PIET NOORDIJK
Period
26-05-1932 - 08-10-2011
Genre
altsaxofoon, bebop, Boy Edgar Prijs, Edison, jazz, klarinet, sopraansaxofoon
Piet Noordijk
Piet Noordijk (Rotterdam, 26 May 1932 - Hellevoetsluis, October 8, 2011) is considered to be one of the top alto saxophonists in Europe. At the age of fifteen he is already playing in Rotterdam bars and nightclubs. In the early fifties he graduates with honors from the Rotterdam Conservatory majoring ...
Instruments
altsaxofoon, klarinet, sopraansaxofoon
Mentioned in the biography of
1950
Joop Korzelius
1951
Chris Dekker
1952
Frans Poptie
1953
John Engels
1961
Han Bennink
1970
Max Teawhistle
1985
Marius Beets
1992
Rob Pronk (1)
2000
Jesse van Ruller
Biography Piet Noordijk
Piet Noordijk (Rotterdam, 26 May 1932 - Hellevoetsluis, October 8, 2011) is considered to be one of the top alto saxophonists in Europe. At the age of fifteen he is already playing in Rotterdam bars and nightclubs. In the early fifties he graduates with honors from the Rotterdam Conservatory majoring in clarinet. But his heart is with the alto saxophone, which he teaches himself to play. With his bright, emotional and accessible way of playing he wins all possible Dutch jazz awards. For many years Noordijk is lead altoist with the Metropole Orchestra. When he retires from this post at the age of sixty he can 'finally' do what he has always wanted to do: play jazz, just for fun. His most famous quote is: 'Scheppers heb je hier niet, wel opscheppers, daar sterft het van.' ('There are not many creators here, but lots of braggers.' - the pun is untranslatable)
Played in
Misha Mengelberg / Piet Noordijk Kwartet
altsaxofoon
Netherlands Concert Jazz Band
1944 - 1946
Noordijk himself claims his career started in the cot. As a baby he had been 'rocking to Coleman Hawkins with a diaper full of poo.' Both of his considerably older brothers play jazz records continuously. He is not in the least bit interested in school. After primary school he doesn't know what he wants to do. It is the period of the hunger winter of 1944-'45. To keep him off the streets his brother Kees gives him a clarinet. After a year and a half Piet Noordijk decides to take lessons from Huib Steendijk, who has just graduated from the conservatory. Noordijk gets his first chance to play in the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, which consist of unemployed veteran musicians, under the baton of Piet Ketting. At night he also plays with his brother Kees, a tenorist and accordionist, in a bar on the Rotterdam Diergaardesingel. Besides the clarinet he has now also mastered the alto saxophone. The brothers earn Hfl. 7.50 for a Saturday or Sunday night. This makes them the breadwinners for the poor Noordijk family.
1947
When conductor Piet Ketting hears of Piet Noordijk's nightly jazz activities in nightclubs, he kicks him out of the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Noordijk is then fifteen years old. His other brother Tonny, knows of another club where they can earn some money. In an interview with the Volkskrant Noordijk has this to say about it: 'I started there with my brother Tonny, who was a fantastic drummer. It was a little dive in the town of Schiedam, only frequented by Norwegian sailors who wanted to get drunk. '
1950 - 1954
Noordijk goes to the Rotterdam Conservatory, where he graduates with honors, majoring in clarinet. During the fifties he takes on any opportunity to play: with popular stars like pianist/singer Pia Beck and guitarist/singer Eddy Christiani, in all possible styles, from Dixieland to country, from tangos to bebop. He plays for dance school Meyer et Fils in Rotterdam and in all important Dutch jazzclubs. As a typical working class lad he doesn't shy away from any job. His motto: 'Of course it's nice when people listen, but it shouldn't be that everybody has to shut up because we're playing jazz now. They should listen because they like what we're playing.'
1954
Noordijk has to do eighteen months of national service at an army barracks in Ossendrecht. He also goes to Germany to play for the American troops.
1956
Drummer Wessel Ilcken asks Piet Noordijk to play in his All Stars on the third LP of the Jazz Behind The Dikes series (reissued in 1991 as two Philips CDs). As a clarinetist he can be heard with Frans Poptie's Swing Specials and the Storktown Dixie Kids. He replaces Kees Bruijn as saxophonist in the Ger van Leeuwen Quartet, which regularly performs for the radio. In the same period he has a quintet with his brother Kees, pianist Loek Snoek, bassist Jo Haans and drummer Fons Limberti, which plays nightclubs in The Hague and Rotterdam. 'That band played anything,' Noordijk remembers. 'Tangos, in which I played the violin and Kees accordion. Jazz pieces, where our bassist Jo Haans played trumpet. In other tunes he would sing; we had a hillbilly show, which would bring down the house.'
