Dieter Antritter

Dieter Antritter (born October 6, 1929 in Pforzheim ; † August 5, 2015 in Königsbach-Stein ) was a German jazz musician ( soprano and alto saxophone , band leader ).

Antritter founded the Latin Jazz Band in 1952 , from which the Quartier Latin Jazz Band, which existed until at least 2009, emerged . With this band he accompanied numerous guest soloists such as Michel Attenoux , Peanuts Holland , Mezz Mezzrow , Benny Waters and Nelson "Cadillac" Williams . A first album with Waters reached a circulation of 100,000 copies, later records also sold 40,000 copies.

Discographic notes

• Quartier Latin Jazz Band: My Jazz Life (1952–2009)
• Various Artists Great Traditionalists and Quartier Latin Jazz Band
• Quartier Latin Jazz Band: The Last Round Up (2006)

Lexical entries

• 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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary ( memento of the original from September 14, 2015 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. in the Pforzheimer Zeitung from August 8, 2015  
2. ↑ Article in the Pforzheimer Zeitung from August 10, 2015 (there incorrectly given date of death as August 6)
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 27, 2015 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. , accessed on August 10, 2015 
4. ↑ Cf. Dieter Antritter My Jazz Life ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.