JAN HUYDTS
Jan Huydts
Jan Huydts (Schiedam, 25 February 1937) originally intends to study medicine. In his high school years in Hilversum he takes private lessons from Pierre Reinard and becomes a skillful pianist. In the holiday between high school and university bassist Arend Nijenhuis persuades him to start a jazz trio and become ...
Instruments
arrangeur, componist, piano, synthesizer, toetsinstrumenten
Mentioned in the biography of
1967
Wim Sonneveld
1972
Ritmo Natural
Biography Jan Huydts
Jan Huydts (Schiedam, 25 February 1937) originally intends to study medicine. In his high school years in Hilversum he takes private lessons from Pierre Reinard and becomes a skillful pianist. In the holiday between high school and university bassist Arend Nijenhuis persuades him to start a jazz trio and become a professional musician. The following years Huydts plays piano in jazz bands exclusively. In the mid sixties he shifts his musical activities to playing with cabaret performers like Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld, where he plays both bass and piano. He then switches back to jazz (rock), and becomes one of the first Dutch musicians to play electronic keyboards like the Fender piano and various synthesizers. As such Jan Huydts is especially popular in Germany. In 1980 he is appointed as a piano teacher at the Hilversum Conservatory. When this institution merges with the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory he retires as deputy director of the jazz department in 1998.
Played in
Dutch Treat
componist, producer, toetsinstrumenten
1957 - 1958
As a professional jazz musician he forms his own trio, with bassist Arend Nijenhuis and drummer Hans Dolman. From his hometown Hilversum Huydts explores the Dutch jazz scene. Soon the trio, with guitarist Thijmen Hoolwerf as Dolman's replacement, is engaged by the Flamingo nightclubs in both The Hague and Scheveningen.
1959
Jan Huydts plays in the Brussels Blue Note, as sideman to the Americans Jackie McLean and Arthur Taylor. He joins the Herman Schoonderwalt Quartet, featuring drummer Cees See and bassist Eddy Doorenbos. For a while he is also a member of The Millers, with alto saxophonist Piet Noordijk, pianist Paul Ruys, drummer Tonny NĂ¼sser and leader-guitarist Ab de Molenaar. The Trio Jan Huydts wins the Parool Jazz Parade (a jazz competition organized by newspaper Het Parool) at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
1961
Huydts signs a contract for six months as bassist with a German show orchestra at an American air force base in Tripoli (Libya). The pianist in this orchestra is fellow Dutchman Frans Elsen.
1963 - 1964
The Trio Jan Huydts, with bassist Peter Trunk and drummer Joe Nay, is afforded an engagement at the Berlin Blue Note, and accompanies Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Donald Byrd and others.
1964 - 1966
Huydts becomes the bassist in the band of cabaret performer Toon Hermans's One Man Show. He occasionally plays as a pianist in the Amsterdam jazzclub Sheherezade.
1967 - 1970
Jan Huydts is musical director and pianist for cabaret performer Wim Sonneveld, for whom he co-composes and arranges all the songs in his cabaret program. Huydts is the composer of the well-known tune Josephine. A DVD and LP/CD of this program ('De Wim en Inashow') have been released.
1970 - 1976
Huydts tours Europe as a keyboard player with the Dutch-German jazz-rock band Third Eye. This formation consists of drummer Leo de Ruiter, bassist Alfred Haurand, guitarist John Schuursma, and guest musicians like soprano saxophonist Theo Loevendie, the American trumpeter Jon Eardley and the Jamaican saxophonist Wilton Gaynair, who makes a name for himself in the WDR Jazz orchestra and the Kurt Edelhagen band.
1976
Together with Rob Franken and drummer Henk Zomer Jan Huydts forms The Keyboard Circle. Franken en Huydts play a number of electronic keyboards. They pick the name because their instruments are positioned in a circle around Zomer's drum kit. A VPRO radio recording from 1976, that was never aired, surfaces in 2009 and is released on CD.
1977
Huydts tours Italy and England as pianist in guitarist Wim Overgaauw's orchestra for the production Strangers by the Nederlands Danstheater ballet troupe. He makes records with Wim Overgaauw, and (a self-produced record) with bassist Wim Essed in Germany.
1978 - 1980
Singer Jasperina de Jong signs Jan Huydts as the musical director and arranger for two of her theater shows: Thuis Best and Tussen Zomer en Winter. Video and audio recordings were made of the latter show.
1980
Jan Huydts is appointed as a piano teacher and coordinator of the jazz department at the Muziekpedagogische Academie in Hilversum, which soon will go by the new name of Hilversum Conservatory.
1985
Because of the enormous growth of the jazz department he is appointed deputy director of the conservatory.
1998
Huydts opts for an early retirement when the Hilversum Conservatory and the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory merge.
1999 - 2002
During the winter months Huydts organizes and presents a series of concerts with Dutch jazz musicians on Sunday afternoons in the Hilversum CNM-studio.
2003 - 2016
Jan Huydts occasionally performs with various jazz groups in Dutch jazzclubs and other venues. His last performance is on 5 May 2007 at De Tor in Enschede, with bassist Ruud Ouwehand, guitarist Peter Nieuwerf and singer Greetje Kauffeld.
