{"id":8295,"date":"2013-10-16T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/?p=8295"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:27:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:27:23","slug":"an-unassuming-citizen-of-the-world-in-memoriam-bert-kaempfert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/an-unassuming-citizen-of-the-world-in-memoriam-bert-kaempfert\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unassuming Citizen of the World \u2013 In memoriam Bert Kaempfert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"4_8_1-90_birthday\"Bert Kaempfert\u2019s 90th Anniversary was celebrated on 16 October 2013 with reminiscences and a wealth of music.<\/em><\/p>\n

Associates from the world of music, friends and relations commemorated the composer and bandleader Bert Kaempfert at a ceremony held on 16 October 2013. To celebrate this event Kaempfert\u2019s daughter Doris had invited guests to gather at the casino at Hamburg\u2019s Stephansplatz, where Bert Kaempfert\u2019s career began after the Second War War. <\/p>\n

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The casino at Hamburg\u2019s Stephansplatz was not only a fitting place for celebrating the anniversary of the bandleader, arranger and composer who died on 21 June 1980, it also represented an important stepping stone in Bert Kaempfert\u2019s life. For it was the Tarantella Bar, located to this day in the casino, which witnessed Kaempfert\u2019s breathtaking career after the end of the war and where he made his first appearances in Hamburg.<\/p>\n

ssociates from the world of music, friends and relations gathered on 16 October to commemorate the international star\u2019s 90th anniversary. Some of his most famous compositions were presented by a trio consisting of pianist Wolfgang K\u00f6hler, bass player Marc Muellbauer and drummer Kai Sch\u00f6nburg, who lent their performance a lively swing. In addition there was the outstanding jazz singer Marc Secara, who took turns at the microphone with Pe Werner, as well as two musicians who worked with Kaempfert. Trumpeter and flugelhorn player Ack van Rooyen and trombonist Jiggs Whigham turned this celebratory event into a top-flight musical highlight.<\/p>\n

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