Efim Schachmeister

Aliases: Dans Orkester "Efim Schachmeister"
Efim Schachmeister mit s. Jazz-Symphonie-Orch.
Efim Schachmeister mit sein. Künstler-Ensemble
Efim Schachmeister mit seinem Jazz-Orchester
Efim Schachmeister mit seinem Künstler-Ensemble
Efim Schachmeister's Danse Orchestra
The Efim Schachmeisters Jazz-Symphonians
Salon-Orkester "Schachmeister"
Sascha Elmo
Tanz-Orchester "Sascha Elmo"
Tanz-Orchester "Schachmeister"
Real name: Chaim Schachmeister
Born: July 22, 1894
Died: October 6, 1944
Country: Germany
Comments: Violinist and bandleader. Schachmeister was born to Jewish-Romanian parents in Kiev. He was trained at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and played in Berlin gypsy and jazz groups thereafter. Schachmeister fled Nazi Germany in 1936, first going to Belgium and than Luxembourg. In 1936, he left Europe, emigrating to Latin America.