Pol Clark
Pol Clark (* 1912 in Brussels ; † unknown) was a Belgian jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , clarinet ).
Live and act
Pol Clark first attended the music school, in 1926/27 the Brussels Conservatory of Music, where he had lessons from the clarinetist M. Bajaert. He began his career as a musician in the field of classical music before he founded a variety orchestra with friends. In 1937 he became a member of Jean Omer's orchestra , with whom he performed regularly in the Middelkerke casino . Between 1930 and 1940 he worked in various formations in the Brussels, Gent and Luxembourg area. 1940–42 he played in Liège with Coco Colignon , with whom the first recordings were made in 1944, and 1943–45 with Eddie de Latte in Brussels. From 1940, Clark also worked with his own formation, which his brother Pierre Clark (as, fl), Jean Binon (bar), Francis Léglise (as), René Hellebroek (p), Billy West (tp), Louis D'Hooge ( tp) and Peter Brukatof (dr) belonged. In 1946 he recorded with Robert De Kers .
After the war, Clark toured Belgium and Luxembourg for the USO ; then he appeared mainly in clubs in Brussels, in 1958 in Bœuf sur le Toit . In 1961 he opened a music shop , but continued his career as a musician and orchestra leader until 1969, especially at Casino Blankenberge . From 1944 to 1974 he was chairman of the musicians' union and until 1977 editor of the magazines Actualité Musicale and Guide de l'Onyx Club .
Web links
Lexical entry
- Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clark, Pol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |