Fritz Schulz-Reichel (July 4, 1912 - February 4, 1990) was a German jazz and pop pianist. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
Schulz-Reichel's father was a classical musician, and he began playing piano at the age of six. He developed an unusual technique where he played the melody of a tune with the left hand and the rhythm with the right hand. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of
While he trained to be a concert pianist, he chose a career in pop music, playing light jazz and pop tunes. He invented a device called the Tipsy Wire Box, which could be attached to a piano to make it sound like an out-of-tune barrelhouse upright. In 1953 he adopted the moniker Schräger Otto (Crazy Otto), and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. A moniker (or " monicker " is a Slang expression for a Nickname, Pseudonym, or Cognomen. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. His tunes became hits in Germany, France, England, and America; his albums were released on Decca and MGM in the U. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. MGM Records was a Record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film studio in 1946 S. .
In 1955, American musician Johnny Maddox made a medley of his songs, entitled "The Crazy Otto Medley"; this went to #2 on the U. Johnny Maddox (born August 4, 1927 in Gallatin Tennessee) is a Ragtime Pianist and collector of ragtime memorabilia " The Crazy Otto Medley " is a 1955 Ragtime recording made by pianist Johnny Maddox. S. charts, and in the U. S. both Reichel and Maddox were subsequently known as "Crazy Otto", to some confusion.
Schulz-Reichel continued to perform live and on film, and remained a popular jazz favorite in Germany for many years.
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