Eddie Defacq

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V. l. No. Tonia , Maurice Dean , Liliane , Cecily Forde and Eddie Defacq (1965 at the Knokke Song Festival)

Eddie Defacq (also Eddy Defacq ; born December 29, 1933 in Ixelles near Brussels ; † July 12, 2013 in Namur ) was a Belgian jazz clarinetist who also worked as a chansonnier at times .

Defacq was a grandson of Jean Volders, the co-founder of the Maison du peuple in Brussels. At the age of 14 he played in Brussels with Django Reinhardt . In 1952 he belonged to Roger Mourliau and his Orchester New-Orléans. In 1954 he was awarded the “Prix Carlos de Radzitzky” as the best clarinetist, and in the following year he received the “Prix Benny Goodman”. From 1956 he was traveling as a musician in Scandinavia, Italy, Egypt and the Congo. After Tom Lord, however, there were no jazz recordings.

In the following years he worked as a composer, songwriter and interpreter of chansons ; In 1964 Philips released his debut album based on poems by Jules Maresceaux ( Paysans ). In 1965 he took part in the Belgian team at the Knokke Song Festival . In the same year he released the album Rembrandt , 1967 Les Mariniers with arrangements by Roland Thyssen. In his songs from around 1970 he sang about his East Belgian homeland (“L'Eté dernier à Liège” 1967, “Wallonie et Waterloo” 1968); 1970 was released by Polydor album Mon pays , 1975 Je suis n'de brumes du Nord and Rubens -Year 1977 album Rubens . Defacq also wrote chansons for his daughters, who made careers as child stars Karine et Rebecca between 1964 and 1968. After 1988 he turned back to jazz, played with a quartet in the style of Benny Goodman ; In 1997 an album was released with "Jazz pantonal."

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  1. ↑ Death report
  2. ↑ a b Robert Wangermée, Jean Brumioul (ed.) Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles , p. 124
  3. ↑ Robert Wangermée, Pascale Vandervellen, Jean Brumioul (eds.) Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles 1999, p. 204
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SURNAME Defacq, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Defacq, Eddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz music and chanson singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Ixelles , Brussels
DATE OF DEATH 12th of July 2013
Place of death Namur