1958 - 1959
For two years running Noordijk wins the readers' poll of Rhythme magazine on alto saxophone.
1962
On the night their father dies, Piet Noordijk and his brother Kees play in a nightclub. Piet decides to cut down his work in nightclubs. The quintet played form nine o'clock until 4 AM, with two twenty minute breaks at most. In this period Noordijk also decides to quit his drinking habit. He sees too many jazz musicians go down because of drugs and booze.
1963
Pianist Misha Mengelberg, who is seeking a style between bop and experiment, receives a tip on an interesting altoist, Piet Noordijk. He goes to check him out at the Etoile nightclub in The Hague. Mengelberg is especially impressed with Noordijk's sense of rhythm. The altoist accepts Mengelberg's invitation to come and work with him. In the beginning he only wants to play with professional drummers, and not with a self-taught percussionist like Han Bennink, but eventually he gives in. The Misha Mengelberg/Piet Noordijk Quartet features Han Bennink on drums and Jacques Schols, Ruud Jacobs and Rob Langereis as the consecutive bassists. It becomes one of the most important combos in Dutch jazz history. Mengelberg, Noordijk and Bennink are each other's opposites, which gives the quartet its unique, exciting character, on the fault line between bop and freer improvisation. 'It was at least highly original,' the altoist reminisces. 'I called it the Golden Triangle. We played off of each other.'
1964
Noordijk becomes the lead altoist in Boy's Big Band, pianist Boy Edgar's large jazz orchestra, which has started in December 1960. In the fall of 1964 tenorist Albert Ayler's quartet is in the Netherlands for a number of concerts and a recording session in the VARA radio studio. Gary Peacock is the quartet's bassist. The VARA broadcasting company takes the initiative to hook him up with Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink and Piet Noordijk. On 4 December 1964 the foursome make a radio recording, which will be released twenty years later on the LP Driekusman Total Loss. Ben Zwanink has thoroughly researched the history of the quartet, and writes in Jazz Bulletin: 'Piet is a highly energetic, high-tension bop altoist, with a faultless architectural intuition for the construction of long solos. His musical stream of ideas can always be traced to its familiar bebop source, but this never leads to strings of standardized formulas. He speaks a dynamic musical language, in which he always tells his own story, and never the same way twice.'
1965
Piet Noordijk is awarded the Wessel Ilcken Prijs (the major Dutch jazz award at the time). The jury report quotes his impressive contributions to collaborations with prominent Americans like Gary Peacock and trumpeter Ted Curson. The jury also praises his solo performances with Boy's Big Band. The latter orchestra's concert at the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival earns him praise and recognition from the foreign press.
1966
The Misha Mengelberg/Piet Noordijk Quartet receives an invitation to play at the Newport Jazz Festival, early July 1966. The Dutch press calls it a milestone, a first. This is the first time a Dutch band plays Newport, 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. In the course of time the controversy between the bop guys Noordijk and Langereis and the experimentalists Mengelberg and Bennink is on the increase. And Noordijk isn't very happy with the new band member, the musically very dominant Willem Breuker, either.
1967
In 1967 Noordijk and Langereis quit Misha Mengelberg's group. Later Noordijk says to the Volkskrant: 'For a while I did participate in the direction jazz was taking then, but I didn't feel like continuing on this road. I had to light fireworks and things like that. Those were the days of the Vietnam protests, and they played weird music, which I wasn't in favor of. Misha and Piet, it has always been a love-hate relationship, but if we have an argument now it's always resolved within an hour.' The band reconvenes a number of times for a reunion, in 1975, 1978, 1991 and 2007 at the Amsterdam Bimhuis.
