German jazz guitarist, clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, producer and arranger, born 15 January 1928 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, died 5 February 2003 in Dresden, Germany. He worked for the orchestras of Heinz Gietz and Carlo Bohländer, before joining for about 10 years the Hazy Osterwald Sextett, replacing Ernst Höllerhagen.