Pol Closset
Paul "Pol" Closset (born July 14, 1937 in Ixelles ; † May 1, 1989 in Brussels ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( trumpet ) from Dixieland .
Live and act
Closset began his career with Jo Dekmine, with whom he appeared in the Brussels Club Cheval Blanc . The first recordings were made in 1959 with the Delta City Jazz Band ; In the same year Closset recorded under his own name with his band Gamblers Featuring "Big Brown" (with Honoré d'Utrecht (tb), Herman Veltman (tb), André Ronsse (cl), Jean-Claude Pil (p), Étienne Boyens (kb), Andrien Ransy (dr) and Roger "Big Brown" Sauvenier (vocals)). Closset also accompanied guest musicians such as Albert Nicholas , Bill Coleman or Mezz Mezzrow , and with his group also the pianist Marc Hérouet . Closset performed with his Dixieland Gamblers until the 1970s. Under his own name he presented titles such as "Hello Jacqueline", "Moi y'en a bien aimer ça" (with Peter Welch ), "La Brabançonne" and "A la Russe". The album Sing Along with Paul Closset & His Dixieland Gamblers was created in 1973 for Disques Vogue . In 1978, Paul Closset & His Dixieland Gamblers, Vol. 1 followed on the same label . In the field of jazz, he was involved in twelve recording sessions.
Web links
- Pol Closset at Discogs (English)
Lexical entry
- Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry (Les Lundis d'Hortense)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 8, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Closset, Pol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Closset, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz musician (trumpet) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ixelles |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1989 |
| Place of death | Brussels |