Date of Birth: 
About Kutte Widmann
- Kurt "Kutte" Widman (March 2, 1906, Berlin - November 27, 1954, Berlin) was a German bandleader and jazz musician. Widmann started out on drums, then later learned to play accordion and trombone.
- He was playing locally by 1924, and led a quintet at the Hotel Imperator in Berlin in 1933 which played swing jazz; Hans Berry (de) was one of his sidemen.
- He directed his own dance orchestra from 1938 to 1942, which frequently appeared at the Haus Vaterland.
- He recorded in 1938-1939, including under various pseudonyms such as Billy Blackmoore, John Weepster, and John Webb.
- Once war began with England, censorship forbade these names, but the band was allowed to continue performing, including at events for German troops.
- Widmann was drafted to the Wehrmacht during the war but was released in 1944 due to health reasons.
- He continued playing events in Germany even as Allied troops began invading, playing cinema houses in between films. After the war, Widmann formed a new band which played during the American occupation, sometimes using older arrangements from the war period, but also employing Berlin-based arranger Walter Jenson (de).
- He recorded again in the late 1940s, and died of a stroke in 1954.
- The 1955 film Music in the Blood, directed by Erik Ode, is based on his life with Viktor de Kowa in the lead role.
Read more at Wikipedia