Dutch jazz

Location · 1920s → · Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam · Hybrids and world

Jazz arrives in the Netherlands around 1919-1921. In the early 1930s, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington perform there; at the end of the decade, The Ramblers play with Coleman Hawkins. During the Occupation, English band names are banned and the AVRO dance orchestra is dissolved (1941). The Dutch Swing College Band then embodies the Dixieland revival. In 1967, Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink found the ICP in Amsterdam, the Bimhuis opens in 1974 and the North Sea Jazz Festival is born in The Hague in 1976. Today: Stochelo Rosenberg (Gypsy jazz), Candy Dulfer (smooth jazz), the New Cool Collective (acid jazz).

Where it comes from

What it gave rise to or influenced

Artists

Clusone Trio (alto saxophone, clarinet, cello, drums)
Willem Breuker (1944–2010, saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet)
Ernst Reijseger (1954, cello)
Wolter Wierbos (1957, trombone)
Michiel Braam (1964, piano)
Piet Noordijk (1932–2011, alto saxophone)
Dick Willebrandts (1911–1970, piano, conducting, arrangements)
Max Geldray (1916–2004, harmonica)
Ack van Rooyen (1930–2021, flugelhorn, trumpet)
Cees Slinger (1929–2007, piano)
Cab Kaye (1921–2000, vocals, piano)
Benjamin Herman (1968, alto saxophone, C melody saxophone, flute)
New Cool Collective (big band, acid jazz, latin, afrobeat)
Michiel Borstlap (1966, piano, composition)
Yuri Honing (1965, saxophone)
Hein van de Geyn (1956, double bass)
Tineke Postma (1978, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone)
Wouter Hamel (1977, vocals, guitar)
Ilse Huizinga (1966, vocals)
Tony Overwater (1965, double bass)
Jesse van Ruller (1972, guitar)
Jasper van 't Hof (1947, keyboards, piano, synthesizers)
Eric Vloeimans (1963, trumpet, effets)
Marc van Roon (1967, piano)
Peter Beets (1971, piano)

Tracks to start with

Epistrophy (Eric Dolphy) — Eric Dolphy (1964)
Hypochristmutreefuzz — Eric Dolphy (1964)
Hangover Triangle — ICP Orchestra (Misha Mengelberg) (1984)
Four in One — ICP Orchestra (Misha Mengelberg) (1986)
Bella Coola — Clusone Trio (1993)
Anything I Can Do, I Can Do Better — Clusone Trio (1993)
Duke Edward/Misère — Willem Breuker Kollektief (1991)
Forty Five Steps — Willem Breuker Kollektief (1990)
Jangelma — Ernst Reijseger, Mola Sylla & Serigne C.M. Gueye (2003)
voor de wind — Wolter Wierbos (2009)
Tristano — Bik Bent Braam (Michiel Braam) (1996)
Child in Time — Bik Bent Braam (Michiel Braam) (2000)
Piet Plays Bird — Piet Noordijk (1997)
The Hague Shuffle — Ack van Rooyen (2020)
Since I Fell for You — Cab Kaye (1984)
Rumbone — Benjamin Herman (2000)
Heterogeneity — Benjamin Herman (2004)
Jam — New Cool Collective & Tony Allen (2006)
Yunikon — New Cool Collective (2021)
Memory of Enchantment — Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter (1997)
Memory of Enchantment (Michiel Borstlap) — Michiel Borstlap (1997)
True — Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet (2012)
Bring Me the Disco King — Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet (2012)
The Long Journey — Jean-Michel Pilc & Hein van de Geyn (2002)
Song for F — Tineke Postma (2009)
The Eye of the Mind — Tineke Postma (2009)
Breezy — Wouter Hamel (2007)
Details — Wouter Hamel (2007)
Up Jumped Springtime — Ilse Huizinga (1997)
Waltz for Debby (Ilse Huizinga) — Ilse Huizinga (1999)
Tale of the Fisherman — Tony Overwater & Atzko Kohashi (2023)
Circles — Jesse van Ruller (2003)
Black Dahlia — Jesse van Ruller (2003)
Hoomba-Hoomba — Jasper van 't Hof's Pili Pili (1985)
Kinshasa 'M Boté — Jasper van 't Hof's Pili Pili (1985)
V-Flow — Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash (2007)
Images of Washington — Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash (2007)
Nightsong Aches — Michiel Braam (Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher) (2006)
Invention 10 — Marc van Roon (2017)
Beet's Beat — Peter Beets (2001)
The Way You Look Tonight — Peter Beets (2001)
Sweet and Lovely (Cees Slinger Octet) — Cees Slinger Octet (1995)

Sources

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