René "Rudy" Bruder (born 15 June 1914, date of death unknown) was a Belgian

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pianist. He was born in

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. Bruder's father was a bandleader in his own right, and Rudy played in his father's group in the mid-1930s. He then joined

Jean Omer Jean Omer (September 9, 1912, Nivelles – May 30, 1994, Brussels) was a Belgian jazz reedist and bandleader. Omer played violin before switching to clarinet and saxophone, playing with local groups in Strassburg and Brussels. He worked in France ...

's group, accompanying visiting American musicians such as

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

, Bill Coleman,

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, and Bobby Martin; he worked with Omer through the early 1940s. He also recorded several times with

Jean Robert Jean Robert (June 25, 1908, Brussels - February 28, 1981, Hilversum) was a Belgian jazz saxophonist. Robert started out on piano before switching to tenor saxophone, and played early in his career with Peter Packay, Gus Deloof, Chas Remue, and Al ...

and Gus Deloof. He led his own band, which recorded in the early 1940s and again in 1946.Robert Pernet, "Rudy Bruder". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...

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