Charlie Calmeyn
Charlie Calmeyn (* 11. January 1920 in Brussels ) is a Belgian jazz - drummer and big band -Leader.
Calmeyn directed a student orchestra for swing music in 1937 and a big band in Belgium from 1938 to 1947. It played among other Toots Thielemans , the saxophonist Jean Robert (1908-1981) and the trumpeters Janot Morales and Al Goyens , guitarist Bill Alexandre , later orchestra leader Henry Segers and drummer Jeff De Boeck . In the 1970s and 1980s he also led a big band in Brussels ( Charlie Calmeyn Orchester ). He also recorded with his big bands.
Lexical entry
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.
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| SURNAME | Calmeyn, Charlie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian band leader of swing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |