New Year's Eve 1973.

Trunk was one of the leading jazz musicians on the European jazz scene from the late 1950s to 1973.

Assessments and dedications

In 1963 the producer Siegfried Loch wrote in the liner notes of the LP / CD Trio Conception : “Peter Trunk is one of the best, if not the best bass player in Europe.” The Hungarian-American guitarist Attila Zoller said of him in 1964: “He is so good like the best bass players there are in America today. ”In the view of jazz producer and critic Joachim Ernst Berendt , Peter Trunk was“ the best bass player in German jazz. He stayed that way all his life. "The pianist, publicist and music editor Michael Naura even considers him one of the greatest bassists of all time:" The great bassists - I am thinking of Jimmy Blanton , Ray Brown , Scott LaFaro and Peter Trunk - were and are primarily less soloists than integrating figures who convey feelings of security. "( jazz-toccata , p. 140)

In 1974 a bass workshop In Memoriam Peter Trunk with Harry Miller , Buschi Niebergall , Peter Kowald and Ali Haurand thought of Peter Trunks. Albert Mangelsdorff created a musical memorial for him on The Wide Point (1975; with Palle Danielsson , b, and Elvin Jones , dr): "For Peter.", As did Sigi Schwab with his "Requiem for Peter Trunk".

Discography

Recordings under your own name

• Peter Trunk Sincerely PT (1973, with Joe Nay, Curt Cress, dr, Sigi Schwab, git, Jasper van't Hof p, Manfred Schoof, Shake Keane tp, Jiggs Whigham tb)

Recordings with his participation (selection)

• Wolfgang Lauth Quartet (with Werner Pöhlert g; Joe Hackbarth , dr): Jazz and early music (1957)
• Albert Mangelsdorff and his Frankfurt All Stars feat. Hans Koller (with Rudi Sehring , dr): Rhein-Main-Jump (1958)
• Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztett (with Rudi Sehring, dr): A Ball With Al (1958)
• Albert Mangelsdorff and the Hessischer Rundfunk jazz ensemble (with Rudi Sehring, dr): The Opa Hirchleitner Story (1958)
• Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztett (with Rudi Sehring, dr): Modern Jazz (1958)
• Stan Getz with Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra (with Ronnie Stephenson , dr): Stan Getz and the Big Band of Europe (1955, 1959 & 1977)
• Lucky Thompson (with Kenny Clarke , dr): Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? (1961)
• Jan Huydts (with Joe Nay, dr): Trio Conception (1963)
• Klaus Doldinger: Live At Blue Note, Berlin (1963)
• George Gruntz (with Klaus Weiss , dr): Jazz Goes Baroque (1964)
• Attila Zoller (with Klaus Weiss, dr): Heinrich Heine: Lyrik und Jazz (1964)
• Benny Bailey : Midnight in Europe (1964)
• Paul Nero (= Klaus Doldinger): Paul Nero's Blue Sounds (1965)
• Klaus Doldinger (with Cees See , dr): Doldinger in South America (1965)
• Ronnie Ross : Unforgettable Ronnie Ross (1965)
• George Gruntz (with Daniel Humair , dr): Jazz Goes Baroque 2: The Music of Italy (1965)
• Dusko Goykovich (with Cees See, dr): Swinging Macedonia (1966)
• Peter Thomas : Playgirl (1966)
• Ingfried Hoffmann (with Rafi Lüderitz, dr): From Twen With Love (1966)
• Klaus Doldinger (with Cees See, dr): Doldinger Goes On (1967)
• Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (with Dai Bowen, dr): This Hour Your Time (1967)
• Dusko Gojkovich (with Ralf Hübner , dr): Jazz At The Opera , 1967
• Tete Montoliu (with Tootie Heath , dr): Piano for Nuria (1968)
• Ben Webster & Don Byas (with Albert "Tootie" Heath, dr): Ben Webster Meets Don Byas (1968)
• Volker Kriegel (with Peter Baumeister , dr): With a Little Help from my Friends (1968)
• Peter Herbolzheimer (with Tony Inzalaco , dr): My Kind Of Sunshine (1970/71)
• The New Jazz Trio (with Cees See, dr): Page One (1970)
• New Jazz Trio (with Manfred Schoof and Cees See, dr): Alternate Takes (1970)
• Volker Kriegel (with Peter Baumeister, dr): Spectrum (1971)
• Bora Roković (with Tony Inzalaco, dr): Ultra Native (1971)
• Kurt Edelhagen (with Ronnie Stephenson, dr): Jazz-Pop (1972)
• Roland Kovac : Love That (1972)
• The New Jazz Trio (with Manfred Schoof, Cees See, Manfred Niehaus , Johannes Fritsch and others): Page Two (1972)
• Tiger B. Smith (with Curt Cress, dr): We'Re the Tiger Bunch (1973)
• Klaus the Geiger (with Curt Cress, dr): Work Makes You Free (1973)
• Dusko Goykovich: Sketches Of Jugoslavia: A Balkan Jazz Suite (1973, enja)

photos

• Peter Trunk with Klaus Weiss, probably in the early 1960s

literature

• Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
• Joachim Ernst Berendt: In Memoriam Peter Trunk , in Joachim Ernst Berendt: A window made of jazz essays, portraits, reflections . Fischer TB Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1978, pp. 159-162.
• Michael Naura: Jazz Toccata - Views and Attacks . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1991.
• Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon , Volume 2, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1988.

Remarks

1. ↑ Bohländer Reclams Jazzführer 1989 states January 1, 1974
2. ↑ Together with the pianist Bora Roković and the drummer Tony Inzalaco he formed an excellent rhythm group there (see Ultra Native by Bora Rokovic).
3. ↑ His bass intro in “Watch It” (on Doldinger Goes On ) gives a very first impression ; Audio sample of 90 seconds on archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ↑ One of the authors of this article will always be grateful that he was able to experience Peter Trunk in the Stuttgart jazz club At in December 1972 from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.: Unforgettable, sonorous lessons in the high art of bass playing.
5. ↑ Some of the recordings were also released on CD in 2002 under the title Die Opa Hirchleitner Story .
6. ↑ The Doldinger recordings that Trunk contributed to have been available - among others - as part of a 4-CD box since June 2006: * Klaus Doldinger: Early Doldinger . The bonus track “Ciacona in F minor” (J. Pachelbel) from the George Gruntz LP Jazz Goes Baroque can also be found there , where Trunks' very successful interaction with the drummer Klaus Weiss can be enjoyed: audio sample of 90 seconds to [ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ]. 
7. ↑ The recordings have been available on CD again since summer 2006.
8. ↑ The record Piano for Nuria was released on CD; see. [1] , but apparently out of print again . With a little luck it can be found at second-hand dealers. The same applies to the CD Trio Conception .