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The Golden River City Jazz Band

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Since many years the Kortrijk “Golden River City Jazz Band” occupies a major place in the Belgian traditional jazz scene where this dynamic old style band keeps up the tradition of New-Orleans jazz with much enthusiasm. When the band first performed at the Kortrijk “Golden River City Jazz Festival” in 1970 (the year the band was formed by clarinettist JEAN-JACQUES PIETERS, who's still the leader) nobody could have imagined that this was the start of a most successful story. In the meantime, the band has got a fine reputation both in Belgium and abroad.

No less than 30 times the Golden River City Jazz Band played a major role at the annual festival in its hometown. The real breakthrough occurred in 1973 when the band had the opportunity to accompany the British lady-singer Beryl Bryden.

From the original personal only the banjo player Ars