Ivon De Bie

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Ivon Karel De Bie (born August 13, 1914 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean , Brussels , † 1989 in Brussels) was a Belgian jazz pianist and band leader who is remembered for his duo recordings with Django Reinhardt .

Live and act

De Bie received piano lessons for ten years from the age of six. Around 1936 he worked, initially as an amateur, with Jimmy Turner, George Clais and with the Blue Blythe Players . From 1938 he led his own formations and from the 1940s played in the groups of Fud Candrix (who made the first recordings for Telefunken ) as well as with Jeff De Boeck and his Metro Band . In 1942 he was given the first opportunity to record under his own name; as a quartet (with Andre Mersch, Gene Kempf and Jeff De Boeck) he recorded for the Metrophone label. On April 16, 1942, he accompanied Django Reinhardt (violin and guitar) at a session for the Belgian label Rhythme ("Vous et moi", "Distraction", "Blues en Mineur" and "Studio 24"). During this time he made further recordings with Fud Candrix in Berlin and with Hubert Rostaing in Brussels. Probably with members of the Stan Brenders Orchestra, he recorded several titles for the Olympia label in 1942. After the war he led a big band (recordings for Decca Records 1946) and also played with Robert De Kers .

From the 1950s Ivon De Bie led the orchestra of the Middelkerke Casino (recordings 1954) and played in the formations of David Bee , a. a. in his bands Brother Powell and His Dixie Rag-a-Jazz Band. and The Original Syncopators Gang . From 1957 he worked as the artistic director of the Belgian department of RCA Victor . The last recordings were made in 1983 with the BRT Jazzorkest OLV under the direction of Etienne Verschueren . In the field of jazz , he was involved in 41 recording sessions between 1941 and 1983. De Bie also wrote a number of jazz compositions such as "Dixie Souvenir", some under the pseudonym Don Bayo. His no-frills piano style is influenced by Billy Kyle , Bob Zurke , Earl Hines and Art Tatum .

Discographic notes

  • Django Reinhardt: Two Is Company: Complete Studio Duets 1937–1942

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from Music Brainz
  2. ↑ a b Emile Henceval Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie Liege 1991, p 114
  3. ^ Grove Music
  4. ↑ Information at Worldcat
  5. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 13, 2016)
  6. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries Cover US Government Printing Office, 1962
personal data
SURNAME De Bie, Ivon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Bie, Ivon Karel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz pianist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Molenbeek-Saint-Jean , Brussels
DATE OF DEATH 1989
Place of death Brussels