Omer played violin before switching to clarinet and saxophone, playing with local groups in Strassburg and Brussels. He worked in France in the band of Billy Smith, then played with the Golden Stars and in René Compère's band. Omer participated in a recording session with Gus Deloof in 1931. Following a tour with Fud Candrix's Carolina Stomp Chasers, he founded his own group, which included at times Lauderic Caton and Jean Robert. He and Robert De Kers accompanied Josephine Baker in the mid-1930s, and played in a group with Ernst van 't Hoff late in the decade. In 1941, he recorded with Rudy Bruder. He settled in Brussels and led a band into the 1960s which played at the club Le Boeuf sur le Toit.
jean, omer, september, 1912, nivelles, 1994, brussels, belgian, jazz, reedist, bandleader, bornnivelles, belgiumdiedseptember, 1994, 1994, aged, brussels, belgiumoccupation, musicianinstrument, clarinet, saxophone, omer, played, violin, before, switching, clar. Jean Omer September 9 1912 Nivelles May 30 1994 Brussels was a Belgian jazz reedist and bandleader Jean OmerBornNivelles BelgiumDiedSeptember 9 1994 1994 09 09 aged 82 Brussels BelgiumOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Clarinet saxophone Omer played violin before switching to clarinet and saxophone playing with local groups in Strassburg and Brussels He worked in France in the band of Billy Smith then played with the Golden Stars and in Rene Compere s band Omer participated in a recording session with Gus Deloof in 1931 Following a tour with Fud Candrix s Carolina Stomp Chasers he founded his own group which included at times Lauderic Caton and Jean Robert He and Robert De Kers accompanied Josephine Baker in the mid 1930s and played in a group with Ernst van t Hoff late in the decade In 1941 he recorded with Rudy Bruder He settled in Brussels and led a band into the 1960s which played at the club Le Boeuf sur le Toit References editRobert Pernet Jean Omer The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2nd edition ed Barry Kernfeld nbsp This article about a Belgian musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Omer amp oldid 1174455138, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
