Bobby Jaspar (20 February 1926 – 28 February 1963)
was a
Belgian cool jazz
Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed tempos and a lighter tone than that used in the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz of ...
and
hard bop
Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...
saxophonist, flautist and composer.
Early life
Born in
Liège
Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...
, Belgium, Jaspar learned to play piano and
clarinet
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Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
at a young age.
Later, he took up the
tenor saxophone
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and
flute
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...
.
Career
With the "Bop Shots" band, he took his first steps in the
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
world. In 1950, Jaspar moved to
Paris
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, playing and recording with the best musicians of the era. Here he met singer
Blossom Dearie
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City ov ...
;
the two were married in 1954, but divorced in 1957.
In 1956, Jaspar was persuaded to try his luck in the
United States
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, where his reputation in jazz circles had preceded him.
He played and recorded with the quintet of
J. J. Johnson, with
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
,
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
,
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...
,
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. In 1984, sh ...
,
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few h ...
and many others.
In 1961/1962, Jaspar returned to Europe for a year for a series of concerts and a number of recordings, and formed a successful quintet with Belgian guitarist
René Thomas.
In some sessions, this was expanded to a powerful sextet with American trumpeter
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
. One of those sessions, recorded in 1962, was released on record as ''
Chet Is Back!
''Chet Is Back!'' is a 1962 studio album by jazz musician Chet Baker.
Background
''Chet Is Back!'' was recorded in Rome, Italy in 1962 at RCA's Studios. It features bop-oriented tunes such as "Pent-Up House" and "Well, You Needn't". His Chet B ...
.''
Death
Bobby Jaspar died from a heart attack in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
, on 28 February 1963 at age 37.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
* ''New Sound from Belgium, Vol. 4'' (
Disques Vogue
Disques Vogue was a jazz record company founded in France by Léon Cabat and Charles Delaunay in 1947, the year after the American Vogue label ceased.
They originally specialized in jazz, featuring American performers such as Sidney Bechet, ...
, 1953
954
Year 954 ( CMLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Spring – A Hungarian army led by Bulcsú crosses the Rhine. He camps at Worms in the capital of his ally Conrad the Red, d ...
* ''Bobby Jaspar/Henri Renaud'' (
BMG France, 1953–54
000
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* 0-0-0, a Droid (Star Wars)#0-0-0, dro ...
* ''Revisited'' (
Inner City
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, 1953–54
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-Germa ...
* ''New Jazz, Vol. 1'' (Disques Vogue/Swing, 1954)
* ''New Jazz, Vol. 2'' (Disques Vogue/Swing, 1954
955
Year 955 ( CMLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: King Otto I ("the Great") defeats the Hungarians (also known as Magyars) near Augsburg (Germa ...
* ''Bobby Jaspar and His Modern Jazz'' (BMG France, 1954–55
998
Year 998 ( CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Otto III retakes Rome and restores power in the papal city. Crescentius II (the Younger) and his followers ...
* ''Bobby Jaspar and His All Stars'' (
EmArcy
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.
During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Cli ...
, 1955
956
Year 956 ( CMLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Summer – Emperor Constantine VII appoints Nikephoros Phokas to commander of the Byzantine field army (''Domestic o ...
– aka ''Modern jazz au club Saint Germain'' (
Barclay, 1956) and ''Memory of Dick'' (EmArcy, 1988)
* ''Rencontre a Paris'' (Disques Vogue/Swing, 1955) – with
Don Rendell
Donald Percy Rendell (4 March 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an English jazz musician and arranger. Mainly active as a tenor saxophonist, he also played soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet.
Career
Rendell was born in Plymouth, England, and r ...
* ''Bobby Jaspar Quintet'' (
Columbia, 1956
957
Year 957 ( CMLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* September 6 – Liudolf, the eldest son of King Otto I, dies of a violent fever near Pombia (it is rumored from a laten ...
* ''Clarinescapade'' (
Fresh Sound
Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol. The label was initially founded as a reissue label.
The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded be ...
, 1956
007
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* ''Joue pour Savoy'' (
Savoy
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, 1956) – released in the US under
Mort Herbert
Mort Herbert (June 30, 1925 – June 5, 1983) was an American jazz bassist and lawyer.
Life
Herbert was born Mort Pelovitz on June 30, 1925, in Somerville, New Jersey. Self-taught on bass, Herbert is best-remembered for his stint as a member o ...
