Carlo Krahmer

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Carlo Krahmer (born William Max Geserick, 11 March 1914, Shoreditch, London – 20 April 1976, London) was a British jazz drummer and record producer.

A partially sighted musician, Krahmer joined Claude Bampton's Orchestra, a body sponsored by the National Institute for the Blind (now the RNIB), of which George Shearing was also a member.^[1] He worked in various bands, sometimes as leader, taking his own group to the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949.^[1]

In 1947 Krahmer co-founded Esquire Records with Peter Newbrook, a label which recorded bebop and licensed American blues and jazz recordings.^[2] By 1950, Krahmer had retired from active performance, but had begun to teach aspiring drummers such as Victor Feldman.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 John Chilton Who's Who in British Jazz, London: Continuum, 2004, p.206-7
↑ Roberta Freund Schwartz How Britain Got the Blues: the Transmission and Reception of American Blues, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007, p.32

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Name	Krahmer, Carlo
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Short description	British musician
Date of birth	11 March 1914
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Date of death	20 April 1976
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