Stan Brenders

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Stan Brenders (May 31, 1904, Brussels, Belgium - June 1, 1969) was a Belgian swing pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader. Brenders, a big band leader and conductor, is one of the original cast of characters from Belgian jazz history, which seems to start sometime around the late '20s when Charles Remue & His New Stompers Orchestra went into a London recording studio to cut the first Belgian jazz recording. The pianist in the band was Brenders, swinging alongside other Belgian jazz pioneers such as drummer Harry Belein, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Gaston Frederic, and bassist Remy Glorieux. Although considered to be one of the best European jazz bands of the '20s, the group, under the direction of clarinetist and alto saxophonist Remue, stayed together a bit less than a year, following which Brenders began concentrating on fronting his own group. By the mid-'30s, he was conducting the Belgian State Radio Orchestra, also known as l'Orchestre Jazz de l'INR. For the repressive forces of Nazism and the uninhibited creativity of jazz to co-exist may have seemed an impossibility, but jazzmen kept many aspects of their music happening throughout World War II in countries such as Belgium. The resulting gigs, recordings, and performing careers acquired an additional level of interest from intrigue alone. Stan Brenders would stand on-stage in Brussels in the late '30s and announce that the next tune was going to be "Sept, et avec un combination avec onze," knowing full

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French Swing Music During World War II / Recordings 1940 - 1944

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Swing Era in Europe (1930 - 1950), Vol. 1

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Schlager Medaillons Folge 10 (Swing Tanzen verboten)

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Gold Masters: Stan Brenders, Vol. 1

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Swing - Tanzen Verboten (30er und 40er Jahre)

Hit Wonder: Stan Brenders, Vol. 1

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Tonband 21.1

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It’s Swing Time in Germany

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Swing tanzen verboten

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Django Reinhardt, Vol.10

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European Swing Giants, Vol.1 (Recordings 1936-1942)

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Schlager der Kriegsjahre, Vol. 4

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