Gerd Dudek (born Gerhard Rochus Dudek September 28, 1938) is a German Modern Creative tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Modern Creative is a genre of Jazz music that combines older jazz genres like fusion, bop, and free with more contemporary musical styles such The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s The soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the Saxophone, a Woodwind instrument. A clarinetist (also spelled clarinettist) is a Musician who plays the Clarinet. A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a Musician who plays the Flute.
Dudek was born in Germany and now lives in Poland. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958. During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra until 1965. Kurt Edelhagen, born 5th June 1920 in Herne died 8th February 1982 in Köln was a major European big band leader throughout the 1950s He then became interested in free music and joined Manfred Schoof's quintet. Free music can also mean Free improvisation: improvised music without any rules and not in any particular style Manfred Schoof ( 6 April 1936 Magdeburg) is a German Jazz Trumpet player Dudek took part in the first sessions of The Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966, and played with them at various time into the 1980s. The Globe Unity Orchestra is a Free jazz ensemble Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander Schlippenbach, Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet. [1] He is best known for his work with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry and George Russell. Manfred Schoof ( 6 April 1936 Magdeburg) is a German Jazz Trumpet player The Globe Unity Orchestra is a Free jazz ensemble Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is a large German Jazz ensemble led by Alexander von Schlippenbach. Albert Mangelsdorff ( September 5, 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany – July 25, 2005 in Frankfurt) was one of the Don (Donald Eugene Cherry ( November 18 1936 &ndash October 19 1995) was an innovative African-American Jazz Trumpeter George Allen Russell (born June 23, 1923) is an American Jazz Pianist, Composer and theorist [2]