Wedeli Koehler
Wedeli Köhler (born April 11, 1949 in Munich ; † August 16, 2011 ) was a German musician of gypsy jazz ( violin , formerly also guitar ).
Live and act
Köhler's grandfather was an imperial court musician in Vienna. His parents, who both played the violin, taught him the violin; he also learned the guitar. He appeared in public at the age of nine. In 1973 he was a violinist in Mike Reinhardt's sextet, with whom he also recorded. He founded his own group Hot Club Da Sinti with the guitarist Schmeling Lehmann and the bassist Jani Lehmann as a quartet in the style of the Quintette du Hot Club de France . Tchavolo Schmitt took the place of solo guitarist Danny Weiss in 1979 ; In 1985 the ensemble disbanded. In the now founded Wedeli Köhler Quartet with the pianist Unge Schmitt, he played violin and guitar alternately and initially approached modern jazz . The group included musicians such as Dorado Schmitt , Ziroli Winterstein and then his son Sascha Köhler. In recent years he has carried out projects with Jan Jankeje . In the spring of 2011 he and his son recorded a CD, which he did not live to see released that same year: Hommage a Django .
Discography
- Hot Club Da Sinti Wonderful (1981)
- Sinti Swing (with Dorado Schmitt, Unge Schmitt, Gino Reinhardt, 1986)
- My Melancholy Baby (with Unge Schmitt, Sascha Köhler, Peter Gropp, 1994)
- Swing Guitars (1999) (Jermaine Landsberger, Peter Kropp, Jörg Seidel, Sascha Köhler)
- Swing & Folk (with Sascha Reinhardt and Benjamin Köhler, Thilo Wagner , Jan Jankeje , Will Lindfors and Elemer Balogh, 2003)
- Hommage a Django (with Sascha Reinhard, Mano Guttenberger, Branko Arnšek and Benjamin Köhler, 2011)
literature
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koehler, Wedeli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician of gypsy jazz (violin, formerly also guitar) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2011 |