Albert Brinckhuyzen

Albert Brinckhuyzen (* 1911 in Bressoux , Liège ; † after 1982) was a Belgian jazz musician ( trombone ).

Live and act

Albert Brinckhuyzen first learned piano and solfège and had lessons in harmony at the Liège Conservatory of Music . In 1925 he began performing as a pianist in bistros with novelty numbers. As a trombonist he then worked in the orchestra of Marcel Bellis , then with DD Prenten in Liège. Under the influence of Miff Mole and Jack Teagarden's hot jazz , he decided to work as a professional musician; engagements with large dance orchestras followed, in 1930 with Oscar Thisse . In 1932 he was mentioned - as the only Liège musician - in Robert Goffin's book Aux frontièrs de jazz .

From 1932 to 1942 Brinckhuyzen worked as a soloist in the orchestra of Jean Bauer , which had an engagement in the Rector's Club and later toured in Switzerland and the Netherlands. In 1942 he was a member of Jean Omer's orchestra , which played in the Boeuf sur le Toit club in Brussels ; he also recorded with the orchestras of Stan Brenders , Fud Candrix and Bobby Naret . After the liberation of Belgium he played with Ernst van't Hoff , 1945-50 with Jeff De Boecks Internationals . In the Hot Club de Belgique's reader survey , Brinckhuyzen was the front runner in the trombone category between 1946 and 1949. In 1957 he worked in the orchestra of Francis Bay , from 1959 in the orchestra of Henri Segers , which worked for the BRT . In 1968 he was accepted into the RTBF Philharmonic Orchestra , where he worked for eight years. After 1976 he continued to work with the BRT Big Band and the Brussels Big Band until he gave up his music career in 1982 for health reasons.

Lexical entry

• Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991, ISBN 9782870094686