Helmut Brandt (musician)
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Helmut Brandt (January 1, 1931, in Berlin – July 26, 2001, in Stuttgart) was a German jazz baritone saxophonist and bandleader.[1] His style was influenced by Stan Getz and Gil Evans.[1]
Brandt sang in a church choir as a boy, and played violin from age ten before learning saxophone and guitar at a conservatory.[1] He began playing professionally in 1950 and led his own group by 1954.[1] Initially a tenor saxophonist and clarinettist, he switched to baritone in 1954.[2] Through the end of the 1950s he worked in a Berlin radio dance band, and played in the orchestras of Lubo D'Orio and Kurt Widmann.[1] His Mainstream Orchestra was popular in Berlin in the 1970s.[1] Brandt died of a heart attack in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Eugene Chadbourne, Helmut Brandt at Allmusic
- ^ Lotz, Rainer E. (2003). "Brandt, Helmut". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
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