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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=12-Feb-2010&lang=de&s=1816
12-Feb-2010
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 Accordions Worldwide is sad to report that accordion jazz legend Art Van Damme died on February 15, 2010. He was 89 years old. Art had been ill with pneumonia for several weeks.Art Van Damme, born April 9, 1920 in Norway, Michigan, was a world renowned jazz accordionist and one of the most famous accordionists of all time. Art Van Damme 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 also popular with jazz listeners in Japan and regularly won the domestic Downbeat reader's poll for his instrument. He also toured in Russia and New Zealand. Art Van Damme had three children and six grandchildren. Although he had retired to Florida, he continued to perform nearly to the age of 90. You can read his 2005 Celebrity Interview by clicking on his name. A nice article about his 2005 tour to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, is online too http://www.accordions.com/index/art/historical_events.shtml Information about the funeral of Art Van Damme Viewing: Friday, February 19, 2010 3-5pm/7-9pm Cochrane’s Chapel Of The Roses 103 Lincoln Street Roseville, California 95678 Phone: (916) 783-7171 Funeral Mass: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10am St. Clare’s Catholic Church 1950 Junction Blvd_Roseville, CA 95747 Phone: (916)772-4717 |