Dick Willebrandts

piano, conducting, arrangements · 1911–1970 · Rotterdam

Rotterdam pianist, composer and conductor, pianist and arranger of the AVRO Dance Orchestra from 1937 to 1940. He founded his own orchestra in 1942, recorded by Decca, rejoined the AVRO in 1947 and had to end his career in 1963 after a heart attack.

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Styles

• Swing, big bands
• Dutch jazz

Landmark tracks

• I Cover the Waterfront (1943)

Sources

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