Bobby Naret

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Robert “Bobby” Naret (* 1914 in Liège ; † 1991 in Brussels ) was a Belgian jazz and entertainment musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet ) and band leader .

Live and act

Naret played around 1930 in Brussels with Lucien Hirsch et son Orchester (recordings for Columbia ), in the late 1930s with Fud Candrix , from 1940 with Gus Deloof , Chas Dolne and Jeff De Boeck and His Metro Band. In March 1942 he took on several titles such as Seul ce soir for the Olympia label under his own name ( Bobby Naret et ses Melodistes ) ; in April 1942 and again in March 1943 he worked with Candrix in a recording session of Django Reinhardt ( Place de Brouckere , It was always so nice with you ). He worked with Candrix in Berlin when the Candrix Orchestra accompanied the singer Ilse Werner ( We make music ). In 1943 he played in Paris with Aimé Barelli , in 1943/44 in Brussels with Gus Clark , Ernst van't Hoff and Robert De Kers , and he also accompanied the singer Eddy Christiani . In 1944 he played with his big band ( Bobby Naret et son Orchester ) several records for Decca Records , including " Bésame mucho " (with Martha Love); The arrangers were David Bee , Peter Packay and Frank Engelen . In 1945 and 1947 he toured with his orchestra in American military clubs. According to a survey by the Hot Club de Belgique , he was (together with Jean Omer ) the best saxophonist in Belgium in 1946. In 1956 he went on tour with Rudy Bruder in Zaire , in 1962 he still performed at the festival in Comblains with jazz veterans before he disappeared from the jazz scene. In the field of jazz he was involved in 69 recording sessions between 1931 and 1953, most recently with The Peters Sisters with Billy Moore Jr. and His Orchestra.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie , ed. by Emile Henceval. 1991, p. 216
  2. ↑ Audio sample at Archive.org
  3. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 14, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Naret, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naret, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege
DATE OF DEATH 1991
Place of death Brussels