Ernst Höllerhagen
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Ernst Höllerhagen (October 5, 1912 in Barmen – July 11, 1956 in Interlaken) was a German jazz reedist.
Höllerhagen played violin as a child before switching to clarinet and alto saxophone, playing with Sam Wooding when he was 18 years old. In the 1930s he worked with , Goldene Sieben, Coleman Hawkins, Kurt Hohenberger, Jack Hylton, , and Teddy Stauffer. He continued playing regularly in the 1940s, both with his own ensembles and as a sideman for Philippe Brun, Eddie Brunner, Willie Lewis, and Hazy Osterwald.
References[]
- Rainer E. Lotz, "Ernst Höllerhagen". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
Categories:
- German jazz clarinetists
- German jazz saxophonists
- Male saxophonists
- German jazz bandleaders
- German male jazz musicians
- 1912 births
- 1956 deaths
- Goldene Sieben members
- 20th-century German male musicians
- German musician stubs