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1	Back To Basic
rock rhythm & blues Theo Braams zang Remko Deijl basgitaar Tjeerd van Zanen gitaar producer componist Tijn Smit toetsinstrumenten Jel Jongen trombone Peter Broekhuizen saxofoon Nico Nijholt trombone Leen van Rij percussie Ivo Severijns basgitaar Hans Eijkenaar drums zang Sjoerd van Bommel drums Give All U Got… Leave Me Alone Tomorrow Is An Other Day Key To Your Heart Fly Like An Eagle I Got My Eye On You I'll Give You The Moon No Mumbo Jumbo It's allright Watching The River Flow
2	Basic Blue

3	Basic One
Antillen dancehall hiphop pop/rock Janiro Eisden rap producer Michael Lampe producer gitaar toetsinstrumenten Kurt Labadie producer Dino Dirks rap producer Suave Ladiesnight Marlene Mundo Cruel Crijojo Funk Danki Senjor Destino Di Ghetto Bo Sa Caba Dos Amor (Twee Liefdes) Masterlijk
4	Basic Slips
electro new wave
5	Basic (1)

6	Basic (2)

7	De Basic Tirolers

8	Orlando Voorn
) and three EPs under the title Triangle Treasures. The album Orlando Voorn, A Retrospectieve, is available as a download only. The record includes several earlier released recordings under the names Frequency and Fix and is completed with the previously unreleased tracks Boomerang and Still. Late July an EP is released under the name Basic Bastard. Voorn works on a new album which is scheduled for release early 2008 on the Big & Dirty label. Voorn releases the 12” Yes We Can! as a result of the inauguration
9	Basil
pop rock pop/rock
10	Basil Kühne
Blue Latin American Songs And Dances
11	Basil Nikolaidis

12	Leo de Ruiter
Brown Taste Basic Train Chopin Schablone Trumpeter
13	Koos Serierse
Slaapliedje Thérèse In Het Theater De Wortels Van Het Kwaad Swimming Into Deep Water Dirk Van Der Ploeg Saximental Journey Basic Train Pim Jacobs Presents Ball Of The Band Chopin Schablone Kaleidoskoop Multi Jazzy Blue Guitar Finished Product Modal Soul Modal Soul Prototype The Jamfs Are Coming! Chasin' The Bird: Rein de Graaff Plays Charlie Parker Cloud People Cloud People Duo Rifftide Bluebird Jubilee Jubilee Be-Bop, Ballads & Blues Blue Greens & Beans Tenor Conclave We Love Music Baritone Explosion! Live At Nick's After You've Gone: Terug Naar Toen, Deel 5 Nostalgia Nostalgia Now Is The Time Broadcast Business '76 Broadcast Business '76 Live At Ronnie Scott's The Very Best Time : The Christmas Album Confimation Limericks Uit De Maagdenkelder
14	Kirsten
records the basic tracks for the CD. Kirsten also supports artists like Ani DiFranco, Sheryl Crow and k's Choice. Kirsten is one of ten acts to win an Essent Award. In January she and her new band perform at the Noorderslag festival. Her full-length and critically acclaimed debut 'The Chick Singer' is preceded by the single 'No Psycho'. Meticulously Kirsten is working on new material, starting off at ten in the morning everyday, and finishing off around six in the evening. Aided by a click track, she sings her
15	Theo Verbey
on November 24. “Expulsie, to put it simply, sounds like 'maximal' minimal music, because it has an unvaried basic pulse, tonic-like harmonies and a mostly gliding texture. But the gliding motions occur at a high tempo and on all different levels: the rhythms continuously shrink and expand, chords fan out and close up again, and the incessant colour changes lead to kaleidoscopic filigrees,” according to de Volkskrant. Verbey begins teaching orchestration and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory
16	Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Basic Particles and Elementary Movements. The Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet and the Mondriaan Quartet premiere the piece on April 3 at the Vredenburg Music Centre in Utrecht. In November, discord in the ensemble leads to a decision to dissolve the group. In December, the four original members decide to celebrate the ensemble's thirty-year existence with a farewell tour of renowned concert halls. The original Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet accompanies Queen Beatrix on a state visit to Latvia
17	Benny Sings
, and inspired by the work of composer Burt Bacharach. The title suggests that the album was recorded live at the old Bimhuis on the Amsterdam Oude Schans. The basic tracks, however, were recorded with the band in two afternoons at an empty Bimhuis, and the rest was added in the studio, including the sounds of the audience between the tracks. The CD is released worldwide by the German label Sonar Kollektiv. Benny Sings presents the CD on 18 April at the Amsterdam Paradiso during the Kindred Spirits Special. Later
