Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920 – February 15, 2010) was a jazz accordionist.
Born in Norway, Michigan, he began playing the accordion at age nine and started classical study when his family moved to Chicago in 1934. In 1941 he joined Ben Bernie's band as an accordionist. He adapted Benny Goodman's music to the accordion. From 1945 to 1960 he worked for NBC, performing on The Dinah Shore Show, Tonight, The Dave Garroway Show and other radio and TV shows with Garroway. He recorded 130 episodes of the 15-minute The Art Van Damme Show for NBC Radio.
Van Damme toured Europe and was popular with jazz listeners in Japan and regularly won the domestic Down Beat reader's poll for his instrument in the same period.
During the years 1968 and 1973 he recorded many albums for the famous Black Forrestg/Germany label MPS. This is his last record for this record company and van Damme played a lot a jazz-standards featuring one of the finest German jazz musicians from that time like Charlie Antolini, Sigi Schwab and Eberhard Weber.
Born in Norway, Michigan, he began playing the accordion at age nine and started classical study when his family moved to Chicago in 1934. In 1941 he joined Ben Bernie's band as an accordionist. He adapted Benny Goodman's music to the accordion. From 1945 to 1960 he worked for NBC, performing on The Dinah Shore Show, Tonight, The Dave Garroway Show and other radio and TV shows with Garroway. He recorded 130 episodes of the 15-minute The Art Van Damme Show for NBC Radio.
Van Damme toured Europe and was popular with jazz listeners in Japan and regularly won the domestic Down Beat reader's poll for his instrument in the same period.
During the years 1968 and 1973 he recorded many albums for the famous Black Forrestg/Germany label MPS. This is his last record for this record company and van Damme played a lot a jazz-standards featuring one of the finest German jazz musicians from that time like Charlie Antolini, Sigi Schwab and Eberhard Weber.
Personnel:
Charly Antolini (drums)
Art van Damme (accordion)
Siegfried Schwab (guitar)
Heribert Thusek (vibes)
Eberhard Weber (bass)
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Strings arranged & conducted by Hubert Deuringer
Willi Lehmann (concertmaster)
Tracklist:
01. Perdido(Tizol/Drake/Lenk) 2.44
02. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (van Heusen/Burke) 3.12
03. Mountain Greenery (Rodgers/Hart) 2.25
04. We´ve Only Just Begun (Nichols/Williams) 3.27
05. So Nice (Summer Samba) (M.Valle/P.Valle/Gimbel) 2.53
06. So Whatßs New (Pisano) 4.09
07. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (Lane/Lerner) 3.20
08. How Intensitive (Jobim/De Moraes) 3.45
09. Work Song (Adderley) 2.33
10. Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdorf/Blackburn) 4.00
11. A Man And A Woman (Lai/Barouh/Keller) 2.01
12. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Jobim/Lees) 3.05
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