Joe Nay (May 10, 1934, in Berlin – December 22, 1990, near Munich) was a German

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

musician, composer and drummer. After studying guitar at the Berlin Conservatory, Nay studied under

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...

in Paris in 1959. Together with the pianist Jan Huydts and the bassist

Peter Trunk Peter Trunk (May 17, 1936, Frankfurt – December 31, 1973, New York) was a German jazz double-bassist. Trunk played late in the 1950s in concert and on radio with Kenny Clarke, Stan Getz, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Zoot Sims. During this time he al ...

, he founded the house band at the Berlin club Blue Note in the 1960s. This trio accompanied American musicians such as

Roland Kirk Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...

Don Byas Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also l ...

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...

and

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

. He also played in the Michael Naura Quintet and, alongside Hartwig Bartz,

Ralf Hübner Ralf Rainer Hübner (born May 3, 1939, Berlin) is a German jazz percussionist. Hübner attended the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin (1958–1962), studying both double bass and drums there and playing with Benny Bailey and Nathan Davis. Upon g ...

and Klaus Weiss, developed into one of the most important German jazz drummers. Later he played with Dusko Goykovich,

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock music, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was ...

Volker Kriegel Volker Kriegel (24 December 1943 – 14 June 2003) was a German jazz guitarist and composer who was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He was also an author and a cartoonist. Biography Kriegel was born in Darmstadt on 2 ...

Ruby Braff Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927 – February 9, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as "the Ivy League Louis Armstrong". Bra ...

and

Jasper van't Hof Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 was ...

. His Northern Lights ensemble, active at the end of the 1970s, included Johannes Faber, Andy Scherrer, Harry Pepl, Christoph Spendel and

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. ...

. In the 1980s he directed the group Message, in which musicians such as Harry Sokal and

Paul Grabowsky Paul Atherstone Grabowsky , born 27 September 1958, is an Australian pianist and composer, founder of the Australian Art Orchestra. Biography Born in Lae, Papua New Guinea, Grabowsky is a pianist and composer of music for film, theatre and o ...

played. He has worked on more than 80 LP or CD recordings. He died from the consequences of an auto accident. His son, Sebastian Nay, is also jazz drummer who works with the pianist

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Discography

;As leader *''Message'' (1986) ;As sideman *

Barbara Dennerlein Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich) is a German jazz organist. She has achieved critical acclaim for using the bass pedalboard on a Hammond organ and for integrating synthesizer sounds onto the instrument, and was described by ...

: ''Be-Bab'', 1985 *

Wilton Gaynair Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (11 January 1927 – 13 February 1995) was a Jamaican-born jazz musician, whose primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. "Blue Bogey", "Kingston Bypass" "Debra", and "Wilton Mood" are among his better known songs. Life ...

: ''Alpharian'', 1982 * Dusko Goykovich: ''It's About Blues Time'', 1971 * Dusko Goykovich: ''After Hours'', 1971 *

: ''Body & Soul'', 1990 *

Dick Heckstall-Smith Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most influential English blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for pr ...

: ''Live 1990'', with

John Etheridge John Michael Glyn Etheridge (born 12 January 1948) is an English jazz fusion guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator known for his eclecticism and broad range of associations in jazz, classical, and contemporary music. He is best known fo ...

, Rainer Glas 1990 * Jan Huydts: ''Trio Conception'', 1963 *

Carmell Jones Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) was an American jazz trumpet player. Biography Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. He started piano lessons at age five, and trumpet lessons at age seven. His first professional ...

: ''Carmell Jones in Europe'', 1969 * Volker Kriegel: ''Mild Maniac'', 1974 * Volker Kriegel: ''Topical Harvest'', 1975 *

Tete Montoliu Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through Afro-Cuban, ...

: '' Body & Soul'' (Enja, 1971

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* Tete Montoliu: ''It's About Blues Time'', 1971 * Tete Montoliu: ''Recordando A Line'', 1971 * Michael Naura: ''Michael Naura Quintet'', 1963 * Michael Naura: ''Call'', 1970 * Michael Naura: ''Rainbow Runner'', 1973 *

Fritz Pauer Fritz Pauer ( 14 October, 1943 – July 1, 2012) was an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Career Born in Vienna, Pauer began his professional playing career as a teenager, performing with Hans Koller (1960–62) before leading his ...

: ''Beat The Beat'', 1966 * Fritz Pauer & Joe Nay: ''The Rambler'', 1966 *

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 ...

: ''Join Us'', 1978 *

Annie Ross Annie Ross (born Annabelle Allan Short; 25 July 193021 July 2020) was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese style of jazz sin ...

Pony Poindexter Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926 – April 14, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist who was born in New Orleans and died in Oakland, California. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax. In 1940, he st ...

: ''Annie Ross and Pony Poindexter'', 1966 *

Kristian Schultze Kristian Schultze (21 January 1945 – 22 November 2011) was one-half of the German new-age band Cusco. Schultze partnered with Michael Holm and the two produced numerous new-age albums. The two met in late 1970s, when they discovered th ...

: ''Recreation'', 1972 * Peter Trunk: ''Sincerely P. T.'', 1973 * Utopia: ''Utopia'', 1973 (with Jimmy Jackson, Kristian Schulze,

Olaf Kübler Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" and ''laibaz'' "heirloom, descendant". Old Eng ...

, Lothar Meid and other

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members)

References

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