Werner Schmidt (musician)

Werner Schmidt (born April 21, 1932 in Colmitz ) is a German jazz musician ( soprano , tenor and baritone saxophone , clarinet ).

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Schmidt completed an instrumental course at the Dresden University of Music from 1950 to 1955 . 1956/1957 he played in Kurt Hohenberger's orchestra ; between 1958 and 1960 he was a member of Theo Schumann's combo . In 1960/1961 he belonged to the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra , from 1962 to the Berlin Radio Dance Orchestra under Günter Gollasch , with whom he already appeared in 1960 at the Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw. He worked in various studio bands, for example in the Berlin-Leipzig combo in 1965 and in Hubert Katzenbeier's tentet . He can be heard on records with Rec Demont, with Arno Flor and his string orchestra, Jerzy Milian , Manfred Krug / Günter Fischer , Uschi Brüning or Uncle Stanislaus and his jazz grandpas .

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 .

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SURNAME	Schmidt, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Colmitz