Jacob "Jack" Kluger (January 23, 1912,

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- May 26, 1963,

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bandleader. In the early 1930s he led a group called the Collegians, and also worked with Maurice Pinto later in the decade. He then put together his own ensemble made principally of musicians from his previous two bands, which toured throughout Europe immediately before

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was one of his sidemen. Between 1939 and 1941 his band made several recordings which ''

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Belgian jazz bandleaders Musicians from Antwerp 1912 births 1963 deaths {{Belgium-musician-stub