Gerhard Rochus "Gerd" Dudek (28 September 1938 – 3 November 2022) was a German jazz

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and soprano saxophonist,

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and

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. Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s, before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958. During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in

Kurt Edelhagen Kurt Edelhagen (; born 5 June 1920 – 8 February 1982) was a German big band leader. Biography Edelhagen was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Edelhagen studied conducting and piano in Essen. In 1945, he started a trio, then a big ...

's orchestra until 1965. He then became interested in

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and joined

Manfred Schoof Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936) is a German jazz trumpeter. Career Schoof was born in Magdeburg, Germany. He studied music in Kassel and Cologne, where one of his teachers was the big band leader Kurt Edelhagen. Schoof performed on Edelhagen' ...

's quintet. Dudek took part in the first sessions of The

Globe Unity Orchestra The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble. Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival. It had its debut at the Berliner Philharmonie on 3 November combinin ...

in 1966, and played with them at various times into the 1980s. He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including

Alexander von Schlippenbach Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orch ...

, Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet. Dudek was best known for his work with Manfred Schoof,

Wolfgang Dauner Wolfgang Dauner (; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He worked with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel and Ack van Rooyen and composed for radio, televi ...

, Lala Kovacev, the Globe Unity Orchestra,

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is a large German jazz ensemble led by Alexander von Schlippenbach. The orchestra performs orchestral jazz and experimental big band music and has included in its ranks such leading musicians as Misha Mengelbe ...

Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics. Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...

Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins. After concluding a playing career in the A ...

and George Russell. Dudek died on 3 November 2022, at the age of 84.Jazz-Saxofonist Gerd Dudek gestorben

Discography

As leader

* '' 'Smatter'' (Psi, 2002) * '' Day and Night'' (Psi, 2012) * ''With You'' (JazzJazz, 2023)

As co-leader

* ''Flying to the Sky'' (Trio, 1971) with

Takehiro Honda was a Japanese jazz pianist and band leader. Honda was born in Miyako, Iwate. He started playing piano at age five and studied at the Kunitachi College of Music, where he played in a quartet with Kazunori Takeda. By 1969 he was recording with a t ...

* ''Morning Rise'' (Ego, 1977) with

Alan Skidmore Alan Richard James Skidmore (born 21 April 1942) is an English jazz tenor saxophonist, and the son of saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore. Career He was born in London, England. Skidmore began his professional career in his teens, and early in his care ...

Adelhard Roidinger Adelhard Roidinger (28 November 1941 – 22 April 2022) was an Austrian jazz musician (bass, electronic), composer and computer graphic designer. Life and Works Roidinger, who was from a musician family, learned first piano, violin and guitar. ...

, and Branislav Kovačev * ''

Open Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ''Open'' (Gerd Dudek, Buschi Niebergall, and Edward Vesala album), 1979 * ''Open'' (Go ...

'' (FMP, 1979) with

Buschi Niebergall Buschi Niebergall (July 18, 1938 – January 9, 1990) was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes. Born in the city of Marburg into a family of academics (his father was ...

and

Edward Vesala Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer. Career Born in Mäntyharju, he began playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, in such bands as Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970s ...

* ''After All'' (Konnex, 1991) with Ali Haurand and Rob van den Broeck * ''Pulque'' (Konnex, 1993) with Ali Haurand and Rob van den Broeck * ''Crossing Level'' (Konnex, 1997) with Rob van den Broeck, Ali Haurand and

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (19 ...

* ''Schinderkarren Mit Büffet'' (Konnex, 2002) with Paul Eßer, Ali Haurand and Jiri Stivin * ''The Art of Duo'' (Laika, 2005) with Michael Mikolaschek * ''Lyrik & Jazz Cascaden'' (Konnex, 2006) with Ingeborg Drews and Ali Haurand * ''Sound Solutions'' (self-released, 2013) with

Max Bolleman Max Bolleman (born 1944 in Venlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz drummer, audio engineer, and record producer. Career Bolleman grew up in Amsterdam. At 15, he started playing drums. He worked with Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley, Bud Powell, Curtis ...

and Rob van den Broeck * ''Nunc!'' (Nemu, 2014) with

Misha Mengelberg Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a Dutch jazz pianist and composer.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 459. Oxford University Press. A prominent figure in post-WWII European Jazz ...

, Dirk Bell, Ryan Carniaux, Joscha Oetz, and Nils Tegen * ''Two of Us Are One'' (Shaa, 2015) with Stefan Heidtmann * ''Live'' (self-released, 2021) with the

Hans Koller Antonio Hans Cyrill Koller (12 February 1921 in Vienna – 21 December 2003 in Vienna) was an Austrian jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader. Koller attended the University of Vienna from 1936 to 1939 and served in the armed forces from 1940 to ...

Trio

As sideman

With the

* ''

'' (ECM, 1990) * ''

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'' (DIW, 1997) With

* ''Free Action'' (SABA, 1967) * ''Requiem / Psalmus Spei'' (MPS, 1969) With the

European Jazz Ensemble The European Jazz Ensemble is an ensemble of jazz musicians. History Formed in 1976. The original members comprised the quintet of Alan Skidmore, Leszek Zadlo, Gerd Dudek, Alfred "Ali" Haurand and Pierre Courbois. After 1982 three of the members ...

