Eddie Busnello
Eddie Busnello (actually Victor Edouard Busnello , * 1929 in Seraing , † 1985 in Nervesa della Battaglia ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( alto and baritone saxophone ).
Live and act
Busnello first learned the accordion, piano and guitar before switching to the alto saxophone. He began working as a professional musician in the late 1940s, performing in bars in the Pot d'Or district of Liege. In 1957 Kurt Edelhagen brought him into his orchestra as a baritone saxophonist, to be heard on the Polydor LPs Kurt Edelhagen Presents and A Toast to the Girls with Caterina Valente . In 1958 he made a guest appearance in the Edelhagen Orchestra at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt, and in mid-1959 with Tubby Hayes and the Edelhagen All-Star Band at the Jazz Festival in Duisburg.
In 1960 Busnello performed at the festival in Ostend. In Cologne he was involved in the recordings of a Belgian-American all-star formation that included Don Byas , Christian Kellens , Francy Boland , Jean Warland , Fats Sadi and Kenny Clarke ( Don Wails with Kenny , Columbia ). In the following years he made guest appearances at the Comblain Jazz Festival , mostly with Robert Grahame ; he also played with Bud Powell , Elvin Jones , Lee Konitz , Albert Mangelsdorff and René Urtreger . In 1966 he worked on Dusko Goykovich's album Swinging Macedonia ( enja ), with Goskovich also on the album Take Me in Your Arms by singer Nada Jovic . After last recordings with Edelhagen and the guest soloist Jean-Luc Ponty (1969), he moved to Italy in the early 1970s and played in the prog rock band area in 1973/74 until he ended his music career at the beginning of the following decade due to illness had to. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 22 recording sessions between 1957 and 1969.
Web links
- Eddie Busnello at Allmusic (English)
- Eddie Busnello at Discogs (English)
Lexical entry
- Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Busnello, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Busnello, Victor Edouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seraing |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |
| Place of death | Nervesa della Battaglia |