{{Short description|German jazz musician (1938–2022)}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = File:Dudek_Haurand_Humair_10.jpg | genre = Jazz | instruments = {{hlist|Tenor saxophone|soprano saxophone|clarinet|flute}} | birth_name = Gerhard Rochus Dudek | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|09|28}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|11|03|1938|09|28}} }}
'''Gerhard Rochus "Gerd" Dudek''' (28 September 1938 – 3 November 2022)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=741}}</ref> was a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.
Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s, before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958.<ref name="AMG"/> During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra until 1965.<ref name="AMG"/> He then became interested in free music and joined Manfred Schoof's quintet.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Dudek took part in the first sessions of The Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> and played with them at various times into the 1980s.<ref name="AMG"/> He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander von Schlippenbach,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gerd-dudek-mn0000548629/biography|title=Gerd Dudek | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
Dudek was best known for his work with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, Lala Kovacev, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Albert Mangelsdorff,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Don Cherry and George Russell.<ref>Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, ''Jazz: The Rough Guide'', The Rough Guides, 1995, p. 181 ({{ISBN|1-8582-8137-7}})</ref>
Dudek died on 3 November 2022, at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-jazz-und-pop/kulturmeldung-gerd-dudek-gestorben-100.html Jazz-Saxofonist Gerd Dudek gestorben] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105073939/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-jazz-und-pop/kulturmeldung-gerd-dudek-gestorben-100.html |date=2022-11-05 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref>
==Discography== ===As leader=== * '''Smatter'' (Psi, 2002) * ''Day and Night'' (Psi, 2012) * ''With You'' (JazzJazz, 2023)
===As co-leader=== * ''Flying to the Sky'' (Trio, 1971) with Takehiro Honda * ''Morning Rise'' (Ego, 1977) with Alan Skidmore, Adelhard Roidinger, and Branislav Kovačev * ''Open'' (FMP, 1979) with Buschi Niebergall and Edward Vesala * ''After All'' (Konnex, 1991) with Ali Haurand and Rob van den Broeck * ''Pulque'' (Konnex, 1993) with Ali Haurand and Rob van den Broeck * ''Crossing Level'' (Konnex, 1997) with Rob van den Broeck, Ali Haurand and Tony Levin * ''Schinderkarren Mit Büffet'' (Konnex, 2002) with Paul Eßer, Ali Haurand and Jiri Stivin * ''The Art of Duo'' (Laika, 2005) with Michael Mikolaschek * ''Lyrik & Jazz Cascaden'' (Konnex, 2006) with Ingeborg Drews and Ali Haurand * ''Sound Solutions'' (self-released, 2013) with Max Bolleman and Rob van den Broeck * ''Nunc!'' (Nemu, 2014) with Misha Mengelberg, Dirk Bell, Ryan Carniaux, Joscha Oetz, and Nils Tegen * ''Two of Us Are One'' (Shaa, 2015) with Stefan Heidtmann * ''Live'' (self-released, 2021) with the Hans Koller Trio
===As sideman=== '''With the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra''' * ''Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra'' (ECM, 1990) * ''Live in Japan '96'' (DIW, 1997)
'''With Wolfgang Dauner''' * ''Free Action'' (SABA, 1967) * ''Requiem / Psalmus Spei'' (MPS, 1969)
