Coco Schumann R.I.P.

[optatio]

Coco Schumann - an extraordinary personality - has died yesterday:

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/coco-schumann-swing-legende-und-kz-ueberlebender-ist-tot-a-1190343.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Schumann

R.I.P.

[soulpope]

R.I.P ....

[Balladeer]

Brave man, great artist in troubled times and beyond.

"I ve always liked to listen to his "Rex Casino".

The above pictured book, Coco´s moving account of his astonishing life, is a stunning read and thus highly recommended to everybody interested in history, jazz, Berlin, strength of man and of course Coco himself.

RIP, Coco Schumann

[mikeweil]

R.I.P.

I happened to see Esther Bejarano, who also survived Auschwitz and had played in the orchestra there, in a talk show last night, and she said how few of them were still alive ... 

[sgcim]

RIP, Coco.

[Big Beat Steve]

15 hours ago, mikeweil said:

R.I.P.

I happened to see Esther Bejarano, who also survived Auschwitz and had played in the orchestra there, in a talk show last night, and she said how few of them were still alive ... 

On a side note, her daugher Edna isn't totally unknown on the German scene either:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_B%C3%A9jarano

What she recorded with the Rattles of course wasn't the "real (Rattles) thing" any longer (but a second incarnation that went in quite a different direction) but it did make a splash at the time and brought back the name for a while.

 

RIP Coco Schumann