Tony Bauwens

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Tony Bauwens (born June 5, 1936 in Ronse ; † February 17, 2009 ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( piano , composition ).

Live and act

Bauwens worked from the 1960s a. a. with Roger Vanhaverbeke and Fats Sadi ; In 1974 he became the pianist of the BRT Jazzorkest under the direction of Etienne Verschueren . He also played a. a. with Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski ( Skleroptakin , 1976), and in the formations The Bop Friends (with Nick Fissette , Etienne Verschueren, Roger Vanhaverbeke, Freddy Rottier ) and The New Bop Friends . In the 1980s he continued to play with the BRT Jazz Orkest and Fats Sadi, as well as with the Belgian All Stars Big Band ( The Music of Gasty Meyer - Changing Moods (1981), with the soloists Benny Bailey and Toots Thielemans ). He also formed the Tony Bauwens Sextet ((album Ka Atas , 1983), with Bert Joris , Marc Godfroid , Philippe Venneman , Marc Van Garsse and Tony Gyselinck ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1973 and 2006.

Web links

Lexical entry

  • Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 20, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Bauwens, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Ronse
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2009