Gerhard Vohwinkel - trumpet
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Gerhard Vohwinkel, the musical leader of the OMTJ, has a great reputation among Traditional Jazz musicians and fans in all of Europe. Since 1954, Gerhard´s original trumpet sound can be heard in various bands around Hamburg, he has played the banjo as a guest in Ken Coyler´s band, and was engaged as a trumpet player and arrangeur by Papa Bue´s Viking Jazzmen in Copenhagen from 1956 to 1958.
Under his leadership Papa Bues´s successful band recorded its first, now historical records for the Storyville label. From 1959 on, Gerard contributed his knowledge and experience to advance the musical quality of the then amateur band OMTJ and changed it into a professional, successful company. For personal reasons, Gerhad moved to Berlin in 1961 where he joined the top band Spree City Stompers before moving on to Munich where he became a founding member of the Allotria Jazzband.
When Jost Münster called on him to join his new branch of the Old Merry Tale, Gerhard did not hesitate to return to his roots in Hamburg. To this date, Addi Münsters band plays not only the internationally known Jazz standards but also the numerous compositions and arrangements that Gerhard created for the band, and which make it sound so special and inimitable.