What is Jack van Poll?
{{Infobox person | name = Jack van Poll | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|11|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Roosendaal]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|4|1934|11|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Antwerp]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = jazz musician, music arranger and composer | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Jack van Poll''' (29 November 1934 – 4 December 2022) was a Dutch jazz musician, music arranger and composer.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.bndestem.nl/roosendaal/muzikant-jack-van-poll-1934-2022-kon-geen-noot-lezen-je-hoorde-wat-en-dat-deden-we-na~aec9e1c8/ |title=Muzikant Jack van Poll (1934-2022) kon geen noot lezen: 'Je hoorde wat en dat deden we na’|work=[[BN de Stem]]|date=5 December 2022|access-date=5 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20221206_96724747 |title=Papa van Antwerpse jazz Jack van Poll overleden.|work=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=6 December 2022|access-date=6 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==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.<ref