1976 - 1978
The audience either follows avant-garde jazz or pop music now. There is little interest in mainstream jazz any more. Noordijk makes a living doing studio work, and produces a series of commercial records. The repertoire for these includes songs by Gilbert O'Sullivan and Stevie Wonder. In 1978 Noordijk has a modest hit with his rendition of Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side. On his commercial years he has this to say to De Tijd magazine: 'I never had any regrets about it. It was not my music, and I may be a musician out of love for the art first of all, but I also have to make a living somehow.' His first commercial album, Prototype (1978), sells well. The Dureco record company therefore immediately asks Noordijk back in the studio. That's okay, says Noordijk, but I want to be backed by an orchestra - this is what he gets. 'It was a total flop, and didn't sell at all,' Noordijk tells the De Tijd interviewer. 'They made a third and fourth album, but these were never as successful as the first one.'
1978
Noordijk becomes the regular lead altoist with the Metropole Orchestra, where he is also an in demand soloist, first under Dolf van der Linden's, later under Rogier van Otterloo's baton. For nearly his whole career as a professional musician Noordijk has played in orchestras: with the Skymasters, the Ramblers and the Metropole Orchestra. But he always keeps a quartet on the side, with pianists like Cees Slinger, Rob Madna and Rob van Bavel, with which he keeps the bop tradition alive.
1980
In October 1980 Piet Noordijk records his first jazz album as a leader: Loverman. Together with Cees Slinger, Rob Langereis and drummer Evert Overweg he does a live radio show at Nick Vollebregt's Jazzcafé in Laren, and an album is made of the broadcast. In the liner notes for the LP Rogier van Otterloo writes: 'It's really preposterous that we had to wait for a quarter of a century for the Dutch ace on saxophone, Piet Noordijk, to make his first jazz LP. He did make jazz related records, with Misha Mengelberg, Boy Edgar, Louis van Dijk, the Metropole Orchestra, etcetera, but always as a member of the ensemble, and never as a leader.' Then follows an ode to Noordijk's passionate playing.
1987
Noordijk is the winner of the Bird Award, presented at the North Sea Jazz Festival. The jury calls him 'an alto saxophonist and clarinetist who is unrivalled in the Dutch post-war jazz.'
1992
At the age of sixty he retires from the Metropole Orchestra. He can finally do what he has wanted to do his whole life: Play jazz just for fun.
1995
Jan Kelder's documentary 'Piet Noordijk, 50 Jaar Sax' is released. Kelder paints an intimate portrait of Noordijk. The saxophonist tells about his coming out, among other things: 'I had feelings that seemed to be taking on a gay turn. But I didn't want to bother my parents, who were of a different generation, with it. This is why I never expressed those feelings.' It isn't until 1971, when his mother has died, that Noordijk comes out of the closet. He meets his friend Bas in 1972, and has been living with him ever since. When Kelder asks him about his musical style, Noordijk says: 'I play just like I am, emotional, really quite sensitive, sometimes even sentimental. You can call that a style, if you like, but isn't really a style, it's Piet Noordijk.'
1997
Noordijk is made a Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (a Dutch knighthood). In the same year he celebrates his 65th birthday.
2000
Noordijk is the only European musician to play at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York.
2001
With his quintet – Jesse van Ruller on guitar, John Engels on drums, Hein Van de Geyn on bass and Rob van Bavel on keyboards – Noordijk plays at the Cape Town North Sea Jazz Festival.
2008
Piet Noordijk is the first jazz musician to be awarded the Blijvend Applaus Prijs (an award for Dutch performing artists). The jury report describes him as 'a versatile musician, a gentleman, a warm band leader, a devoted teacher, an ambassador for jazz, a virtuoso on the alto saxophone and a jazz cat in heart and soul.' In the same year he receives a lifetime achievement Edison (Dutch Grammy).
2009
For the Jazz Impuls agency Noordijk does a tour of the Dutch theaters. His Boptet consists of four considerably younger musicians: Rik Mol on trumpet, Peter Beets on piano, Marius Beets on bass and Joost Patocka on drums.
2010
In 2009-'10 Noordijk plays frequently in Dutch theatres with the Beets brothers and Eric Ineke. As 'advocate of Dutch bop' Noordijk is being starred in the second episode of the series Pioniers In De Polder (Pioneers In The Polder) by the television programme Netwerk. Influenced himself by Charlie Parker and others, he's now an influence himself on younger Dutch musicians like Benjamin Herman, who is also interviewed for the programme. The two alto players are playing together on 7 August at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw during the summer concerts organized by Robeco.
2011
In 2011 MCN releases the CD Journey by the Misha Mengelberg/Piet Noordijk Quartet featuring Ted Curson. The album contains the previously unissued 7 April 1966 concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Early October Noordijk is diagnosed with cancer. On 8 October he dies in his hometown of Hellevoetsluis, aged 79.
