Joki Freund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joki Freund

German saxophonist

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Höchst, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Feb-2012

Profession: music arranger, saxophonist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Walter Jakob "Joki" Freund (September 5, 1926, Höchst, Frankfurt am Main – February 15, 2012, Schwalbach am Taunus) was a German jazz saxophonist. Freund began playing the accordion as a child, switching to tenor saxophone after the end of World War II.
Early in the postwar era he played with Joe Quitter, Carlo Bohlander, Gerry Weinkopf, Joe Klimm, and Jutta Hipp, then formed his own ensemble.
He began performing with American musicians, including Donald Byrd, Art Taylor, and Doug Watkins, during their European festival appearances.
He played with, and arranged for, Albert Mangelsdorff in the jazz orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk and Erwin Lehn in the Süddeutscher Rundfunk orchestra.
He played with the Frankfurt Jazz Ensemble on soprano saxophone in the 1970s, also performing as a leader around this time.