Jeff Thomass

born: 16th June 1955 - died: 1st October 2023 (aged 68) Lutz was born in Schleswig and was taken to Hamburg by his parents, where he was allowed to grow up. After graduating from high school, the lot fell on Filmkaufmann. After successfully completing this training, he then went to university to study musicology and also English and psychology. His father, Egon, was an actor and singer, his mother, Inge, played classical piano. He had acting lessons with Erla Prollius and he learned tap dancing with Arthur Bankmann, who had already danced in films with Marika Rökk. Lutz developed a liking for the music and lifestyle of the American 50s and 60s early on. This also explains the founding of the doo-wop band "Kool Cad' And The Tailfins" in the mid-70s. The formation brought it to two LPs and three singles with the hit "Rama Lama Ding Dong". For the hit "I Should, Should Dance" he adopted the pseudonym "Jeff Thomass", under which he released 1 LP and 3 singles on Teldec, which were also successful in France and gave him three major TV shows in Paris and France Cannes bestowed. In Germany there was also the "Goldene Europa" for the best newcomer in 1986. In the 80s Lutz became a member of the show band "Rudolf Rock & die Schocker", After a private break and a few failures, he abruptly ended his work as a solo performer and founded the company "City Jive Musicproductions" in the early 1990s, with which he composed and produced music and sound design for TV commercials. Lutz was a part-time member of the "Skyliner Big Band", the big band of the University of Hamburg, and since he has always enjoyed crooners like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Sammy Davis Jr., the path was somehow predetermined.