Tilo Wedell
Tilo Wedell (* around 1937 in Berlin ) is a German jazz musician ( double bass , also tuba , vocals).
Wedell grew up in a musical family; he received piano lessons at an early age. At the Steglitz high school he learned trumpet , alto horn and French horn . In the Berlin jazz club Eierschale he discovered the double bass, which he played from 1959 in the Storyville jazz band , with which he won numerous competitions and also played at amateur festivals in Düsseldorf and Zurich and performed in New York and New Orleans in 1967. At the same time he was a member of the Spree City Stompers , with whom he published various recordings. Since 1973 he has been part of the Sir Gusche Band , with whom he has made numerous records and CDs, including Happy Music Every Day with Peter Petrel ( German Record Prize 1981). He has also written a book on the Berlin jazz scene entitled Reason for Visiting .
Discographic notes
- The Albert Mangelsdorff Septet with Tete Montoliu / The Spree City Stompers Deutscher Jazz-Salon Berlin 1961 (Opera 1961)
- Hawe Schneider & Seine Spree City Stompers Warte, just wait a while (Pool Jazz 2002; rec. 1961)
- Gerhard Vohwinkel and His Gentlemen Hallo, Mr. Dixieland (with Heinz Wolff, Enrique Crespo, Charly Höllering , Wilson de Oliveira , Achim Scherz, Helmut Hertel, Lothar Scharf , 1973)
- Sir Gusche Band & Peter Petrel Dixieland Express (Monopoly 1993)
- Jörg Swoboda / Sir Gusche Band Straßen des Himmels (Metropol Records 2005)
Web links
- Brief portrait
- Interview (2011)
- Tilo Wedell at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tilo Wedell :: House concerts and cellar parties: How jazz came to Lichterfelde. In: Harald Hensel (Ed.) Lichterfelde-West after 1945: People - Experiences - Memories , Norderstedt 2014. pp. 62–66
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedell, Tilo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (double bass, also tuba, vocals) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |