Francy Boland

Belgian musician (1929–2005)

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Type: Person
Country: BE
Active from: 1929-11-06
Active to: 2005-08-14

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Francy BOLAND starts playing the piano at the age of 8. He then moves to Liège to study at the Music Conservatory after World War II. Soon he gets in touch with the musicians of the legendary Bob Shots (Bobby JASPAR, Jacques PELZER, René THOMAS etc...). He joins the band in 1949 for its last period of activity and records in Paris a few tracks on which his piano solos already show a definite be bop phrasing. He appears on several radio shows, plays in Antwerp with another Belgian jazz legend, s

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Belgium
Place of birth: Namur
Place of death: Geneva
Occupation: bandleader
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Instrument: musical keyboard
Record label: MPS Records
Image: Francy Boland.jpg

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date of death: 2005-08-12
date of birth: 1929-11-06
Commons category: Francy Boland

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