
Claus
Ogerman - Philology Records:
The
Claus Ogerman Octet
(mid-1950s)
Clifford Brown, Chet Baker,
"Black and White Serie Vol. 1: The Two Trumpet Geniuses of the
Fifties, Brownie & Chet", Philology Records [Italy] #214
W 13 (year unspecified).[LP]
This album contains a single
performance by The Claus Ogerman Octet (though identified on the back of the album as Chet Baker Group), "Sweet Georgia
Brown".
Performance originally
televised and recorded in Baden-Baden, Germany in
1955. The television show was "Jazz Gehort und Gesehen". This is one of the performances Claus Ogerman played
with Chet Baker that Claus talks about at the bottom of page 3 in
Gene Lees' Jazzletter publication which can be read in
the "Tidbits and News" section of this site.
Musician personnel: Chet
Baker (trumpet, vocals); Werner Rehm (trumpet), Dick Simon
(trombone), Gustl Mayer (clarinet), Rolf Schneebiegl (vibes); Claus
Ogerman (piano). Unknown bassist and drummer.