Discography Piet Noordijk
Albums | Singles | Compilations | Other | Guestperformance
Finished Product
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1977 |
Label | Dureco, OM 555.063 |
muzikant | Nippy Noya |
muzikant | Lex Bolderdijk |
muzikant | Jan Hollestelle |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Rob Franken |
muzikant | Henk Elkerbout |
muzikant | Lex Jasper |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Louis de Lussanet |
muzikant | Jos Hermeler |
muzikant | Tony Nolte |
muzikant | Letty de Jong |
muzikant | Wanda Stellaard |
muzikant | H. Sirbum |
muzikant | Rick Beekman |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Ferdinand Povel |
muzikant | Fons Diercks |
dirigent | Benny Behr |
arrangeur | Tonny Nolte |
arrangeur | Gerry van Rooyen |
arrangeur | Ruud Bos |
arrangeur | Gerard Stellaard |
producer | Michel Damen |
muzikant | Hans Hollestelle |
Prototype
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1978 |
Label | Dureco, OM 555.010 |
muzikant | Rob Langereis |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Rob Franken |
muzikant | Joop Scholten |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Wim van der Beek |
arrangeur | Joop Scholten |
arrangeur | Rob Franken |
producer | Michel Damen |
muzikant | Jan Vermeulen (1) |
muzikant | Dianne Marchal |
muzikant | Anita Meyer |
muzikant | Hans Vermeulen |
arrangeur | Hans Vermeulen |
Just When I Needed You Most
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1979 |
Label | Dutch Record Company, 66008 |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Rob Langereis |
muzikant | Cees Slinger |
muzikant | Paul Natte |
muzikant | Eef Albers |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Jan Oosthof |
muzikant | Jan Vleeschouwer |
muzikant | Dianne Marchal |
arrangeur | Paul Natte |
muzikant | Joop Mastenbroek |
muzikant | Jan Hollestelle |
muzikant | Monica Tjen-A-Kwoei |
muzikant | Anita Meyer |
muzikant | Hans Vermeulen |
producer | Cees Kranenburg |
muzikant | Cees Kranenburg |
Piet Noordijk Kwartet - Loverman
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1980 |
Label | MCR, 069 |
muzikant | Rob Langereis |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Cees Slinger |
arrangeur | Cees Slinger |
Piet Noordijk Quartet - Live
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 1988 |
Label | VARA Jazz, 8220 |
muzikant | Rob Madna |
muzikant | Harry Emmery |
muzikant | Eric Ineke |
Details | Recorded live at De Boerderij, Huizen, 2 April 1988 |
Piet Noordijk Quartet - The Song Is You: Live In Sesjun Vol. 2
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 1993 |
Label | Timeless, CD SJP 393 |
muzikant | Harry Emmery |
muzikant | Eric Ineke |
muzikant | Rob van Bavel |
Details | Recorded live at Nick Vollebregt's Jazz Café, Laren, 1 April 1993 |
A Tribute To Rogier
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 1995 |
Label | Ala Bianca, AB 139802 |
dirigent | Rob Pronk (1) |
arrangeur | Lex Jasper |
dirigent | Rogier van Otterloo |
arrangeur | Henk Meutgeert |
arrangeur | Henk Huizinga |
Details | Accompanied by the Metropole Orkest |
Piet Noordijk Quartet - Piet Plays Bird!
