Boy Edgar

Boy Edgar
Picture of Boy Edgar holding the 1964 Wessel Ilcken Award trophy for jazz and improvised music.
Boy Edgar in 1964
Born
George Willem Fred Edgar

31 March 1915
The Netherlands
Died8 April 1980
Years active1935–1979
StyleJazz

Boy Edgar, pseudonyms of George Willem Fred Edgar (Amsterdam, 31 March 1915 – 8 April 1980), was a Dutch jazz conductor, pianist and trumpeter.[1] He was also a member of the resistance who saved Jewish children during WW2 and was promoted as a doctor after the war on an investigation into multiple sclerosis.[2]

  1. ^ Huygens ING – Amsterdam. Bronvermelding: Lex Lammen, 'Edgar, George Willem Fred (1915–1980)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. URL:http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn4/edgar [12-11-2013]
  2. ^ "Boy Edgar receives posthumous award". 9 April 2018.