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- Birth nameWilly Noël De Moor
- Willy Albimor was born on December 28, 1924 in Wevelgem, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Grand Theft Auto V (2013), VIIe europese beker voor zangvoordracht (1965) and Muziekparade (1963). He died on December 11, 2004 in Waremme, Belgium.
- He accompanied many artists, including: Jack Sels (tenor saxophone), Etienne Verschueren (alto saxophone), Baby Suong (vocals), Herman Sandy (trumpet), David Bee (clarinet), Sadi (vibraphone), and Fud Candrix (tenor saxophone) (1969-1971).
- Exceptional instrumentalist, cultivated pianist, full of finesse and imagination, sensitivity and imagination, he excelled in the subtle and difficult art of musical accompaniment. He accompanied either solo or with a trio, quartet or quintet choice, a large number of performers including Fud Leclerc, Josephine Baker, Baby Suong, Johan Verminnen and Paul Louka, on an international basis, for nearly 20 years.
- He composed 4 mini-concertos for piano solo and orchestra, which were performed more than a hundred times in Japan by the Caravelli Orchestra in the years 1972-1978.
- His composition Jungle Fever for the group Chakachas, Albimoor had stalled on a 1972 Gold Disk "millionaire" in the USA (Hit No. 3 in Billboard and Cash Box).
- He appeared on the big band album of Sadi "Swing a Little", as well as on the LP "Jazz in Little Belgium" (1958, on Decca), along with Etienne Verschueren, Jean Warland and Freddy Rottier and also with Sandy Herman.
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