Toto Blanke

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Hans Otto Blanke
Also known asToto Blanke
Born(1936-09-16)September 16, 1936
Paderborn
DiedOctober 24, 2013(2013-10-24) (aged 77)
Hamburg
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar

Hans Otto Blanke (16 September 1936 - 24 October 2013), better know by his stage name Toto Blanke, was a German jazz guitarist. [1] [2]

Career

Between 1957 and 1964, Blanke performed with Gunter Hampel and Otto Wolters while studying architecture in Braunschweig. In the early 1960s, he was a member of the City Gents dance band in Paderborn. In 1970, he started working with the rock jazz group Association P. C. In the 1960s he worked with Jeremy Steig, Rolf Kühn, Randy Brecker, Jan Akkerman and Philip Catherine. In 1975, Blanke released his first album “Spiders Dance” with Joachim Kühn, Charlie Mariano, John Lee and Gerry Brown. [3] [4]

In 2011, Blanke received the Culture Prize from his hometown Paderborn for his artistic work. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ KOSBAB, VON HOLGER. "Paderborner Musiker Toto Blanke gestorben". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ↑ "toto2". www.alisorecords.de. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. ↑ "TOTO BLANKE". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  4. ↑ "CD: Toto Blanke & Rudolf Dašek - Mona Lisa/ Online Musik Magazin". www.omm.de. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Musenblätter - Das unabhängige Kulturmagazin". musenblaetter.de. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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