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- Roger Van Haverbeke was born on August 7, 1930 in Oostende, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Albert de Deken (1969), Face au public (1965) and Jazzprisma (1965). He died on March 5, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.
- During the years, Roger had established himself as the connection between the Belgian scene and foreign, mostly American, musicians. His trio appeared with a guest musician and among the names are : Ingmar Washington, Toots Thielemans, Gianni Basso, Scott Hamilton,....
- Vanhaverbeke was trained as a classical violinist and even received a first prize on this instrument at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, after which he switched to jazz violin. Even during his classical training, he was already fond of great violinists such as Eddie South, Joe Venuti and Stéphane Grappelli.
- Maybe his most remarkable achievement is what he did with his trio (the New Look Trio) and the soloists he proposed, which was bringing jazz music to the most remote Belgian towns and villages.
- Roger Vanhaverbeke was also important as an impresario. He brought several international top musicians (such as pianist Don Friedman, ex-Clark Terry) and sometimes surprising talents such as vocalist Stephanie Nakasian (wife of pianist Hod O'Brien) to Belgium. He was also responsible for Toots Thielemans performing back in Belgium from the 1970s.
- He has toured with such famous soloists as the trumpeters Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Clark Terry, Carmell Jones, Art Farmer and Idrees Sulieman, the saxophonists Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Sonny Criss, Sonny Stitt, Chris Woods, Phil Woods, George Coleman, Ben Webster, Scott Hamilton, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson, Johnny Griffin and Dexter Gordon, trombonists Kai Winding, Frank Rosolino and Slide Hampton, vibraphonist Milt Jackson and singers Nat King Cole and Deborah Brown.
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