Omer van Speybroeck

b.: January 31, 1901 in Nevele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium d.: May 9, 1991 in East Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA Belgian jazz clarinetist, tenor & alto saxophone player. He spent his career in the U.S. (from approximately 1920 to 1936) and in Europe. He is believed to be the first Belgian jazzman.