's name as ''Night People'' (Savoy, 1956)
* ''
Flute Flight'' (
Prestige
Prestige may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Films
*Prestige (film), ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband
*The Prestige (film), ''The Prestige'' (fi ...
, 1957) – with
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...
* ''
Flute Soufflé'' (Prestige, 1957) – with Herbie Mann
* ''
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors
''Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors'' is a jazz album released in November 1957 by Prestige Records. It is credited to Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane and Bobby Jaspar, with Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Art T ...
'' (Prestige, 1957) – with
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman, born Leonard Graham (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002), was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
Graham was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after conve ...
,
Webster Young
Webster English Young (December 3, 1932 – December 13, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, and raised in Washington, D.C., Young was known for his lyrical playing, and performed with John Coltr ...
,
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...
et al.
* ''Tenor and Flute'' (
Riverside, 1957) – aka ''Bobby Jaspar with
George Wallington
George Wallington (October 27, 1924 – February 15, 1993) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Born in Sicily, his career as a pianist began in the early 1940s, when he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and contributed to ...
and Idrees Sulieman'' (Riverside/
OJC, 1992)
* ''Bobby Jaspar'' (Barclay, 1958
959
Year 959 ( CMLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April - May – The Byzantines refuse to pay the yearly tribute. A Hungarian army, led by Apor, invades Mace ...
– aka ''Phenil Isopropil Amine'' (EmArcy, 1988) and ''Jeux de quartes'' (Gitanes Jazz, 2002)
* ''The Soul of Jazz'' (World Wide, 1958) – with
Bill Harris,
Joe Wilder
Joseph Benjamin Wilder (February 22, 1922 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Wilder was awarded the Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award in 2006. The National Endowment for the Arts honored h ...
,
Pepper Adams
Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...
and
Eddie Costa
Edwin James Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In 1957, he was chosen as ''DownBeat'' jazz critics' new star on piano and vibes – the first time that one artist won two ...
* ''The Spirit of Charlie Parker'' (World Wide, 1958) – with
Frank Wess
Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie, Count Basie's band duri ...
and
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell (November 15, 1928 – January 25, 1997) was an American tenor saxophonist and flautist whose work spanned multiple genres, including jazz and rhythm and blues.
Background
Powell worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (194 ...
* ''Bobby Jaspar with Friends …'' (Fresh Sound, 1958; 1960; 1962
991
Year 991 (Roman numerals, CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
* March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Peace and Truce of God, Truce of God, between Æthelred the Unready and Richard I o ...
– with
Mundell Lowe
James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician.
He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the '' Billy Jack'' soundtra ...
and
René Thomas
* ''Thomas-Jaspar Quintet'' (
RCA
RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghou ...
, 1961
962
Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine expeditionary force under General Nike ...
– with René Thomas
* ''Bobby Jaspar Quartet at Ronnie Scott's'' (Mole Jazz, 1962
986
Year 986 ( CMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* August 17 – Battle of the Gates of Trajan: Emperor Basil II leads a Byzantine expeditionary force (30,000 me ...
With
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
* ''Chet Baker and His Quintet with Bobby Jaspar'' (Barclay, 1956)
* ''
Chet Is Back!
''Chet Is Back!'' is a 1962 studio album by jazz musician Chet Baker.
Background
''Chet Is Back!'' was recorded in Rome, Italy in 1962 at RCA's Studios. It features bop-oriented tunes such as "Pent-Up House" and "Well, You Needn't". His Chet B ...
'' (RCA, 1962)
With
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few h ...
* ''Byrd in Paris'' (
Brunswick, 1958)
* ''Parisian Thoroughfare'' (Brunswick, 1958)
* ''Cannes '58'' (Sam, 1958
022 022 may refer to:
* Leduc 022, a French prototype aircraft
* Tyrrell 022
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* ''Paris '58'' (Sam, 1958
023
With
Chris Connor
Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer.
Biography
Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Sh ...
* ''Chris Craft'' (
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...
, 1958)
* ''Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe'' (Atlantic, 1959)
With
Blossom Dearie
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City ov ...
* ''Blossom Dearie Plays "April in Paris"'' (Fresh Sound, 1955–56
987
Year 987 ( CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* February 7 – Bardas Phokas (the Younger) and Bardas Skleros, two members of the military elite, begin a wi ...