Discography Jan Huydts
Albums | Singles | Compilations | Other | Guestperformance
The Jan Huydts-Peter Trunk-Joe Nay Trio - Trio Conception
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1963 |
Label | Philips, P 48084 L |
Jan Huydts Trio - Brown Taste
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1970 |
Label | Jazz Groove Records, JG 010 |
muzikant | Leo de Ruiter |
Trio Jan Huydts - Chopin Schablone
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1976 |
Label | Omega, OM 444052 |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Leo de Ruiter |
Chopin-Verfremdungen
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1976 |
Label | Elektra, ELK 59 025 |
(onbekend) | Wim Essed |
Third Eye - Third Eye
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1976 |
Label | Ring Records, 01004 |
muzikant | Steve Boston |
Dutch Treat - Tranquility
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1977 |
Label | Polydor, 2925 056 |
muzikant | Louis de Lussanet |
muzikant | Wim Essed |
muzikant | Steve Boston |
producer | Cees Schrama |
muzikant | Hans Hollestelle |
Ger Lugtenburg / Jan Huydts - Stemmingen
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1983 |
Label | Philips, 6423 564 |
muzikant | Sebastian Huydts |
producer | Johanna Duller |
Solo Piano: Jazz at the Pinehill
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | CD, 2000 |
Label | Challenge Records, 75082 |
producer | Anne de Jong |
The Keyboard Circle
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | CD, 2009 |
Label | 678 Records, SSECO-001 |
muzikant | Rob Franken |
muzikant | Henk Zomer |
Wim Sonneveld - Wim Sonneveld En Ina Van Faassen
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1969 |
Label | Philips, PY 844088 |
gastmuzikant | Ina van Faasen |
componist | Ruud Bos |
tekstschrijver | Michel van der Plas |
gastmuzikant | Jan Blok |
gastmuzikant | Tom Dissevelt |
gastmuzikant | Hans Seugling |
arrangeur | Jan Huydts |
gastmuzikant | Jan Huydts |
Chris Hinze Combination - Sister Slick
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1974 |
Label | CBS, 80271 |
muzikant | Jasper van 't Hof |
muzikant | Rob van den Broeck |
muzikant | Jan Huydts |
muzikant | Robert Jan Stips |
muzikant | Henny Vonk |
Herman Schoonderwalt - Basic Train
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1975 |
Label | Park, LBP 3052 |
muzikant | Jan Huydts |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Leo de Ruiter |
Pim Jacobs - Pim Jacobs Presents Ball Of The Band
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1975 |
Label | CBS, 65782 |
muzikant | Carl Schulze |
muzikant | Jan Huydts |
muzikant | Wim Overgaauw |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Rogier van Otterloo |
muzikant | Cees Smal |
muzikant | Ruud Jacobs |
muzikant | Gerard van Bezey |
muzikant | Rob Franken |
muzikant | Herman Schoonderwalt |
Wim Overgaauw - Blue Guitar
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1977 |
Label | Polydor, 2925 058 |
muzikant | Jan Huydts |
muzikant | Koos Serierse |
muzikant | Evert Overweg |
muzikant | Cees Schrama |
Rob de Nijs - Rob De Nijs
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1978 |
Label | Philips |
gastmuzikant | Shell Schellekens |
gastmuzikant | Lex Bolderdijk |
gastmuzikant | Piet Souer |
gastmuzikant | Okkie Huysdens |
gastmuzikant | Harry van Hoof |
arrangeur | Harry van Hoof |
gastmuzikant | Hans Jansen |
gastmuzikant | Jan Hollestelle |
gastmuzikant | Jan Vermeulen (1) |
gastmuzikant | Hans Vermeulen |
arrangeur | Hans Vermeulen |
gastmuzikant | Margriet Eshuijs |
gastmuzikant | Jan Rietman |
gastmuzikant | Titia Dekker |
gastmuzikant | Wanda Stellaard |
producer | Will Hoebee |
gastmuzikant | Pim Roos |
gastmuzikant | Benny Behr |
engineer | John van den Houten |
gastmuzikant | Anita Meyer |
gastmuzikant | Jan Huydts |
gastmuzikant | Dianne Marchal |
Chart position |
09-09-1978, Albumlijst, 11 weeks, number 26
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Jasperina de Jong - Tussen Zomer En Winter
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | LP, 1980 |
Label | Polydor, 2925 115 |
producer | Cees Schrama |
componist | Joop Stokkermans |
tekstschrijver | Ivo de Wijs |
gastmuzikant | Eric Herfst |
gastmuzikant | Charly Angenois |
dirigent | Lidy Peters |
engineer | Albert Kos |
arrangeur | Jan Huydts |
gastmuzikant | Jan Huydts |
Justian & Mandy - Friends For A Lifetime
Act | Jan Huydts |
Type and year | CD, 1990 |
Label | Dureco, 1152102 |
gastmuzikant | Lex Bolderdijk |
gastmuzikant | Hans Jansen |
producer | Jacques Zwart |
gastmuzikant | Philip Kolb |
gastmuzikant | Njong Louhenapessy |
gastmuzikant | Jeffrey Rampen |
gastmuzikant | Guus Snell |
gastmuzikant | Jan Huydts |
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.
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