Jack van Poll

Jack van Poll (29 November 1934 – 4 December 2022) was a Dutch jazz musician, music arranger and composer.
Biography.
In the fifties, Van Poll entered the the jazz scene in Antwerp that was at the time dominated by Jack Sels. With this saxophonist and with bassist Cel Overberghe and drummer Butch Peleman he played in Gard Sivik, De Stal and De Zolder at the "Stadswaag". In the sixties he performed at Jazz Bilzen. He then led his own September Jazz Club at Conscienceplein and accompanied singers including as Deborah Brown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Daniels and Sofie. He had also a tour with musicians including Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie. In the eighties he performed weekly in the Swingcafé at the Suikerrui. In between he wrote film music for Robbe De Hert and for the television series "Niet voor publicatie". After a long interlude in Cape Town, South Africa, where he taught jazz music, he moved to Schoten. He continued performing a lot including at De Muze and Hopper.
Van Poll died in Antwerp on 4 December 2022, at the age of 88.