Norbert Susemihl

Norbert Susemihl is a German born New Orleans style musician.

Susemihl was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1956, and began to play the trumpet at the age of 15. In 1978 and 1979 he made his first trips to New Orleans. In 1980 he lived there for a year to study New Orleans Jazz and the lifestyle and culture that made and shaped this music. For the following 10 years, Norbert visited the city each year and studied regularly with almost all of the local musicians, from the older traditional musicians to the younger generation players, covering all styles of New Orleans Music. He has also made recordings in New Orleans with veterans like Willie Humphrey, Father Al Lewis, and CoCoMo Joe, and with vocalist Wanda Rouzan. Besides playing with his own bands, Norbert regular tours and performs as a guest with different bands in Europe, performing on many festivals the continent over. He is considered today as one of the leading trumpeters in the New Orleans style.^[1]

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