Carlo Krahmer (born William Max Geserick, 11 March 1914, Shoreditch, London – 20 April 1976, London) was a British jazz drummer and record producer.

Biography

Born in Shoreditch, London, Krahmer was partially sighted. He made has first record in 1939 and in the early 40s made recordings with

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’s (1916-1956) band. He later joined Claude Bampton's Blind Orchestra, a body sponsored by the National Institute for the Blind (now the

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), of which

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was also a member.John Chilton ''Who's Who in British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p.206-7 He worked in various bands, sometimes as leader, taking his own group to the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949. In 1947, Krahmer co-founded

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with

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, a label which recorded bebop and licensed recordings from American blues and jazz labels.Roberta Freund Schwartz ''How Britain Got the Blues: the Transmission and Reception of American Blues'', Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007, p.32 By 1950, Krahmer had retired from active performance, but had begun to teach aspiring drummers such as

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. Krahmer died in London in April 1976. After his death, Esquire Records was run by his widow Greta.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krahmer, Carlo 1914 births 1976 deaths British jazz drummers British record producers Musicians from London People from Shoreditch 20th-century English musicians 20th-century drummers 20th-century British businesspeople