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Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
About Emil Mangelsdorff
- Emil Mangelsdorff (born April 11, 1925, in Frankfurt am Main) is a jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute. In 1942 and 1943, Mangelsdorff studied clarinet at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt.
- As a member of the (illegal) Frankfurt Hot Club, his performing of jazz, with Hans Otto Jung among others, led him to being imprisoned by the Gestapo.
- He was forced into the Hitler army and was a Russian prisoner of war for four years.
- In 1949 he came back to Frankfurt and decided to become a professional jazz musician.
- He played in the combos of Joe Klimm and Jutta Hipp, and was also a member of the Frankfurt All Stars and of the Jazz-Ensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks from 1958.
- Since the 1960s he has directed his own quartet. In 1964 Mangelsdorff wrote an instruction manual for jazz saxophone.
- In 2006 he was awarded the Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen.
- In 2008 he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz. Jazz trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff was his brother.
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