'''With the European Jazz Ensemble''' * ''20th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 1997) * ''25th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 2002) * ''30 Years on the Road'' (Konnex, 2006) DVD * ''35th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 2011)
'''With the European Jazz Quintet''' * ''Live At Moers Festival'' (Moers, 1977) * ''European Jazz Quintet'' (Ego, 1978) * ''European Jazz Quintet III'' (Fusion, 1982)
'''With the German All Stars''' * ''Live at the Domicile'' (MPS, 1971) * ''Out of Each/German All Stars in Japan'' (Columbia, 1971)
'''With the Globe Unity Orchestra''' * ''Live in Wuppertal'' (FMP, 1973) * ''Evidence, Vol 1'' (FMP, 1976) * ''Into the Valley, Vol 2'' (FMP, 1976) * ''Pearls'' (FMP, 1977) * ''Jahrmarkt / Local Fair'' (PTR/JWD, 1977) * ''Improvisations'' (Japo, 1978) * ''Compositions'' (Japo, 1979) * ''Hamburg '74'' (FMP, 1979) * ''Intergalactic Blow'' (Japo, 1983) * ''Rumbling'' (FMP, 1991) * ''20th Anniversary'' (FMP, 1993) * ''Globe Unity 67 & 70'' (Atavistic, 2001) * ''Globe Unity 40 Years'' (Intakt, 2008) * ''Live In Berlin'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010) * ''Baden-Baden '75'' (FMP, 2011) * ''...Und Jetzt Die Sportschau'' (Trost, 2013) * ''Globe Unity 50 Years'' (Intakt, 2018)
'''With Alexander von Schlippenbach''' * ''Globe Unity'' (SABA, 1967)
'''With Manfred Schoof''' * ''Voices'' (CBS, 1966) * ''Manfred Schoof Sextet'' (Wergo, 1967) * ''European Echoes'' (FMP, 1969) * ''The Early Quintet'' (FMP, 1978) * ''Reflections'' (Mood, 1984)
'''With others''' * With Peter Brötzmann: ''Fuck de Boere'' (Atavistic, 2001) * With Jack Bruce: ''Somethin Els'' (CMP, 1993) * With Can: ''The Lost Tapes'' (Spoon, 2012) * With Gabi Delgado: ''Mistress'' (Virgin, 1983) * With Drum Circus: ''Magic Theatre'' (Garden Of Delights, 2003) * With Kurt Edelhagen and His Orchestra: ''The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974'' (Jazzline, 2021) * With Kurt Edelhagen and Wolfgang Sauer: ''Kurt Edelhagen - Wolfgang Sauer'' (Amiga, 1965) * With European Jazz Trio: ''European Jazz Trio'' (Konnex, 2013) * With Four for Jazz: ''Sunday Child'' (Spiegelei, 1972) * With Peter Giger: ''A Drum Is a Woman - The Best of Peter Giger'' (Intuition, 2006) * With Guru Guru: ''Mani und seine Freunde'' (Atlantic, 1975) * With Ján Hajnal: ''Dedication'' (Hevhetia, 2020) * With Hellmut Hattler: ''Bassball'' (Harvest, 1977) * With Ali Haurand: ''Ballads'' (Konnex, 2005) * With Horns Ensemble (Günter Christmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Manfred Schoof, Kenny Wheeler): ''Horns'' (FMP, 1979) * With Knut Kiesewetter: ''Stop! Watch! and Listen!'' (MPS, 1970) * With Joachim Kühn: ''This Way Out'' (MPS, 1973) * With Lerryn: ''Goya Malt Karl IV'' (Columbia, 1978) * With Albert Mangelsdorff: ''Birds of Underground'' (MPS, 1973) * With Krzysztof Penderecki and Don Cherry: ''Actions'' (Philips, 1971) * With Oscar Pettiford: ''We Get the Message'' (Sonorama, 2015) * With Dieter Reith: ''Reith On!'' (Motor, 1999) * With Irmin Schmidt: ''Villa Wunderbar'' (Spoon, 2013) * With Wolfgang Schmidtke: ''Monk!'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2018) * With Tobias Sudhoff: ''Polarlichter'' (Laika, 2004) * With Third Eye: ''Connexion'' (Ring, 1977) * With various artists: ''Gittin' to Know Y'All'' (MPS, 1970) * With various artists: ''Free Zone Appleby 2005'' (Psi, 2006) * With the Wunsch / Strauch Sextet: ''Joana's Waltz'' (Jazz'N'Arts, 2005)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/dudek.html Dudeks FMP releases] * {{discogs artist|Gerd Dudek}} * {{IMDb name|11362118}}
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