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Belgian pianist, conductor and composer
A.K.A.
Jean Ouwerx
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Male
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Birth:
8 March 1903(Nivelles, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium)
Death:
13 January 1983(Beersel, Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium)
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The details
Biography
John Ouwerx (8 March 1903 – 13 January 1983) was a Belgian jazz pianist and composer who in 1927 played the first European performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
Classically trained at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, he travelled to New York in 1923, establishing himself as a jazz musician on his return.