Corny Ostermann, born Cornelius Andreas Oostermann (born September 18, 1911, in Linden (now part of

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)–died during the Second World War; officially declared dead in 1949) was a German musician and jazz bandleader. Osterman was active with a swing orchestra in Berlin in the late 1930s despite the Nazi government's ban on

swing music Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement ...

. Between 1938 and 1943 he recorded shellacs with his orchestra, some of them re-edited later. As late as 1943, he was playing in the orchestra of Helmut Gardens. After his conscription into

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

, he went missing and was officially declared dead in 1949.

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Jürgen Wölfer Jürgen Wölfer (25 December 1944 – 24 July 2015) was a German music writer and historian with focus on Jazz. Life Born in Eisleben, Wölfer studied education, graduated with a diploma and worked for a long time in the record industry, where ...

: ''Jazz in Deutschland – Das Lexikon. Alle Musiker und Plattenfirmen von 1920 bis heute.'' Hannibal Verlag: Höfen 2008, .

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