About Kurt Edelhagen
Lived 1920 – 1982 (aged 61). Kurt Edelhagen was a German jazz musician, bandleader, university teacher, conductor, music arranger and musician.
Kurt Edelhagen (; born 5 June 1920 – 8 February 1982) Edelhagen studied conducting and piano in Essen. and in 1957 took the leading position in the radio station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) big band, which included Dusko Goykovich and Jiggs Whigham. By 1974, Edelhagen stopped producing for WDR.
In 1958, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln introduced the university's first jazz seminars, taught by Edelhagen. Among his students were Manfred Schoof and Jaki Liebezeit.
Edelhagen died in February 1982 in Cologne, at the age of 61.
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German musician (1920-1982)
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Kurt Edelhagen was born on 5 June 1920 in Herne.
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Kurt Edelhagen died on 8 February 1982 in Cologne.
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Kurt Edelhagen was a jazz musician, bandleader, university teacher, conductor, music arranger and musician.
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Kurt Edelhagen was German.
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