Jazz, Blues, Swing & Chanson

Old Merry Tale Jazzband

Saturday, 14/03/2026 / 06:00 PM - 08:15 PM / Laeiszhalle (Kleiner Saal)

In the 1950s, Hamburg’s youth was completely crazy about jazz. Many young people formed bands modeled after their American or English idols. 1956 saw the birth of the Old Merry Tale Jazzband, which quickly became one of the best-known and most popular German jazz bands after its initial local successes. They created their own distinctive sound, which was inspired by their jazz idols but never copied them in detail. Their greatest success was the German song »Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln gehen« (On Sunday, my sweetheart wants to go sailing with me), which kept the band at the top of the charts for several weeks.

PERFORMERS

Old Merry Tale Jazzband jazz ensemble

Gerald Bartels double bass

Lorenz Boesche piano

Dave Bowler drums

Reiner Regel clarinet, saxophone

Philipp Straske guitar, banjo

Melf-Uwe Hollmer trumpet

Jost »Addi« Münster trombone

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