* ''
My Gentleman Friend'' (
Verve
Verve may refer to:
Music
* The Verve, an English rock band
* '' The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve
* ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album)
* Verve Records, an American jazz record label
Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee h ...
, 1959
960
Year 960 ( CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. It was the 960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 1st millennium, the 60th year of the 10th century, and the firs ...
With
J. J. Johnson
* ''
Jay and Kai'' (Columbia, 1955–57
957
Year 957 ( CMLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* September 6 – Liudolf, the eldest son of King Otto I, dies of a violent fever near Pombia (it is rumored from a laten ...
* ''
J Is for Jazz
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* OO9, gauge model railways
* O09, FAA identifier for Round Valley Airport
* 0O9, FAA identifier for Ward Field, see List of airports in California
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* BA 009, see British Airways Flight ...
* ''
Dial J. J. 5'' (Columbia, 1957)
* ''
Really Livin'
''Really Livin'' is an album recorded by the J. J. Johnson Sextet which was released on the Columbia label.
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing
# "Me Too" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:00
# "Decision" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:50
# " ...
'' (Columbia, 1959)
With others
*
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. In 1984, sh ...
, ''
United Notions'' (
MetroJazz, 1958)
*
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
, ''
Weaver of Dreams'' (Columbia, 1960–61
961
Year 961 ( CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March 6 – Siege of Chandax: Byzantine forces under Nikephoros II Phokas capture and pillage Chandax after an 8 ...
*
Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard.
Early life and education
Talmage Holt Farlow was born in Greensb ...
, ''The Guitar Artistry of Tal Farlow'' (Verve, 1959)
*
Barry Galbraith
Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, Pennsylvania, in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal ...
, ''Guitar and the Wind'' (
Decca
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Music
* Decca Records or Decca Music Group, record label
* Decca Gold, classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group
* Decca Broadway, musical theater record label
* Decca Studios, recording facility in West ...
, 1958)
*
Michel Hausser, ''Vibes + Flute'' (Columbia, 1960)
*
André Hodeir
André Hodeir (22 January 1921 – 1 November 2011) was a French violinist, composer, arranger and musicologist.
Biography
Hodeir was born in Paris and trained as a classical violinist and composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, w ...
, ''American Jazzmen Play André Hodeir'' (Savoy, 1957)
*
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...
, ''
Bags & Flutes
''Bags & Flutes'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label. '' (Atlantic, 1957)
*
Hank Jones
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, ''
Hank Jones Trio Plus the Flute of Bobby Jaspar'' (Savoy, 1956)
*
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of 1 ...
, ''
Kelly Blue'' (Riverside, 1959)
*
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
, ''A Milanese Story: Original Soundtrack'' (Atlantic, 1962)
*
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording ''Helen Merrill (album), Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associat ...
, ''
The Nearness of You
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(EmArcy, 1957–58
958
Year 958 (Roman numerals, CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* October / November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantine Empire, Byzantines under John I Tzimiskes, Jo ...
*
The Nutty Squirrels, ''
The Nutty Squirrels'' (Hanover, 1959)
*
John Rae, ''Opus de Jazz, Vol. 2'' (Savoy, 1960)
*
Jimmy Raney
James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) a ...
, ''Visits Paris'' (
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the diffuse sky radiation, appearance of indirect sunlight being Rayleigh scattering, scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc ha ...
, 1954
958
Year 958 (Roman numerals, CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* October / November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantine Empire, Byzantines under John I Tzimiskes, Jo ...
*
Henri Renaud
Henri Renaud (20 April 1925 in Villedieu-sur-Indre, France – 16 October 2002 in Paris) was a French jazz pianist, record producer, and record company executive.
Biography
His styles reflected the decades when he was musically active: he played i ...
, ''Henri Renaud quintet joue Gigi Grice avec Bobby Jaspar'' (Disques Vogue, 1953
955
Year 955 ( CMLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: King Otto I ("the Great") defeats the Hungarians (also known as Magyars) near Augsburg (Germa ...
References
External links
Bobby Jaspar Discography*
Page on jazzinbelgium.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaspar, Bobby
1926 births
1963 deaths
Cool jazz saxophonists
Cool jazz flautists
Hard bop saxophonists
Hard bop flautists
Belgian jazz saxophonists
Belgian jazz flautists
Musicians from Liège
20th-century Belgian saxophonists
20th-century flautists