Valdemar Eiberg
Valdemar Eiberg (born August 23, 1892 in Kolding as Waldemar Sophus Gerlach Eiberg ; † July 4, 1965 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish jazz musician (saxophone, orchestra conductor).
Eiberg first played the harmonica and mandolin and then devoted himself to the clarinet and saxophone . He first played in a mandolin trio and then switched to the Hawaiian guitar . In 1923 he founded the first Danish jazz orchestra; In 1924 his ensemble recorded the earliest known examples of Danish jazz (“I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa” b / w “In Bluebird Land”). Further titles followed in 1925/26 for Polydor.
Eiberg's band played numerous musicians who became prominent in the golden age of Danish jazz, including Kai Ewans , Kjeld Bonfils , Leo Mathisen , Peter Rasmussen and Svend Asmussen .
Web links
- Biography (Little Beat)
- Valdemar Eiberg at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1924 with Willy Seehusen, Vilhelm Gaaser (tp), Hjarlmar Hedstrom (trb), Kai Ewans (cl, as), Anker Skjöldborg (ts, dr) Axel Bendix-Andersen (from left), Frans Petersen (p), John Lange ( kb, dr) and Ingvard Jepsen (tu); see. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 6, 2019)
- ↑ With Walter Nyboe (tp), Peter Rasmussen (trb), Kai Ewans (as), Reynir Gislason (p), Jonas Hansen (tu) and E. Sebitz (dr)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eiberg, Valdemar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eiberg, Waldemar Sophus Gerlach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolding |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1965 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |