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Bobby Jaspar
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jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
Bobby Jaspar was born on 20 February 1926 in Liège, Belgium.
At a very young age, he learned to play piano and clarinet. Later he took up the tenor sax and flute.
With the "Bop Shots" band, he took his first steps in the jazz world. In 1950, he moved to Paris, playing and recording with the best musicians of the era.
Here het met his future wife Blossom Dearie
In the mid-fifties he was persuaded to try his luck in the United States, where his reputation had preceeded him in jazz circles. He played and recorded with the quintet of J.J. Johnson, with Kenny Burrell, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Donald Byrd and many others.
In 1961/1962, he returned to Europe for a year for a whole series of concerts and a number of recordings. With his colleague, Belgian guitarist René Thomas, he formed a successful quintet. In some sessions, this was expanded to a powerful sextet with American trumpeter Chet Baker. One of those sessions was immortalised on the record "Chet Is Back", recorded in 1962.
Back in New York, On 28 February 1963, he died from a heart attack, aged just 37.
Bobby Jaspar Discography [1]