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 1997 |
Label | VIA, 992.030.2 |
muzikant | Harry Emmery |
muzikant | Eric Ineke |
muzikant | Rob van Bavel |
muzikant | Ernö Olah |
muzikant | Tom de Munk |
muzikant | Judith Gerö |
muzikant | Ellis Moorman |
arrangeur | Rob van Bavel |
Details | Recorded at the Byton Studios, Loosdrecht, September 1997 |
New Quintet
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 2000 |
Label | Munich, BMCD 304 |
muzikant | Jesse van Ruller |
muzikant | John Engels |
muzikant | Rob van Bavel |
muzikant | Hein van de Geyn |
producer | Cees Schrama |
Details | Recorded liva at Nick Vollebregt's Jazzcafé, Laren, 17 February 2000 |
Piet Noordijk New Quintet & Strings - Piet Plays Sinatra
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 2003 |
Label | Munich, BMCD 343 |
muzikant | Rob van Bavel |
muzikant | Jesse van Ruller |
muzikant | John Engels |
muzikant | Hein van de Geyn |
muzikant | Friedmar Hitzer |
muzikant | Jasper Le Clercq |
muzikant | Jeffrey Bruinsma |
muzikant | Emile Visser |
producer | Cees Schrama |
Details | Recorded at the Farm Sound Studio, Heelsurn, Summer 2001 |
Piet Noordijk Quintet - Pete's Groove
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 2004 |
Label | Munich, BMCD 451 |
muzikant | Jack van Poll |
muzikant | Martijn van Iterson |
muzikant | Frans van Geest |
muzikant | John Engels |
Details | Recorded at the Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, 17-18 May 2004 |
Jubilee Concert : Live At The Bimhuis Amsterdam
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 2007 |
Label | Jazz Impuls, BMCD 75390 |
muzikant | Jack van Poll |
muzikant | Martijn van Iterson |
muzikant | Frans van Geest |
muzikant | Gijs Dijkhuizen |
muzikant | Misha Mengelberg |
muzikant | Han Bennink |
muzikant | Rik Mol |
muzikant | Joost Patocka |
muzikant | Ruud Jacobs |
muzikant | Peter Beets |
muzikant | Marius Beets |
Swinging With Strings: Live At The Bimhuis Amsterdam
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | CD, 2009 |
Label | Jazz Impuls, BMCD 75926 |
dirigent | Arlia de Ruiter |
arrangeur | Wieland Reissman |
producer | Gert-Jan Blom |
Details | Also included a DVD of the concert |
Falling In Love Again
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | 7", 1965 |
Label | Polydor, S 1180 |
B-side | Stompin' At The Savoy |
muzikant | Lex Smits |
muzikant | Wim van der Beek |
muzikant | Jacques Schols |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Wim Kuilenburg |
muzikant | Thom Kelling |
Details | Recorded in Hilversum, 15 June 1965 |
Wessel Ilcken - Jazz Behind The Dikes 3
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1956 |
Label | Philips, B 08004 L |
muzikant | Rob Madna |
muzikant | Dick van der Capellen |
muzikant | Rob Pronk (1) |
muzikant | Jerry van Rooyen |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Ruud Brink |
muzikant | Ack van Rooyen |
muzikant | Toon van Vliet |
Details | LP, containing the track The Goofer and Jeeper Creepers by the Wessel Ilcken All Stars, recorded at the Hof van Holland, Hilversum, 29 October 1956 |
Frans Poptie And His Swing Specials - Fiddling Around The World
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1958 |
Label | Fontana, 680505 TL |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Eddy Sanchez |
muzikant | Ted van Dongen |
muzikant | Herman Vis |
muzikant | Ger Daalhuisen |
muzikant | Kees Kranenburg sr. |
Details | Recorded in Hilversum, 24-25 November & 1 December 1958; also reeleased on three 7” EPs (Fontana 463133 TE, 463134 TE and 463135 TE) |
The Rhythme All Stars 1958-1959 - The Rhythme All Stars 1958-1959
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | 7", 1959 |
Label | Columbia, SEGH 58 |
muzikant | Ado Broodboom |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Toon van Vliet |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Coen van Nassou |
muzikant | Rob Madna |
producer | Frans van Schaik |
engineer | Ger Hall |
muzikant | Henk Bosch van Drakestein |
Boy's Big Band - Now's The Time!