18	Ill Productions
Basics
19	Speedy J
sampler (out on the Belgian label U-Cover), the duo Funckarma samples a great deal from Speedy J's Public Energy album. With Maurice Spijkers Speedy J starts the new Sweatboxer club night in Rotterdam's Las Palmas club. It is meant to become a very basic club night focusing on great music on an amazing location with an absolutely spotless sound system. He uses the uncompromising Funktion-one equipment as developed in the UK. Collabs 100, recorded with Adam Beyer, is the first of a series of new albums, featuring
20	Moke
conference in Berlin and is support act for British band Keane in Berlin, Koln and Munich. In May and July, Moke plays several acoustic shows featuring only a basic line-up of the band: Felix Maginn, Phil Tilli and Eddy Steeneken completed with a string quartet. On 1 June, Moke goes into the ICP Studios in Brussels to start working on a new album. Moke and Junkie XL can both be seen in a commercial for beer brand Grolsch. In July, both acts perform live on the roof of a building in downtown Amsterdam. After
21	Herman Schoonderwalt
Mag Van God : Hoogtepunten Uit De Theaterprodukties Van Annie M.g. Schmidt De Stratemakeropzeeshow En Nu Naar Bed Saximental Journey Everybody Happy With Jackpot Mensen Zijn Je Beste Vrienden Stratemakeropzeeshow 2: Nieuwe Liedjes Uit De Gelijknamige VARA TV Serie Basic Train Everywhere You Go Goin' Back In Time Pim Jacobs Presents Ball Of The Band Dichter Bij Huis Eternal Cycle Eternal Cycle In Het Teken Van De Ram Romantic Side By Side Side By Side Liedjes Van De Koude Grond Voor Haar Mellow Mute J.J. De
22	Jan Huydts
, guitarist Peter Nieuwerf and singer Greetje Kauffeld. Trio Conception Wim Sonneveld En Ina Van Faassen Brown Taste Sister Slick Basic Train Pim Jacobs Presents Ball Of The Band Chopin Schablone Chopin-Verfremdungen Third Eye Blue Guitar Tranquility Rob De Nijs Tussen Zomer En Winter Stemmingen Friends For A Lifetime Solo Piano: Jazz at the Pinehill The Keyboard Circle
23	Wim Laman
mucic and computer music Wim Laman (born April 22, 1946, The Hague) has his first music lessons at the Goois Music Lyceum (flute and basic musicianship). He studies philosophy at Leiden University, also taking classes in musicology and psychology. It is during this period that he teaches himself to compose. Among his first pieces is 'Temps et Durée', for tape and orchestra, which is performed by the Leiden Student Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Ed Spanjaard in 1974. The piece is based on the similarly titled
24	Joep Pelt
Joep Pelt is an Amsterdam singer/songwriter who is inspired by Delta blues, folk, ragtime and country. After a visit to Mali in the period 2004/2005 African influences find their way into his music. blues singer-songwriter Afro pop Arthur ten Cate basgitaar zang Randell Sambo drums At the age of twelve Joep Pelt (1979) is given a guitar, and he gets his first music lessons. Guitarist Harry de Jong teaches him the basic techniques of fingerpicking and slide guitar. As a boy Pelt plays in various rap, pop
25	Guus Janssen
, which in modern music 'so often have nothing to do'. “You get the idea that the violinists have landed in a windmill that just keeps turning and turning. (...) That string violence has to be turned aside, and that’s why the brass breaks through with the basic chord.” Guus performs with his brother, the drummer Wim Janssen, at the Knitting Factory in New York. For a Gidon Kremer concert in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, he composes 'Klotz' (1994), for violin, hi-hat solo and ensemble, on a commission from
26	Amsterdam Sinfonietta
The Amsterdam Sinfonietta is a string orchestra, its basic formation comprising six first violins, five second violins, three violas, four cellos, and two double basses. The Scottish violinist Candida Thompson is its artistic director and concertmaster. The ensemble has a broad repertoire ranging from Baroque to 21st-century music. Light music also plays a significant role in its programming. The orchestra is notable for its chamber-music-like approach to scores and strong communication between
27	Armin van Buuren
