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Persoonlijke gegevens Helene "Lenie" Sachs 

• Roepnaam is Lenie.
• Zij is geboren op 17 december 1934 in Batavia-NL Indie.Bron 1
• Beroep: vocalist jazz muzikant zanger.Bron 1

  BIOGRAPHY [ TIMELINE | EDIT ]| Instrument: Vocals||HELEN SACHS||Born in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Helen Sachs began to study classical piano at the age of 6. She started to perform as a vocalist with her own jazz trio during High School. Inspired by singers in the forties, such as jazz vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, but also posinger Rosemary Clooney, and above all Frank Sinatra and Mel Tormé, Helen Sachs soon began making some choices and, many of those songs she chose she still sings in her current program. Today, her repertoire exhibits a great deal of influence by the modern Brazilian composers/song-writers A.C. Jobim, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins and by the great jazz musicians/composers, such as Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Miles Davis and others.||In 1957, Helen Sachs moved to Germany, and in 1969, she began to perform regularly with duos, trios, small combos and big bands. She has performed at Hotel Lounges, Jazzclubs, Festivals and at other Gala events in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and toured Poland and former Czechoslovakia with success. She also has worked with various radio and television stations in Europe, a.o. TROS and VARAH, Hilversum/the Netherlands, SWF, Baden-Baden and Südfunk Stuttgart, Germany and TV Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia and at Jazzfestivals in Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Idstein, Burg Dreieichenstein, Viersen a.o. in Germany, Bratislava Jazz Festival, Czechosl., Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Netherlands and Disneyworld, Paris, France a.o. During several sessions, Helen met some of the most remarkable jazz personalities, such as Mel Lewis and Jeff Hamilton with whom she did studio recordings. At special occasions, she performed with Hank Jones, Art Farmer and Toots Thielemans. As a Jazzvocal Teacher, Helen taught at Duisburg University (Germany) from `73 through `88. As a member of the Jazz Faculty Ensemble of D.U. and as a member of IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators), she performed at their annual Conferences in Miami and Anaheim. In 1997, Helen Sachs moved to the USA. She is married to alto saxophonist and teacher Dr. James Helder. In 1998, she established “Crossings”, a Jazz Septet operating at Jazz Festivals, Clubs and private venues. She is a member of the “Big Band On The Rio Grande”, Las Cruces, as a vocalist and conga player and performs as a guest vocalist on request with several bands in the El Paso/TX and Las Cruces areas. In `99 and 2001, with the Helen Sachs/Curt Warren Quintet, incl. James Helder, ts,as,fl, from Las Cruces and accompanied by a bass player and drummer from Cologne, Germany, she performed succesfully in eight German cities, among them Nienburg (Sister City of Las Cruces). In 2000 she toured Germany with Curt Warren in guitar and trombonist Allan 'Doc' Kaplan. In 2001 and 2003, she toured Germany together with saxophonist James Helder and the Ralf Butscher Trio. A special reunion with Helen's musician friends took place in December 2004 at the famous 'melody' club in Cologne, Germany. She toured Germany on a special request in June 2005. Plans for a next tour in 2006 are in process. 2006 and 2007 several performances in Germany.||Discography - “My Very Good Friends” (1969) with the Allotria Jazzband, Munich, Germany - “The Joe Pentzlin Trio, feat. Helen Sachs” (1974), Göttingen, Germany - “How My Heart Sings” (1978) with the Lex Jasper Trio, Hilversum, Netherlands - “Bratislava Jazz Days 1979” with the Laco Gerhardt Trio, Bratislava, Slovakia - “Green and Orange” (1996), Helen Sachs & the Gypsy Band “Salut!”, Cologne, Germany - “The Real Thing” - Helen Sachs (1996), Cologne, Germany - “Cologne Jazz Orchestra” - feat. Helen Sachs (1997), Cologne, Germany - “Through Jenny's Eyes” - The Helen Sachs/Curt Warren Quintet Live in Düsseldorf, 2000 - “Helen Sachs - The Combo Years 1985-1995” - w. Ralf Butscher Trio, Hans G. Adam Duo & The Duisburg University Jazz Faculty Ensemble (2004) - “Helen Sachs & The Ralf Butscher Trio, live in Wuppertal” - 2005||Contact: Helen Sachs phone: (505) 373-2188 , email: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) , website: http://home.arcor.de/hardbop|HELEN SACHS||Born in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Helen Sachs began to study classical piano at the age of 6. She started to perform as a vocalist with her own jazz trio during High School. Inspired by singers in the forties, such as jazz vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, but also posinger Rosemary Clooney, and above all Frank Sinatra and Mel Tormé, Helen Sachs soon began making some choices and, many of those songs she chose she still sings in her current program. Today, her repertoire exhibits a great deal of influence by the modern Brazilian composers/song-writers A.C. Jobim, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins and by the great jazz musicians/composers, such as Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Miles Davis and others.||In 1957, Helen Sachs moved to Germany, and in 1969, she began to perform regularly with duos, trios, small combos and big bands. She has performed at Hotel Lounges, Jazzclubs, Festivals and at other Gala events in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and toured Poland and former Czechoslovakia with success. She also has worked with various radio and television stations in Europe, a.o. TROS and VARAH, Hilversum/the Netherlands, SWF, Baden-Baden and Südfunk Stuttgart, Germany and TV Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia and at Jazzfestivals in Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Idstein, Burg Dreieichenstein, Viersen a.o. in Germany, Bratislava Jazz Festival, Czechosl., Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Netherlands and Disneyworld, Paris, France a.o. During several sessions, Helen met some of the most remarkable jazz personalities, such as Mel Lewis and Jeff Hamilton with whom she did studio recordings. At special occasions, she performed with Hank Jones, Art Farmer and Toots Thielemans. As a Jazzvocal Teacher, Helen taught at Duisburg University (Germany) from `73 through `88. As a member of the Jazz Faculty Ensemble of D.U. and as a member ...

• Zij is overleden op 15 februari 2014 in DE, zij was toen 79 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Een kind van Alexander Sachs en Elisabeth Herst
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 15 juli 2015.

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