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Emil Mangelsdorff

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German jazz musician (1925-2022)

GermanyMusiciansLived 1925 to 2022 · aged 96
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Emil Mangelsdorff was a German jazz musician who played alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute. He was a jazz pioneer under the Nazi regime which led to his imprisonment. After World War II and years as a prisoner of war, he was a founding member of the jazz ensemble of Hessischer Rundfunk in 1958.

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2008Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2006Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen
2001Wilhelm Leuschner Medal
1995Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt

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Emil Mangelsdorff was a German jazz musician who played alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute. He was a jazz pioneer under the Nazi regime which led to his imprisonment. After World War II and years as a prisoner of war, he was a founding member of the jazz ensemble of Hessischer Rundfunk in 1958. He played with several groups and was active, also as an educator, until old age.

Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2022 · aged 96
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6 languages

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