radio. Blue Fear Communication Free One Touch Me Virgo Remixes 4 Elements Armin Van Buuren 001 : A State Of Trance Boundaries Of Imagination: Artist Profile Series 4 Eternity Planet Disco Wonder Where You Are ? Armin Van Buuren 002 : Basic Instinct Armin van Buuren 003: In Motion Exhale Out Of The Blue Shamu (remixes) The Sound of Goodbye The Sound Of Goodbye Touch me Armin Van Buuren 004: Transparance Clear Blue Moon dust.wav Mary Go Around : The Armin Van Buuren Remixes Sunburn Yet Another Day 76
28	Arjen Gorter
In the mid sixties Arjen Gorter (Amsterdam, 2 January 1948) strikes up a musical friendship with reed player Willem Breuker, which will continue till Breuker passed away in 2010. Together they participate in Gunter Hampel's group, leading to more contacts in Germany, for instance with saxophonist Rüdiger Carl and trumpeter Manfred Schoof. Shortly after Breuker starts his Kollektief in 1974, Gorter is one of the musicians he adds to the basic group. In addition to his work with the Willem Breuker Kollektief
29	Orkest de Volharding
. Orkest de Volharding appoints Cees van Zeeland its first conductor. He is not the boss, but simply beats the time of the music while critically listening. Commissioned by the Rotterdam Arts Foundation, the American composer Michael Torke writes 'Rust' for the ensemble. The title is a reference to the “rusty” timbre the composer gave the basic chord of the composition. For its 20th anniversary, Orkest de Volharding gives a retrospective of its work in two series of concerts, including performance in St
30	Cuby + Blizzards
to basic. Cuby & The Blizzards still release the album Simple Man, for which Harry writes all lyrics. It is the story of an ordinary guy from a small town, middle class neighbourhood, who wants to make his own music without having to make any commercial concessions. Sometimes is released, the band's last and very jazzy studio album. The chemistry between Muskee and Gelling diminishes. Four out of nine songs are written by Helmig van de Vegt, and only two songs by Muskee/Gelling. Shortly after the album is released
31	Q65
finally falling apart. In the meantime, Willem Bieler records the single '(I Know) In My Mind' and 'Baby You Know You Ain't Right' with producer Harry van Hooff. But the tracks are not finished and the Jay-Jays will later use the basic tapes for a single. 1969: As Q65 is contractually bound to produce one more album, producer van Hemert decides to finish the already recorded Circus tracks. He does the vocals for 'Voluntary Peacemaker' (about Frank Nuyens) and 'Sundance' himself, while the vocals
32	Marvo Genetic
New World Basics
33	Peter Koelewijn
, Peter Koelewijn releases a new album with only new songs. Koelewijn works for more than 18 months on Een Gelukkig Man (A Happy Man). The album features a basic line up with guitar, bass, drums, piano and organ, and sometimes a saxophone and violin. Kom Van Dat Dak Af Doe Maar Net Alsof Laat Me Los Laat Me Los Marijke Veertig Rovers Veertig Rovers 24.000 Kussen Bonnie Brows Conny van den Bos Drink Er Een Van Mij Drink Er Een Van Mij Flirt Yeah Man Twist Doe Caramba De Bossa Nova Ik Zweer Bij De Knop Van De
34	DJ Rob Boskamp
DJ electro house Up The Par Kozmik Chemical Beats Volume 1 Chemical Beats Volume 2 Big Beats Chemical Beats Volume 3 Pop & Dance Vs Drum & Bass Rec.-collection Speed City 1 The Bulldog: Energy Volume 2 Skank You Nu Disco Skank You Too An Essential Selection Brazilian Basics Volume 1 Music Makes Me Happy Brazilian Basics Volume 2 Club Flavours Dj Cafe Sol Dj Rob Boskamp Vs Discotto: Music Makes Me Happy Groove 2001 Groove Nation Soulful Sofa Session Rocket 2 You Shake It Soultown Pela Praia Pump It Don't Stop In The Evening Latin Elektro Dirty Bitch Get Ur Ass Up! Christmas Cover Up Soultown II
35	Club Diana
alternative lo-fi pop/rock Patrick Stijfs toetsinstrumenten Marc Alain Ketzer drums Marcel Brand zang gitaar Marius Van Dalen basgitaar zang Sauna Basin Costa Hometaping Is Illegal Ramones Forever Match More Than A Woman : Female Artists Covered By 19 Male Bands Grill Songs For The Silver Surfer Neil Young Geleerd: 12 Songs In De Geest Van De Meester Brand
36	Wiek Hijmans
jazz contemporary classical music improvised classical. City Music At Hand Muziekpraktijk / Music + Practice Working On Time The Duo Recordings Electric Solo! Generations Paul Termos Sessions, Volume II Authentic Basics Classic Electric Guitarbandits In the Fishtank Speechless Terts Birdsong From Inside The Egg Elastic Jargon Tap Dancing in the Sand Continuum
37	Alain Clark
