Jos Breyre
Jos Breyre (born November 25, 1902 in Malmedy ; † November 20, 1995 in Brussels ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( trombone , arrangement , composition ).
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Breyre first had violin lessons as a child before eventually switching to the trombone. In 1922 he was a member of the military band of the 9th regiment in Malmedy, which he left in 1929 and turned to jazz music. Peter Packay got him a first engagement until he finally became a member of the Broadway Melodians in 1930 under the direction of Robert Kierberg and performed with her at the Knokke Casino. From 1931 he worked at Gus Deloof & His Racketeers, with whom the first recordings for Pathé were made, 1933/34 a. a. at Jack de Vries ' Internationals in the Netherlands. In 1935 he returned to Brussels and worked for Fud Candrix , from the beginning of 1936 briefly with Stan Brenders , then with Ray Ventura , in whose recordings with Django Reinhardt 1937-39 he participated. During this time he was also involved in recordings with the Quintette du Hot Club de France ("Bolero") and Philippe Brun and His Swing Band.
During the occupation of Belgium by the German Wehrmacht , Breyre was considered a “ Volksdeutscher ” because he came from the German-speaking East Belgium , and thus had the opportunity to work as a musician in Berlin. From 1940 he played in the orchestras and (jazz) ensembles of Adolf Steimel , Ernst van't Hoff , Benny de Weille , Kurt Widmann , in Charlie and his Orchestra , with Lutz Templin , Harry van Dyk , Teddy Kleindin , Primo Angeli , Ernst Weiland and still in April 1944 in Stuttgart with Freddie Brocksieper .
After the war, Breyre worked with Boyd Bachman in Amsterdam, and in 1952 he took part in recordings of band leader Billy Moore with the Peters Sisters in Brussels (" Basin Street Blues "). In 1953 he had his own band in Brussels, with which he performed in the Taverne de Palace ; At the end of 1953 he played again with Fud Candrix, then in Frank Temmer's orchestra in Blankenberge . In the 1960s he was a member of various dance orchestras with whom he also played in West Germany, from 1967 with his own orchestra in Brussels. In 1980 he was still a member of the Brussels Big Band before ceasing his musical activities in 1982. Breyre was considered both an excellent blues interpreter and a gifted arranger of symphonic jazz. In the field of jazz he was involved in 93 recording sessions between 1931 and 1980.
Web links
- Jos Breyre at Discogs (English)
Lexical entry
- Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breyre, Jos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz musician (trombone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmedy |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1995 |
| Place of death | Brussels |