Coco Schumann
Coco Schumann | |
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Schumann in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Heinz Jakob Schumann |
| Born | 14 May 1924 Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 28 January 2018 (aged 93) Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, writer |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1940's – 2018 |
Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann (14 May 1924 – 28 January 2018) was a German jazz musician and Holocaust survivor. He became a member of the Ghetto Swingers while transported to Theresienstadt at the age of nineteen. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, Schumann performed as a jazz guitarist, with Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, and Helmut Zacharias.