Francis Bay

Bandleader Francis Bay was created Frans Bayetz in Rijkevorsel, Belgium in 1914. He started playing the clarinet at age group seven, and within a couple of years had been gigging with regional orchestras. After getting first award honors in 1930 for clarinet efficiency on the Conservatoire of Malines, Bay added saxophone and trombone to his arsenal, and in the last mentioned half from the 10 years played in golf swing bands behind market leaders like Paul Godwin and Boyd Bachman; after Globe Battle II, he co-founded a favorite big music group dubbed the Skymasters, and in addition wrote and organized ratings for Dutch and German film productions. Bay didn’t step out before his very own orchestra before mid-1950s, even though performing on the 1958 Brussels World’s Good the group was uncovered by professionals from the tiny American jazz label Omega, which decided to license some their note-perfect tribute albums like Salute to Tommy Dorsey, Salute to Glenn Miller and Salute to Duke Ellington. Even more impressive had been Bay’s Latin-flavored schedules, included in this Latin Heat as well as the Epic label discharge Francis Bay Swings the Cha Cha Cha Beat. Although his achievement overseas was limited, Bay continued to be a popular appeal in European countries, and he afterwards offered as musical movie director for Belgian Country wide Radio and Tv until the middle-’70s.