jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Bobby Jaspar was born on 20 February 1926 in Liège, Belgium. Liege or Liège has several meanings: A liege is the person or entity to which one has pledged allegiance. ...

At a very young age, he learned to play piano and clarinet. Later he took up the tenor sax and flute. A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The tenor saxophone is one of the larger members of the saxophone family invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...

With the "Bop Shots" band, he took his first steps in the jazz world. In 1950, he moved to Paris, playing and recording with the best musicians of the era. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

Here het met his future wife Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie (born on April 28, 1926 in East Durham, New York) is an American jazz singer. ...

In the mid-fifties he was persuaded to try his luck in the United States, where his reputation had preceeded him in jazz circles. He played and recorded with the quintet of J.J. Johnson, with Kenny Burrell, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Donald Byrd and many others. J.J. Johnson, in about the mid-1960s J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. ... Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz guitarist. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Toshiko Akiyoshi (穐吉 敏子, born December 12, 1929) is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger. ... Donaldson Toussaint LOuverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. ...

In 1961/1962, he returned to Europe for a year for a whole series of concerts and a number of recordings. With his colleague, Belgian guitarist René Thomas, he formed a successful quintet. In some sessions, this was expanded to a powerful sextet with American trumpeter Chet Baker. One of those sessions was immortalised on the record "Chet Is Back", recorded in 1962. René Thomas (March 7, 1886 – September 23, 1975) was a French motor racing champion. ... The Chet Baker Monument in Amsterdam Chesney Henry Chet Baker Jr. ...

Back in New York, On 28 February 1963, he died from a heart attack, aged just 37. NY redirects here. ...