Peter Trunk
Peter Trunk was a German jazz double-bassist.
Trunk played late in the 1950s in concert and on radio with Kenny Clarke, Stan Getz, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Zoot Sims. During this time he also recorded with Hans Koller. In the 1960s, he worked with Benny Bailey, Don Byas, Klaus Doldinger, Dusko Goykovich, Volker Kriegel, Tete Montoliu, Manfred Schoof, Lucky Thompson and Ben Webster. In 1972 he recorded with Kurt Edelhagen. On New Year's Eve, 1973, he was killed in a car accident.
Discography
As sideman
- Benny Bailey, Midnight in Europe
- Klaus Doldinger, Live at Blue Note Berlin
- Klaus Doldinger, Doldinger in Sud Amerika
- Klaus Doldinger, Goes On
- Dusko Goykovich, Swinging Macedonia
- George Gruntz, Jazz Goes Baroque
- George Gruntz, Jazz Goes Baroque 2
- Ingfried Hoffmann, From Twen with Love
- Volker Kriegel, With a Little Help from My Friends
- Volker Kriegel, Spectrum
- Tete Montoliu, Piano for Nuria
- Lucky Thompson, Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know?
- Ben Webster & Don Byas, ''Ben Webster Meets Don Byas''