* ''20th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 1997) * ''25th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 2002) * ''30 Years on the Road'' (Konnex, 2006) DVD * ''35th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 2011) With the European Jazz Quintet * ''Live At Moers Festival'' (Moers, 1977) * ''European Jazz Quintet'' (Ego, 1978) * ''European Jazz Quintet III'' (Fusion, 1982) With the German All Stars * ''Live at the Domicile'' (MPS, 1971) * ''Out of Each/German All Stars in Japan'' (Columbia, 1971) With the

* ''Live in Wuppertal'' (FMP, 1973) * ''Evidence, Vol 1'' (FMP, 1976) * ''Into the Valley, Vol 2'' (FMP, 1976) * ''Pearls'' (FMP, 1977) * ''Jahrmarkt / Local Fair'' (PTR/JWD, 1977) * ''Improvisations'' (Japo, 1978) * ''Compositions'' (Japo, 1979) * ''Hamburg '74'' (FMP, 1979) * ''Intergalactic Blow'' (Japo, 1983) * ''Rumbling'' (FMP, 1991) * ''20th Anniversary'' (FMP, 1993) * ''Globe Unity 67 & 70'' (Atavistic, 2001) * ''Globe Unity 40 Years'' (Intakt, 2008) * ''Live In Berlin'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010) * ''Baden-Baden '75'' (FMP, 2011) * ''...Und Jetzt Die Sportschau'' (Trost, 2013) * ''Globe Unity 50 Years'' (Intakt, 2018) With

* ''Globe Unity'' (SABA, 1967) With

* ''Voices'' (CBS, 1966) * ''Manfred Schoof Sextet'' (Wergo, 1967) * ''

European Echoes ''European Echoes'' is an album by trumpeter Manfred Schoof on which he is joined by members of the Manfred Schoof Orchestra, a large ensemble of free jazz musicians. Consisting of a single half-hour track, it was recorded during June 1969 in Breme ...

'' (FMP, 1969) * ''The Early Quintet'' (FMP, 1978) * ''Reflections'' (Mood, 1984) With others * With

Peter Brötzmann Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader. Amongst his m ...

: '' Fuck de Boere'' (Atavistic, 2001) * With

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: '' Somethin Els'' (CMP, 1993) * With Can: '' The Lost Tapes'' (Spoon, 2012) * With

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: ''Mistress'' (Virgin, 1983) * With Drum Circus: ''Magic Theatre'' (Garden Of Delights, 2003) * With

and His Orchestra: ''The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974'' (Jazzline, 2021) * With Kurt Edelhagen and Wolfgang Sauer: ''Kurt Edelhagen - Wolfgang Sauer'' (Amiga, 1965) * With European Jazz Trio: ''European Jazz Trio'' (Konnex, 2013) * With Four for Jazz: ''Sunday Child'' (Spiegelei , 1972) * With Peter Giger: ''A Drum Is a Woman - The Best of Peter Giger'' (Intuition, 2006) * With

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: ''Mani und seine Freunde'' (Atlantic, 1975) * With Ján Hajnal: ''Dedication'' (Hevhetia, 2020) * With

Hellmut Hattler Hellmut Hattler (born 12 April 1952 in Ulm, West Germany) is a German jazz and rock bassist and composer. Hattler took much of his early influences from Jimi Hendrix. As a child, he received violin lessons, and in the 1960s, he played guitar. ...

: ''Bassball'' (Harvest, 1977) * With Ali Haurand: ''Ballads'' (Konnex, 2005) * With Horns Ensemble (Günter Christmann,

, Paul Rutherford, Manfred Schoof,

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, Order of Canada, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he w ...

): ''Horns'' (FMP, 1979) * With

Knut Kiesewetter Knut Kiesewetter (13 September 1941 – 28 December 2016) was a German jazz musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. Kiesewetter was born in Szczecin, Stettin (Szczecin). He began his career in the age of 14, playing trombone and singing. He ...

: ''Stop! Watch! and Listen!'' (MPS, 1970) * With

Joachim Kühn Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist. Biography Kühn was born in Leipzig, Germany. He was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition, with Arthur Schmidt-E ...

: ''This Way Out'' (MPS, 1973) * With

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: ''Goya Malt Karl IV'' (Columbia, 1978) * With Albert Mangelsdorff: ''Birds of Underground'' (MPS, 1973) * With

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and

: '' Actions'' (Philips, 1971) * With

Oscar Pettiford Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Jazz bassist Christian McBride called Pettiford "probably the most imp ...

: ''We Get the Message'' (Sonorama, 2015) * With

Dieter Reith Dieter Reith (25 February 1938 – 1 April 2020) was a German organist and pianist. Biography Reith began taking piano lessons in 1945. In 1956, he played with the jazz club "Katakombe" in Mainz. After he earned his Abitur in 1958, he studied mu ...

: ''Reith On!'' (Motor, 1999) * With

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: ''Villa Wunderbar'' (Spoon, 2013) * With Wolfgang Schmidtke: ''Monk!'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2018) * With Tobias Sudhoff: ''Polarlichter'' (Laika, 2004) * With Third Eye: ''Connexion'' (Ring, 1977) * With various artists: '' Gittin' to Know Y'All'' (MPS, 1970) * With various artists: ''Free Zone Appleby 2005'' (Psi, 2006) * With the Wunsch / Strauch Sextet: ''Joana's Waltz'' (Jazz'N'Arts, 2005)

References

External links

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