Biography: Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann was a German jazz musician and Holocaust survivor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 14, 1924
Deathday: January 28, 2018
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Theresienstadt
1944-01-01
Theresienstadt
Overview: Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to Auschwitz, where they were killed.
Overview: A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independent of American jazz and the various changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the search for that "own voice" that European jazz musicians have helped to form. Featuring the great masters of European jazz such as Chris Barber, Jan Garbarek, Juliette Gréco, Stefano Bollani and Till Brönner, to name but a few.