pop Dutch-language soul funk Jonas Filtenborg drums Remko Kühne toetsinstrumenten Basil Kühne gitaar Pablo Penton basgitaar Paul van Schaik (2) drums Wouter Schueler saxofoon Impressed Alain Clark Bigger Than That Heerlijk Ready Rely On Me Ringtone Tussen Zoet & Zout Tussen Zoet & Zout Vrij Vroeger Voorbij Als Je Iets Kan Doen De Coolste DJ ABC Of Romance Live It Out Meer Dan Ooit This Ain't Gonna Work Buiten Spelen Father & Friend Colorblind Good Days Too Soon To End Live With The Metropole Orchestra One Generation Love Revival
38	Jan Willem van der Ham
jazz contemporary classical music improvised Kids Mysteries Amsterdam Drama Drama In Concert Cross Breeding Copycat Goes Bonsai MOB Mobiel Ooit Is Het Begonnen Ooit Is Het Begonnen Astronotes Authentic Basics De Trein Naar Pavlovsk En Oostvoorne De Trein Naar Pavlovsk En Oostvoorne Growing Pains Als In Een Droom Als In Een Droom Live Gelezen En Gespeeld Live Gelezen En Gespeeld Fat Fish Het Duister Dat Ons Scheidt (Als) Het Duister Dat Ons Scheidt (Als) Werk Wonderbaarlijke Maand Wonderbaarlijke Maand Over De Bergen
39	Trio Hellenique
entertainment world Greece pop/rock Polis Efthimiadis gitaar zang bouzouki Basil Nikolaidis bouzouki zang Denis Kavalieratos zang bouzouki Nicolas Elefteriadis piano Ni Nanai La Danse De Zorba Le Sirtaki Trio Hellenique Varka Sto Gialo (Pinda Pinda) Christos Jennate Simeron (Christus Is Heden Geboren) Ella Ella (Girisse) This Is The Music Of Greece Cet Été Zorba's Dance (La Danse De Zorba) Souvenir Van Griekenland: 20 Hits In De Bouzouki Sound La Danse De Zorba Meisje Ga Je Mee Olympus: 15 Greatest Hits Of Greece 17 Greek Songs Zorba's Dance Muzikale Troeven Van Trio Hellenique Serenade To Acropolis Strosse To Stroma Sou Sunny Music
40	Kees van Baaren
in the 'Septet' (1952), on the basis of which, Van Baaren is praised as “the 'most modern' composer in the Netherlands”. That this music “on a first hearing, sounds more like Pijper than Schoenberg says something about the influence of his [Van Baaren's] teacher”. (Elmer Schönberger: 'Serialisme in Nederland, pro en contra' [Serialism in the Netherlands, pros and cons]). He later repeats this dodecaphonic style in the 1950s in, among other works, 'Musical Self-Portrait' (1957) and 'Sinfonia' (1957) for orchestra
41	Dyzack
Guitarist from The Hague whose aggressive style of playing is even more impressing on stage than on CD. singer-songwriter Erik Hofland gitaar zang Detlev Timm drums Martijn Bosman drums Arie Van Duyvenvoorde contrabas As a teenager Erik Hofland performs under the name Gusty Varrego. Erik Hofland becomes Dyzack. Dyzack performs on a regular basis in and around The Hague. In March 1996 his new demo becomes Demo of the Month in music magazine FRET. Dyzack is asked by the Dutch Rock & Pop Institute to record
42	Go Back To The Zoo
Go Back To The Zoo is a melodic guitar band from Amsterdam. alternative rock Cas Hieltjes zang gitaar Teun Hieltjes gitaar Bram Kniest drums Lars Kroon basgitaar Singer/guitarist Cas Hieltjes, guitarist Teun Hieltjes, both from the Nijmegen based band The Pax, and drummer Bram Kniest meet Lars Kroon in December 2005 when the four of them are waiting in line for tickets for a The Strokes concert. There is a click, and this lays the basis for Go Back To The Zoo. Kroon teaches himself how to play the bass
43	Henk van der Vliet
studied flute with Johan Feltkamp in Amsterdam. Activities Henk van der Vliet taught the flute at music schools and played in the Rotterdam Kamerorkest. In 1953, he emigrated for Canada, where he played in a military band. He returned to The Netherlands in 1956, and presumed his previous activities. In 1961 he moved to the province of Noord-Brabant, where he formed a trio with his wife (a pianist) and Jan Wisse (violoncello). Compositions As of 1965, Van der Vliet started composing on a regular basis. He
44	Wessel Ilcken
The Ramblers rehearse and thus meets drummer Kees Kranenburg, who teaches him the basics of drumming. He learns more by listening to American records. One of his first heroes is Jo Jones (the drummer of the Count Basie Band), whose innovative, light style is a great inspiration to him. Later the cool jazz by the Miles Davis Nonet will have a great influence on him. At the start of the WW II Ilcken attempts to get to England by way of Switzerland, but doesn't succeed. This journey may have given him his
45	Sandy Coast
