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Art Van Damme
Art Van Damme
Date Posted: February 22 2010
Written By: Chicago Jazz
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Art Van Damme died on February 15th 2010 after being ill with pneumonia for several weeks. Born on April 9th 1920 in Norway, Michigan, and brought up in Chicago. Art Van Damme took up the piano accordion in 1929 at the age of nine, and was classically trained before discovering jazz as a teenager – inspired by the recordings of Benny Goodman. Van Damme toured Europe and was also popular with jazz listeners in Japan, and regularly won the US ‘Downbeat’ magazine reader's poll for his instrument.
Art Van Damme, in his prime years, played so many gigs in clubs, hotels and concert stages across the USA and Europe that it is said that he never needed to do any practice.
He was constantly in action, developing and honing his skills and repertoire, pioneering the use of the accordion as a jazz lead instrument. For more information about Art Van Damme’s life visit accordions.com.
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