Hans Koller

tenor and soprano saxophones · 1921–2003 · Vienna

Austrian tenor saxophonist and bandleader born in Vienna in 1921, he played at the Hot Club of Vienna before settling in Germany in 1950 and leading the NDR jazz workshops in Hamburg from 1958 to 1965. Back in Vienna in 1970, he founded the Free Sound group there, with Wolfgang Dauner.

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Styles

• Free jazz
• Modern big bands

Landmark tracks

• Opening (1975)
• Yin (1975)
• Scarlet No. 2 (1975)

Sources

• Source

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