. The Eyes Of Jenny marks their return as hit providers. The band reforms regularly to perform at Back To The Sixties-festivals. The band cuts Rendez-vous, Only The Best and tours the country on a regular basis until Hans Vermeulen emigrates to Thailand in 1995. Being In Love Sorry She's Mine Subject Of My Thoughts That Girl Was Mine We'll Meet Again A Girl Like You And Her Name Is..... And Their Name Is.... Milk And Tranquilizers From The Workshop Innocent Girl I See Your Face Again Capital Punishment Deep Down
46	Cello8ctet Amsterdam
distinguished contemporary composers to contribute. Among them are Arvo Pärt, Terry Riley, Mauricio Kagel, Theo Loevendie, Franco Donatoni en Luciano Berio. The octet already has more than 70 original works in its repertoire. It also plays Spanish and South American songs on a regular basis with such singers as Teresa Berganza, Bernarda Fink and Elena Gragera. The octet has shown itself open to new challenges and special collaborative projects, for example, a project with the modern dance company Conny Janssen
47	Kong
by Tom Holkenborg). Most noticeable is that the metal influences are less dominant on this album. Again the band experiences personnel problems. Drummer Rob Snijders leaves the band early in the year and Verdonk announces that she wants to concern herself less with composing. Dirk de Vries and Mark Drillich separately start writing for a new album, which for a great deal comes about on computers. Original drummer Rob Smits rejoins the band on a temporary basis and is later replaced by Klaas Broekema
48	Aad de Mooy
on the international dance floors. The single tops the charts and makes a name for the Netherlands in the world of house music. The Yaah-sound forms the basis of the by De Mooy so detested gabber house, but also club house has its roots in the song. Dance The Night Away, My Heart The Beat and the loud Tekno Bam become minor hits. An interview with De Mooy in which he explains gabber, is sampled and spoofed on a Djax-Up-Beats EP by Gerald & Suzie Creamcheese. It's illustrative of De Mooy's position in the scene: many accuse
49	Floris
(May) is a collaboration between Floris and jazz saxplayer Yuri Honing. The two describe the music as vocal pop music based on instrumental hardcore jazz. The basis of the CD consists of samples from records that Honing recorded as a solo artist and with his band Wired Paradise, completed with samples from the work of Schubert and drumbeats. Marjoleine Reitsma (Leine), Janne Schra (Room Eleven), Lilian Vieira (Zuco 103), Sarah Bettens and David Pino (El Pino & The Volunteers) are guest vocalists on the album. Mastermind Ep He's Back Again Thrill Me Floris Nothing To It One More Day Drunk On Life You and I Phase Five
50	Treble
on their debut album. Before the album is released Treble and a six-piece band kick off a tour of several festivals, theatres and clubs. In April Treble travels to Taiwan for promotion shows. Second single Magic is a ballad. In Zambia the girls record a TV show which features the work of the World Wildlife Fund. The basis tracks for Treble's second album are recorded in Amsterdam. After a so-called vocal training in Los Angeles, the girls travel to Hawaii to record the vocals for the new album. Treble is one
51	De Zes Winden
Coltrane) is featured on alto, switching to tenor later on. With Paul Termos on alto the line-up remains stable for two years. The band records its first LP: Live At The Bim And More. The international make-up of the group forces Peijnenburg to operate De Zes Winden (now also called The Six Winds) on a project basis. Every year the group meets for a couple of weeks to rehearse completely new material (by all group members) and tour with this repertoire. Frans Vermeerssen is Paul Termos's successor; he can
52	Earth And Fire
and Fire is at first called, is formed in Voorburg, a suburb of The Hague. Opus Gainfull changes its name into Earth and Fire. Singer Jerney Kaagman joins the band and they are supporting act for Golden Earring on a regular basis. Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans writes for them the song Seasons, with which they score their first top-3 hit. Ruby Is The One en Wild And Exciting are released. The band's sound is heavily influenced by the mellotron. The album Song Of The Marching Children is released
53	The Nitwitz
