Peter Schilperoort (1919 – 1990), also known as Pat Bronx, was a Dutch musician, famous for his work with the

Dutch Swing College Band The Dutch Swing College Band (DSCB) is a traditional dixieland band founded on 5 May 1945 by bandleader and clarinettist/ saxophonist Peter Schilperoort. Highly successful in their native home of the Netherlands, the band quickly found an in ...

, and projects with other well-known musicians. He is most recognised as a saxophone and

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

player, but also played the guitar and the

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

. Leading the

from 1946 to 1955, then from 1960 to 1990, his style was

Dixieland Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band ( ...

, a style popular at the start of the twentieth century. His band became widely popular across Europe, Australia, Asia and South America in 1960, known as a Dixieland revival band.

References

External links

''Peter Schilperoort''
at discogs.com * Lex Lammen
Schilperoort, Anne Peter (1919-1990)
in: ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''.

1919 births 1990 deaths Dixieland bandleaders Dixieland revivalist clarinetists Dutch clarinetists Dutch jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists Musicians from The Hague 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century Dutch male musicians Dutch male jazz musicians Dutch Swing College Band members {{Netherlands-musician-stub