Roger Wolfe Kahn
Roger Wolfe Kahn (born October 19, 1907 in Morristown (New Jersey) , † July 12, 1962 in New York ) was an American alto and tenor saxophonist, band leader and composer.
Life
Roger Wolfe Kahn came from a German-born Jewish banking family. His father was the banker Otto Hermann Kahn .
Kahn was only sixteen when he led his first sessions. In 1923 he founded his first orchestra, with which he recorded his first records in March 1925. Kahn engaged important jazz musicians of his time such as Joe Venuti , Eddie Lang , Artie Shaw , Jack Teagarden , Red Nichols , Miff Mole , Vic Berton and Gene Krupa as well as Dudley Fosdick and Manny Klein in his band, especially for recordings . From 1929 he made recordings for Victor , in 1929 and 1930 for Columbia and in 1932 for Brunswick .
In the mid-1930s he gave up the orchestra and took up aviation. Finally, in 1941, he became a test pilot for the aircraft company Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation . In 1931 Kahn married the musical actress Hannah Williams . The couple separated after two years. Kahn then married Edith May Nelson, a Maine politician's daughter . In 1962, Kahn died of a heart attack .
Well-known tracks of the Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra were "Hot Hot Hottentot", "One Night In The Jungle", "Anything You Say", "Imagination", "She's a Great Great Girl" and "Jersey Walk", "The Tap Tap" and "Say" Yes "Today" with solos by Miff Mole, Venuti and Teagarden. Kahn also worked as a composer on the Broadway revues Here's Howe (1928) and Americana (1928). His most famous composition was the title " Crazy Rhythm " from 1928 ( Irving Caesar - Joseph Meyer - Roger Wolfe Kahn), which u. a. by Benny Carter ( Further Definitions , 1962), Harry James , Stan Kenton , Emil Mangelsdorff , Red Norvo , Art Tatum , Coleman Hawkins , Django Reinhardt , Ben Webster and many other swing musicians and part of the soundtrack for Woody Allen 's Bullets Over Broadway was.
Discographic notes
- Roger Wolfe Kahn 1925–1932 (Jazz Oracle) with Eddie Lang, Miff Mole, Artie Shaw, Vic Berton, Jack Teagarden
literature
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 .
Web links
- Roger Wolfe Kahn in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Roger Wolfe Kahn at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
- Bio and discography at Redhotjazz
Remarks
- ↑ Otto and Roger Kahn's pictures both appeared independently of one another as the cover pictures of Time magazine; Otto Kahn in November 1925 and Roger in September 1927, at the age of 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahn, Roger Wolfe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American alto and tenor saxophonist, band leader and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morristown, New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1962 |
| Place of death | new York |