Willem Bernard "Pim" Jacobs (29 October 1934 – 3 July 1996) was a Dutch jazz pianist, composer and television presenter.

Early life

Jacobs was born on 29 October 1934 in

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, the Netherlands. His parents were artistic. He started playing the piano at the age of six. His brother, Ruud, was born in 1938 and became a jazz bassist.

Later life and career

Pim and Ruud formed a trio with drummer Wessel Ilcken in 1954. The band grew with the addition of guitarist Wim Overgaauw and Ilcken's wife, Rita Reys. The trio recorded with

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in 1956. Following Ilcken's death in 1957, Pim Jacobs and Reys performed as a duo or trio with Overgaauw, and married in 1960. They often recorded and played jazz festivals in Europe and New Orleans, "their typical program featuring arrangements of vocal music standards as well as bebop material". He also composed film music. "Jacobs also worked as a producer of non-jazz radio and television programs from 1964, briefly operated the Go Go Club in Loosdrecht, near Hilversum, from 1967, and recorded with Herbie Mann, Bob Cooper, Louis van Dijk, and his own trio." For television, he hosted the music show ''Music for All''. In the 1970s and 1980s he presented concerts in schools. Jacobs died in Tienhoven on 3 July 1996. The Pim Jacobs Theatre in Maarssen was named after him. A nephew, Bobby Jacobs, became a member of the rock band

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Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

With

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*''Live In VARA Studio 7'' ( Bootleg) With Bob Cooper *''Milano Blues'' (Fresh Sound, 1957) With

*'' Herbie Mann with the Wessel Ilcken Trio'' (Epic, 1956

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With Rita Reys *''Rita Reys'' (Philips, 1957) *''Marriage in Modern Jazz'' (1960) *''That Old Feeling'' (Columbia, 1979) *''Swing and Sweet'' (Blue Note, 1990) With

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* Wes Montgomery in Holland (1965)

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