Max Greger

Greger, 2008

Max Greger (German: [maks ˈɡʁeːɡɐ] ⓘ; 2 April 1926, in Munich – 15 August 2015, in Munich) was a German jazz musician, saxophonist, big band bandleader and conductor. He recorded over 150 records in jazz and pop music.

In 1948 he founded his first sextet with musicians, including Hugo Strasser. In 1959 his orchestra was the first western orchestra to tour the Soviet Union. In 1963 he put together an orchestra for ZDF.

His son, Max Greger Jr. and grandson, Max Greger III, are also musicians.

Selected albums

Recognition

Max Greger's memorial plaque

References

  1. 1 2 "Max Greger 1926 - 2015". Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Max Greger. Biography. Three Greger Generations". Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Helmut Mauró [de], "Zum Tod von Max Greger: Feiner Jazz hier, plumper Schlager dort" Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, an obituary, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 15 August 2915
  4. ↑ "Informationen zur Schallplatte". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Günter Ehnert (1994), Taurus Press (ed.), Hit Bilanz – Deutsche Chart LP's 1962–1986 (in German) (1 ed.), Hamburg: Verlag populärer Musik-Literatur, p. 291, ISBN 9783922542292
  6. ↑ "Hervorragende Verdienste um den Freistaat Bayern: Ministerpräsident Seehofer zeichnet 70 Persönlichkeiten aus." Archived 27 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine, 10 October 2012