Jacky June

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Jacky June (actually Jean-Jacques Junne , born April 3, 1924 in Brussels , † September 28, 2012 in Braine-l'Alleud ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet ) and band leader .

“Jacky” June learned to play the piano at the age of six; In 1943 he played in Henry Van Bemst's orchestra . After the war he directed his own orchestra in the Hotel Cosmopolite in Brussels ; He also played at the Hot Club de Belgique and with The KOT Jazzmen , which became Jump College in the 1960s . In 1951 he appeared with Roy Eldridge , often in the 1950s at the La Rose Noire jazz club . June, who was stylistically based on Sidney Bechet and Benny Carter , is also on private recordings with Sidney Bechet, René Thomas , Jean Blaton ,Peanuts Holland , Don Byas and Léon Demeuldre documented. In 1965 and probably also in 1967 and 1971 he recorded with the Jump College Orchestra , with which he also performed internationally.

Lexical entry

  • Marianne Klaric, Emile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie , Lüttich 1991, p. 182.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary, Le Soir ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / enmemoire.sudinfo.be
  2. ↑ Bechet discography (PDF; 704 kB)
  3. ^ Discography R. Thomas (as "Jacky Jun")
  4. ↑ Discography Fats Sadi (as "Jacky Jun") ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / antiek.telenet.be
personal data
SURNAME June, Jacky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Junne, Jean-Jacques (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz musician and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2012
Place of death Braine-l'Alleud