Kjeld Bonfils

Kjeld Bonfils (born August 23, 1918 in Copenhagen ; † October 12, 1984 in Frederiksberg ) was a Danish jazz musician (piano, vibraphone , vocals ).

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Bonfils played from 1940 in the formation All Danish Starnab , during the occupation with Svend Asmussen (1940-43) and Cecil Aagaard . He first recorded under his own name in Copenhagen in 1941 for Odeon; a series of 78s followed by 1944 such as Chinatown, My Chinatown , Sweet Georgia Brown and Silly Sally from Tin-Pan Alley as well as original compositions such as How Boogie How . Between 1943 and 1945 he was a member of Peter Rasmussen's Kvintet. He also worked with Thore Jederby , Leo Mathisen and Angelise Rune 's Swingkvartet. After the war he worked in Sweden with the Harlem Kiddies , but also with his own orchestra. In 1945 he recorded with a septet in Stockholm; Rolf Ericson , Sven Hedberg (tb), Stan Hasselgard , Sven Stiberg (g), Simon Brehm (b) and Pedro Biker (dr) played in the Kjeld Bonfils Orkester . In 1953 and 1957 he recorded other titles in Copenhagen (such as Cheek to Cheek and The Way You Look Tonight ), most recently with singer Freddy Albeck . In the field of jazz he was involved in 58 recording sessions between 1940 and 1957. His musical role models were Earl Hines , Billy Kyle , Art Tatum , James P. Johnson , Teddy Wilson and Fats Waller .

personal data
SURNAME	Bonfils, Kjeld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish jazz musician (piano, also vibraphone, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	October 12, 1984
Place of death	Frederiksberg