Benny de Weille
German musician
Intro | German musician | |
Places | Germany | |
was | Musician Clarinetist Conductor Jazz musician Film score composer | |
Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music | |
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Birth | 6 March 1915, Lübeck | |
Death | 17 December 1977Sylt (aged 62 years) | |
Star sign | Pisces |
Benny de Weille (March 6, 1915, Lübeck - December 17, 1977, Westerland) was a German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader.
De Weille studied clarinet under Hans Helmke and was heavily influenced by Benny Goodman, whom he often emulated in his own ensembles. He made recordings with Teddy Stauffer, Hans Rehmstedt, and Willy Berking in the 1930s and 1940s, and from 1940 led his own "Bar Trio". Following the war he worked at Radio Frankfurt and conducted the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk orchestra. His last recordings were in a Dixieland style in 1951.