1. Miloslav Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler was a German musician who established a high profile in the post-war German music scene.
11 Facts About Ladi Geisler
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Best known for his work with pop musicians Bert Kaempfert, James Last and Freddy Quinn, Geisler developed the distinctive "Knack-Bass" percussive bass sound that helped popularize the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra.
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Ladi Geisler later released numerous records under his own name.
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Ladi Geisler first worked as an engineer in the electric company where his father was as a director.
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Ladi Geisler did some work for the NWDR, and after the spin-off of the NDR in 1955, he received a permanent position as a guitarist in the NDR Dance Orchestra under the direction of Franz Thon.
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Until the early 1960s Ladi Geisler participated in numerous recordings with Quinn.
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Ladi Geisler's knack bass sound was a treble staccato bass guitar sound in which the bass string was plucked with a pick and immediately suppressed to cancel out any sustain.
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Ladi Geisler founded his own jazz band, worked together with Gunter Fuhlisch and was last heard with the "same" Quintet.
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For several years Ladi Geisler served as Chairman of the German Composers' Association and the executive board of GEMA.
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Ladi Geisler died on November 19,2011, shortly before his 84th Birthday in Hamburg.
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In 2003, Ladi Geisler was awarded the Louis Armstrong Memorial Prize for Swinging Hamburg.