Hans Otto Jung

Hans Otto Jung
Colour profile snap of jazz pianist of the Hot Club Combo, wearing sunglasses (shades) and the band's uniform blue suit. He has short, 1940s- style, swept-back hair.
Hans Otto Jung, c. 1942
Born(1920-09-17)17 September 1920
Lorch am Rhein, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic
Died22 April 2009(2009-04-22) (aged 88)
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany
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Hans Otto Jung (17 September 1920 – 22 April 2009) was a German viticulturist, jazz musician and patron of music. In the 1940s, he played as a pianist in the Hotclub Combo, which he cofounded with Emil Mangelsdorff and others. In 1987, he was a cofounder of the Rheingau Musik Festival. With his wife Ursula Jung, he sponsored cultural initiatives in the Rhein-Main region.