-produced 10" Nibble The Giblet comes out through French Pitshark Records. Bootlegs of BGK and Nitwitz pop up on a regular basis, like a complete album (It's All Been Said Before) and on the compilation LP Farmhouse. The album Sex, Lies And Duct Tapes consists of 13 brand new punk rock tracks, recorded by Menno Bakker in the Bunt Studios. As always relentless touring, the band tours Germany, Denmark, Sweden, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. After the summer US bassist Mikey 'Offender' Donaldson joins
54	Orphanage
Band from the city of Utrecht which has developed its own style which is a combination of doom, Gregorian vocals and a swinging groove. doom metal metal Remko van der Spek basgitaar Stephen van Haestregt drums Eric Hoogendoorn basgitaar Rosan Van Der Aa zang Martine van Loon zang Guus Eikens toetsinstrumenten zang gitaar Sureel drums Erwin Polderman drums George Oosthoek zang Lasse Dellbrügge toetsinstrumenten Lex Vogelaar gitaar zang Marcel Verdurmen gitaar Theo Holsheimer gitaar The basis of Orphanage
55	Kilima Hawaiians
are the pioneers of 'Nederhawaiian', or the Dutch Hawaiian sound. Mary Buisman, Bill's wife, becomes the band's singer. After the war and during the struggle to keep the East Indies within the Dutch Kingdom, Nederhawaiian is at its most popular. Shortly after the war there are over 600 Hawaiian bands which all perform at a regular basis. The Kilima Hawaiians are the most popular of all Hawaiian bands. Jo de Gast, the band's Hawaiian guitarist during the war, is replaced by Theo Ehrlicher in 1945
56	League of XO Gentlemen
for several gigs, drummer Maartje Simons joins L.E.O.G. on a permanent basis in 2002. In the spring of 2003 bassist Michael Barkey joins the band. The band changes its name to League of XO Gentlemen. The League's debut album is released on October 6 on the Idol Media label. In 2004 the band plays the Noorderslag festival in the Netherlands. Additionally, it plays at the Goa Boa festival in European cultural capital Genova (Italy) and the Sziget Festival in Budapest (Hungary). hiphop Michael Barkey basgitaar
57	Monte La Rue
tracks by Boozoo Bajou & Joe Dukie, Fort Nox Five, Vono Box and Chris Joss. Monte La Rue works a reviewer for website DJ Broadcast and Jazz Magazine on a regular basis. He also has his own radio show on DJ Broadcast.fm. His shows this year include one at the third edition of the Latin Village Festival in Spaarnwoude and the Extrema Outdoor Festival near Eindhoven. Second album The End Of The Rainbow is inspired by La Rue's travels to Key West in Florida and the end of the Dixie Highway, the longest road
58	80 Aum
(Records) has become famous for. Jayant Edoo and Larenzo Nash decide to reverse their policy and much to everyone's surprise Stronger Than Steel comes out: an unadulterated 80 AUM sound, exactly like Edoo has always wanted it: no nonsense music with groovy bass lines, a firm basis and of course the dominant lyrics of the now legendary Larenzo Nash. Standing On Top is re-released, this time with more success. This is also the year in which Larenzo Nash returns to his native Chicago and 80 AUM performs it last gigs
59	Epica
basis. The band signs to Nuclear Blast and works on a new album with producer Sascha Paeth. In September and October Epica tours the US, Canada and Mexico and in November the band kicks off a European tour with Finnish group Sonata Arctica. During this tour the band presents the album The Divine Conspiracy. Ariën van Weesenbeek (ex-God Dethroned) is the band new drummer. In January Epica has to cancel the last part of its Dutch tour because Simone Simons is suffering from an infection. The singer's health
60	Ruud Breuls
of Limburg, and like most brass players in the south of the Netherlands he joins the local brass band, Fanfare Sint Martinus, in the village of Urmond. His father and two brothers were already in the band as trumpeters. At the age of thirteen he comes under the spell of jazz, when his brother takes home an LP by Count Basie. He would later call the band from the late fifties, with trumpeters Thad Jones and Snooky Young ‘my favorite orchestra’. After high school he takes up studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory
61	Bart van Lier
Bart van Lier (Haarlem, 14 June 1950) is the most important trombonist of his generation in the conventional jazz styles. He starts out as a studio musician, develops into a leading soloist and later becomes an important mentor for an entire generation of trombonists. As a jazz improviser he combines a great finesse with a flawless technique – which he studiously keeps up on a daily basis – and a feeling for adventure. No two of his solos are identical, and every single one is a jump in the dark. The jury