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1965 |
Label | Artone, MGOS 9463 |
muzikant | Tinus Bruijn |
dirigent | Boy Edgar |
arrangeur | Boy Edgar |
arrangeur | Theo Loevendie |
muzikant | Theo Loevendie |
muzikant | Wim Kuylenburg |
muzikant | Jan Vleeschouwer |
muzikant | Jan van Hest |
muzikant | Ado Broodboom |
muzikant | Wim Kat |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Marcel Thielemans |
muzikant | Cees Smal |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Harry Verbeke |
muzikant | Toon van Vliet |
muzikant | Joop Mastenbroek |
muzikant | Cees Slinger |
muzikant | Jacques Schols |
muzikant | Dick van der Capellen |
muzikant | John Engels |
muzikant | Nelly Frijda |
producer | John J. Vis |
Boy's Big Band - Finch Eye
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1966 |
Label | Artone, MDS S 3001 |
dirigent | Boy Edgar |
arrangeur | Boy Edgar |
arrangeur | Theo Loevendie |
muzikant | Wim Kuylenburg |
muzikant | Jan Vleeschouwer |
muzikant | Jan van Hest |
muzikant | Ado Broodboom |
muzikant | Wim Kat |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Marcel Thielemans |
muzikant | Cees Smal |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Theo Loevendie |
muzikant | Tinus Bruijn |
muzikant | Harry Verbeke |
muzikant | Toon van Vliet |
muzikant | Joop Mastenbroek |
muzikant | Cees Slinger |
muzikant | Jacques Schols |
muzikant | Dick van der Capellen |
muzikant | John Engels |
muzikant | Nelly Frijda |
muzikant | Leo Gerritsen |
muzikant | Chris Hinze |
muzikant | Willem Breuker |
producer | John J. Vis |
Rita Reys met orkest o.l.v. Ruud Bos - Come To Scheveningen
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | 7", 1968 |
Label | Philips, 334524 JF |
muzikant | Eddy Engels |
muzikant | Jaap Leben |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Sander Sprong |
muzikant | Leo Gerritsen |
muzikant | Frans Elsen |
muzikant | Wim Overgaauw |
muzikant | Rob Langereis |
muzikant | Cees See |
muzikant | John Bannet |
arrangeur | Ruud Bos |
muzikant | Ruud Brink |
Details | Recorded at the Phonogramstudio, Hilversum, 20-21 June 1968 |
Frans Poptie En Zijn Swing Specials - Swings Forever
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1968 |
Label | Imperial, SILW 1027 |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Eddy Sanchez |
muzikant | Ted van Dongen |
muzikant | Herman Vis |
muzikant | Tonny Herber |
muzikant | Cees Kranenburg |
Details | Recorded in Heemstede, 3 April 1968 |
Festival Big Band - Explosive!
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1971 |
Label | Philips, 6303038 |
muzikant | Benny Bailey |
muzikant | Ack van Rooyen |
muzikant | Cees Smal |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Ferdinand Povel |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Rob Franken |
muzikant | Rob Madna |
muzikant | Rob Langereis |
arrangeur | Rob Pronk (1) |
Details | Reissued on LP (Sonorama L-43) and CD (Sonorama C-43) by the Berlin label Sonorama in 2009; also featuring Rick Kiefer (trumpet), Rolf Ericson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Åke Persson, Jiggs Whigham (trombone), Herb Geller (altsaxophone, flute), Tony Coe (tenorsaxophone, clarinet, flute), Tony Inzalaco (drums) & Bora Rakovic (arranger) |
Boy's Big Band - The Best Of Boy's Big Band
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1971 |
Label | CBS, S 52888 |
muzikant | Jacques Schols |
muzikant | John Engels |
muzikant | Louis van Dijk |
muzikant | Dick van der Capellen |
muzikant | Wim Kuylenburg |
muzikant | Jan Vleeschouwer |
muzikant | Jan van Hest |
muzikant | Ado Broodboom |
muzikant | Wim Kat |
muzikant | Rudy Bosch |
muzikant | Marcel Thielemans |
muzikant | Cees Smal |
muzikant | Erik van Lier |
muzikant | Tinus Bruijn |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
muzikant | Theo Loevendie |
muzikant | Harry Verbeke |
muzikant | Joop Mastenbroek |
muzikant | Toon van Vliet |
muzikant | Cees Slinger |
muzikant | Nelly Frijda |
producer | John J. Vis |
Leo Cuypers - Live in Shaffy
Act | Piet Noordijk |
Type and year | LP, 1974 |
Label | BVHaast, 001 |
muzikant | Maurice Horsthuis |
muzikant | Willem Breuker |
muzikant | Koen van Slogteren |
muzikant | Piet Noordijk |
muzikant | Arjen Gorter |
muzikant | Hans Dulfer |
muzikant | Ronald Snijders |
muzikant | Willem van Manen |
muzikant | Jan Wolff |
muzikant | Rob Verdurmen |
muzikant | Martin van Duynhoven |
muzikant | Bernard Hunnekink |
Details | Recorded live at the Shaffy Theater, Amsterdam, 24, 25 & 27 September 1974; the Johnny Rep Suite and two other tracks were released in 1993 on BVHaast CD 9307; in 1974 Willem Breuker & Leo Cuypers released an album with the same title |
In the discography you will find all recordings that have been released listed chronologically. We restrict ourselves to the title, the type of audio, year of publication or recording, label, list of guest musicians, plus any comments on the issue.