Jean-Jacques Kravetz (born 23 May 1947) is a French keyboardist, saxophonist and composer. He has played in the bands backing German rock singers

Udo Lindenberg Udo Lindenberg (born 17 May 1946) is a German singer, drummer, and composer. Career Lindenberg started his musical career as a drummer. In 1969, he founded his first band Free Orbit, and also appeared as a studio and guest musician (with Micha ...

and

Peter Maffay Peter Alexander Makkay (born 30 August 1949), known as Peter Maffay (), is a Romanian-born German musician, singer, and composer. Early life Born in Braşov (german: link=no, Kronstadt), Romania, the son of a German ( Transylvanian Saxon), ...

since the 1970s as well as playing with many other German bands as a guest musician. He was the keyboardist for the German progressive rock band

Frumpy Frumpy was a German progressive rock/krautrock band based in Hamburg, which was active between 1970–1972 and 1990–1995. Formed after the break-up of folk rockers , Frumpy released four albums in 1970–1973 and achieved considerab ...

from 1969 to 1972.

Biography

Jean-Jacques Kravetz studied alto saxophone and piano at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

from 1960 until 1965. He founded his first band in Paris in 1965. In 1966 he joined the band Les Piteuls with who he recorded for the first time. In 1967 he moved to Hamburg, Germany and worked as a saxophone teacher at the Hamburger Konservatorium until 1975. He played as a member of the bands Die City Preachers, Frumpy and Atlantis. He has been a constant member of Udo Lindenberg's Panik Orchester since 1975 and of the Peter-Maffay-Band since 1977. His son Pascal Kravetz is a multi-instrumentalist and has played with Maffay since the late 1980s.

References

1947 births Living people Musicians from Paris French musicians {{France-musician-stub