Somebody Stole my Gal Axel's Dreamband 1977 Jazz in Hamburg. <br /><br />Somewhere on my original video it said Axel's Dreamband from Austria, but I hear these guys talk about a jazz club in Hamburg and this was recorded ( it says) in 1977. <br />Who is this excellent clarinetplayer and not to forget the stride pianist. <br /><br />John Evers from Austria just wrote me with the following info: <br />SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL from Hamburg, this actually is a band from Vienna guesting in Hamburg on invitation of Abbi Huebner. Not a working band, but put together by Axel Melhardt, manager of the club Jazzland. Therefore the name Axel´s dreamband, as the band is a pick-up band from various Viennese groups. Axel himself makes the final announcements, introducing the musicians. <br />They are: Ernst Machacek (cor), Willie Meerwald (tb) both of them no more among us. <br />Still alive and playing are Alfons Wuerzl (cl), Franz Lutternberger (p), Walter Strohmeier (b) and Horst Bichler (dm).