62	zZz
in beachclub Timboektoe with performances by The Pedro Delgados, Hallo Venray, Dead Elvis & His OneMan Grave, Hidden Charms, The Works and Kiki from the act Malle Pietje and the Bimbos. In July the men travel to Thailand to shoot a video with fighting cocks. This video is also the basis for the artwork of second album Running With The Beast (November). The controversial video is temporarily banned from YouTube. Running With The Beast is released in the Benelux countries through Excelsior Recordings. The record
63	Wim Overgaauw
European jazz combo – and out of the marriage with the singer, later in the same year. After the success at Antibes the pianist always announces her as 'Europe's First Lady Of Jazz'. The marriage is celebrated with the LP Marriage In Modern Jazz. The flawless guitarist joins them in their triumph. Backing Reys he usually takes on a role akin to that of Freddie Green, Count Basie's imperturbable rhythm guitarist; in an instrumental setting he gets more room to play solos. When he plays without a piano he excels
64	Jasper Blom
is the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset. When Pierre Courbois reshuffles his quintet into a sextet with which he plays compositions in 5/4 time exclusively, he asks Jasper Blom to join on a regular basis. Four years later this later 5/4 Sextet produces its first CD: Révocation (Live at the Bimhuis). Together with bassist Arnold Dooyeweerd and drummer Flin van Hemmen Jasper Blom starts a nameless trio dedicated to free improvisation. The group makes its debut during closing night at the old Bimhuis in Amsterdam
65	Luc Houtkamp
already had plans to start a label, joins two years later, and the two start playing together on a regular basis, first of all in a quartet with the German trombonist Johannes Bauer and bassist Carl G. Beukman. In 1993 the group records the CD Metslawier in the Frisian village of the same name. The foursome continue to play until 2001 in duo, trio or quartet formats. With label partner Gert Jan Prins he starts a new trio, with the Belgian pianist Fred van Hove as its third member. During a Canadian tour
66	Tonny Nüsser
band. But his real career starts towards the end of the war, when he founds a quartet with clarinetist Peter Schilperoort, pianist Frans Vink and bassist Henny Frohwein, which will form the basis of the later Dutch Swing College Band. With an extended septet version of this band he plays for the Canadian troops in Apeldoorn for a number of months. When the band members have an argument over the band's musical direction in the course of 1946, he quits. He finds employment as a professional musician
67	Ernst Glerum
Amsterdam Drama Live At The Bimhuis Byas A Drink Lighter 3 Café Alto Cross Breeding Death Dance Of Principles Elbow Room Zwik Body Acoustic Copycat Gravitones Plus Sounding Brass Winter Theme Een Rondje Holland Lente In de Werkplaats MOB Mobiel Live At The Bimhuis Strandjutters Authentic Basics Dance, My Dear? De Trein Naar Pavlovsk En Oostvoorne De Trein Naar Pavlovsk En Oostvoorne Home Safely Home Safely Home Safely Home Safely Omnibus One BBG The Itch Fat Fish Glerum Ex Machina Chicken Feet: Live At The Bimhuis Omnibus Two Hypochristmastreefuzz: More Mengelberg Monk Volume One 57 Variations Two Horns And A Bass Geen Leugen, Geen Droom Close Enough Crossing The Rubicon Movie Music Paper Models Who’s In Charge Flatlands Revisited Café Solo
68	Yuri Honing
in the 5 CD box Art In Jazz. In this box the saxophonist is also featured in pianist Michiel Borstlap's sextet, in which he forms the front line with alto saxophonist Benjamin Herman and trumpeter Eric Vloeimans. With Star Tracks the Yuri Honing Trio releases a remarkable CD, since the group partly takes its repertoire from contemporary pop music. Thus the album contains songs by Abba and The Police. Honing doesn't have a problem using the pop music of his own time as a basis for improvisation; he gladly points
69	Jerry van Rooyen
feature modern Dutch jazz for the first time. He then leaves for France to work with band leader Aimé Barelli as arranger and trumpeter. Because of embouchure problems he changes his focus, soon becoming an in demand composer and arranger. He starts working with record company Philips as a producer in Paris in the 1950s, and befriends Michel Legrand and Quincy Jones; a healthy basis for later collaborations. He is even appointed as artistic director of Philips France. He works with Marlene Dietrich, Stan
