Roger Wolfe Kahn

Roger Wolfe Kahn ( * October 19, 1907 in Morristown (New Jersey); † July 12, 1962 in New York) was an American alto and tenor saxophonist, bandleader and composer.

Life and work

Roger Wolfe Kahn was born into a German -born Jewish banking family. His father was Otto Hermann Kahn the banker

Kahn was only sixteen years old when he directed his first sessions. Already in 1923 he founded his own orchestra, with whom he recorded first plates in March 1925. Kahn engaged in his band especially for recordings important jazz musicians of his time as Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden, Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Vic Berton and Gene Krupa and Dudley Fosdick and Manny Klein. From 1929 made ​​recordings for Victor, 1929 and 1930 for Columbia and 1932 for Brunswick.

Mid-1930s, he gave up the orchestra and dealt with aviation. After 1941, he was a test pilot for the aircraft Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. 1931 married Kahn Musical actress Hannah Williams. The couple separated after two years. Kahn then married Edith May Nelson, a politician 's daughter from Maine. Kahn died in 1962 of a heart attack.

Known titles of the Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra were " Hot Hot Hottentot ," " One Night In The Jungle ", " Anything You Say ", " imagination ", " She's a Great Great Girl" and " Jersey Walk ", " The Tap Tap " and " Say " Yes " Today" with solos by Miff Mole, Venuti and Teagarden. In addition, Kahn worked on the Broadway revues Here's Howe (1928) and Americana (1928 ) as a composer. His most famous composition was the title "Crazy Rhythm" from 1928 ( Irving Caesar - Joseph Meyer - Roger Wolfe Kahn ), among others, by Benny Carter ( Further Definitions, 1962 ), Harry James, Stan Kenton, Emil Mangelsdorff, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Ben Webster and many other swing musicians was recorded and was part of the soundtrack of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway.

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