Herbert Bodzin

Herbert Max Bodzin is a jazz and electronic musician, born in 1936 in Hohenlimburg, close to Dortmund. Bodzin plays piano, saxophone and flute and had been experimenting with synthesizers since the early 1970s. From 1957 until 1964, in the golden age of European modern jazz, he was in charge of the Jazzclub Hohenlimburg, in partnership with pianist Heinz Wendel. The scene nurtured concerts and jam sessions with local musicians as well as other German and European jazzmen, for example Klaus Doldinger and the George Maycock Quintet. Aside from his musical background, Herbert Bodzin is mainly known as a visual artists, popular for his steel works. He is the father of electronic musician Stephan Bodzin.