70	Focus
for Focus 2, and trend setter of the year (1971). For the second time the band plays the Pinkpop festival and also tours the UK for the first time. New single Tommy also enters the charts. At the end of the year Focus 3 comes out. The album remains in the album charts for no less than 23 weeks. In the UK the band is chosen Most Promising New Act for 1973 by Melody Maker. The band crosses the Canal on a regular basis. Both Akkerman and Van Leer record successful solo albums. Van Leer's Introspection even
71	Vader Abraham
in The Netherlands and more than 500.000 copies of the album. Pierre Kartner receives the Dutch Export Price. On a regular basis Kartner performs for charity. Pierre Kartner is awarded Most Popular Artist in Mexico. Pierre presents a weekly radio show. Vader Abraham writes several hits for Hanny. Kartner works as a disc jockey. Pierre Kartner releases an easy-listening album. Pierre records a duet with upcoming Dutch-language Schlager star Frans Bauer. Kartner releases the single Adios Mijn Vriend ('Adios My Friend
72	Krezip
the fact that all band members are still at school they manage to play gigs on a regular basis. The group makes its album debut when three Krezip songs are included on the compilation album Bijna Boven 4 ('Almost Above 4'). Krezip's demo is awarded 'demo of the month' by music magazine Music Maker. Before recording a second demo in December, Krezip makes its debut on Dutch national radio. Thijs Romeijn joins the group as the new drummer. The young band plays at the 1999 Noorderslag festival despite school
73	Paul Acket
Congresgebouw in 1976. Concerts by Count Basie, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie and others are visited by some 9000 fans. Initially the festival suffers a loss, but the audience and most of the critics are enthusiastic. North Sea Jazz develops into a leading international festival. The 1979 program features a hundred concerts and the budget is estimated to be one million Dutch guilders (approx. 450,000 Euros). With approximately 25,000 visitors the festival manages to make a profit for the first time. The North
74	Jan Akkerman
slowly re-surface. Time for a Focus reunion. Well, sort of. Akkerman and Thijs van Leer record a new album and also perform together, but not for long, however, because they still can't stand the sight of each other. After only one album and a couple of gigs the reunion is called off. Akkerman performs on a regular basis accompanied by drummer Ton Dijkman and bassist Michael Peet. Akkerman's self-released album Skydancer comes out. Sting manager Miles Copeland asks Akkerman to join his Night Of The Guitar tour
75	The Ex
Moor gitaar Rozemarie Heggen contrabas The Ex is formed. The Ex releases its first EP. The Ex is very active in the squatters' movement where they perform on a regular basis. The album History Is What's Happening comes out. Dignity Of Labour comes out. The album Tumult and the 12" Gonna Rob The Spermbank are released. The Ex tours the UK with Alerta and together they record The Red Dance Package 12". The double album Blueprints For A Blackout comes out. With Svätsox The Ex goes to Switzerland. The Ex releases
76	Piet Noordijk
, which in that year also features Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. The band receives a government subsidy and KLM sponsors a number of tickets. The afternoon performance is such a success that Newport promoter George Wein asks the band to play again in the evening program. Noordijk refuses to play a second time without getting paid, and the deal is off. Later he calls this 'an enormous blunder'. He says that he should have played even if they had to pay the organization
77	Golden Earring
. George Kooymans writes the Earth&Fire hit Seasons. The album Golden Earring, the band's first rock album, is released. The track Back Home is another number one hit. The track features new drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, formerly of Livin' Blues. These are difficult years for the band. The albums Seven Tears and Together are released but fail to impress although the singles She Flies On Strange Wings and Buddy Joe top the charts. The Earring is supporting act for the Who on a regular basis. Both Barry Hay
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