Art Van Damme


Art Van Damme was an American jazz accordionist.
Van Damme toured Europe and was popular with jazz enthusiasts in Japan.
Van Damme was married, and had three children. After he retired to Roseville, California, he continued to perform almost to the end of his life. He had been ill with pneumonia for several weeks when he died on February 15, 2010, aged 89.

Discography

As leader

  • 1949: Cocktail Capers /54-504,54-505,54-506
  • 1952: More Cocktail Capers
  • 1953: Martini Time
  • 1954: The Van Damme Sound
  • 1956: House Party
  • 1956: Manhattan Time
  • 1956: The Art Of Van Damme
  • 1957: Once Over Lightly
  • 1958: They're Playing Our Song: Fifty Years Of Hit Songs 2LP
  • 1959: Everything's Coming Up Music
  • 1961: Accordion à la Mode
  • 1962: Art Van Damme Swings Sweetly
  • 1963: A Perfect Match
  • 1964: Septet: The New Sound Of Art Van Damme
  • 1965: Lover Man! compilation
  • 1966: With Art Van Damme In San Francisco
  • 1967: Music For Lovers compilation
  • 1967: The Gentle Art Of Art
  • 1967: Ecstasy
  • 1968: Lullaby In Rhythm
  • 1968: Art In The Black Forest
  • 1969: On The Road
  • 1969: Art And Four Brothers
  • 1970: Blue World
  • 1970: Keep Going
  • 1972: The Many Moods Of Art 2LP
  • 1973: Star Spangled Rhythm 2LP
  • 1973: Squeezing Art & Tender Flutes
  • 1973: Art Van Damme with Strings - note: quintet recorded in 1973; strings added in 1979
  • 1974: Invitation
  • 1978: By Request
  • 1979: Art In Sweden
  • 1980: Live In Finland
  • 1981: Art & Liza
  • 1982: Art Van Damme * In Norway
  • 1983: Pa Kungliga Djurgarden
  • 1983: Art Van Damme And Friends
  • 1986: Art
  • 1995: Two Originals: Keep Going/Blue World - reissues
  • 1998: The Van Damme Sound/Martini Time - reissues
  • 1999: Once Over Lightly/Manhattan Time - reissues
  • 2000: Accordion à la Mode/A Perfect Match - reissues
  • 2000: State Of Art
  • 2006: Swinging The Accordion On MPS 5-CD box set
  • 2010: So Nice! - note: reissue of Art Van Damme with Strings
  • 2016: A Perfect Match/Martini Time - reissues

As sideman