Jean-Paul Vanderborght

Instruments : Piano
Date of birth : 07/04/1933
Date of death : 20/02/2022

Pianist and bandleader, Jean-Lou Vanderborght has led his own bands in styles ranging from dixieland to mainstream jazz and swing : Jean-Lou & his friends, Jean-Lou et son bastringue, Vocal Swing Anthology etc...
He also presented a jazz band related the universe of poet Robert Goffin, with René Desmaele (tp), Vincent Mardens (sax), singer Joanna, Robert Cordier (drums), etc...

He had the opportunity to play with several American and European soloists, such as : Bill Coleman (tp), Benny Waters (sax), Gene "Mighty Flea" Connors (trombone, vocals), Albert Nicholas (clar.), Buddy Tate (sax), Dany Doriz (vibraphone), and Belgian musicians such as Willy Donni (gt), Richard Rousselet tp), Alex Scorier (sax), Rudy Frankel (drs), Christian Kellens (tb), Johnny Dover (sax), Nick Kletchkovsky (b.), Paul Dubois (b.), José Bedeur (b), André Knaepen (tb), Albert Wastiaux (gt) , etc...

In 2013, he publishes (in French) a book of memoirs titled "Le Jazz et moi". He recorded some albums, a.o. :

Jean-Lou and his Honky Tonk (Hebra LP 53) (1971)

Jean-Lou & his friends : "Gershwin Melodies" (LP, 1982), with Gene "Mighty Flea" Connors (tb), Dany Doriz (vibes), Paul Dubois (bass), feat. Joanna Vanderborght (vocals)

Anthologie de Jean-Lou Vanderborght (1,2), with a.o. Philippe Leblanc (clarinet), Paul Dubois (b), Robert Cordier (drs), etc...