Emil Mangelsdorff
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| Birth name | Emil Mangelsdorff |
| Born | April 11, 1925 |
| Origin |  Frankfurt am Main |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Instrument(s) | (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute |
| Associated acts | Albert Mangelsdorff, Attila Zoller, George Gruntz, Ack van Rooyen, Jutta Hipp |
Emil Mangelsdorff (born April 11, 1925 in Frankfurt am Main) is a jazz musician (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute.
In 1942 and 1943 Mangelsdorff studied clarinet at the Frankfort conservatory. As a member of the (illegal) Frankfurt Hot Club he played jazz music and therefore imprisoned by the Gestapo. He was forced to the Hitler army and was Russian P.O.W. for four years. In 1949 he came back to Frankfort and decided to become a professional jazz musician. He played in the combos of Joe Klimm and Jutta Hipp, was member of the Frankfurt All Stars and of the Jazz-Ensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks (since 1958) . Since the 1960s he is leading his own quartet.
In 1964 Mangelsdorff wrote an instruction book for jazz saxophone. In 2006 he was awarded with the Goethe medal of the State of Hessen.
Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff was his brother.
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Carlo Bohländer, Reclams Jazzführer, Stuttgart 1970
