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Erik Van Der Luijt
Erik van der Luijt (born 22 August 1970 in The Hague) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player and composer. History Erik van der Luijt started playing the piano at the age of four. He studied jazz piano with Rob van Kreeveld and Rob van Bavel at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he participated in master classes with Michel Petrucciani and Barry Harris. In 2004 he also released the privately produced and critically acclaimed album '' Express Yourself'', consisting exclusively of his own compositions and on which he is accompanied by Branko Teuwen on double bass and Victor de Boo on drums. Van der Luijt quotes the fact that two members of the trio had recently married and all three had recently become a father as the drive behind the album. An increased sense of responsibility made them search more than ever for a distinctive style in order to draw more attention to themselves. Three days before the original recording date he decided that recording standards was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruud Jacobs
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Dutch Jazz Pianists
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Dutch Jazz Composers
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandleaders
A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music.''Club Date Musicians: Playing the New York Party Circuit''. Bruce A. MacLeod. University of Illinois Press. (1993) Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band, either as singers or as instrumentalists, playing an instrument such as electric guitar, piano, or other instruments. Roles The bandleader must have a variety of musical skills. A bandleader needs to be a music director who chooses the "setlist" (the list of songs that will be played in a show), sets the tempo for each song and starts each song (often by "counting in"), leads the start of new sections of songs (e.g., signalling for the start of a guitar solo or drum solo) and leads the endings of each song. The bandleader is also onstage with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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The Intimate Sessions
''The Intimate Sessions'' is an album by Ilse Huizinga with pianist Erik van der Luijt. Track listing # " Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 2:45 # "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:42 # "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 3:11 # " It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:11 # "That Old Devil Called Love" ( Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 2:23 # "What a Difference a Day Made" ( María Méndez Grever, Stanley Adams) – 3:53 # " Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:51 # "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:38 # "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 3:42 # "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:39 # "I've Got a Crush on You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:11 # " Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 2:00 # "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:34 # "Misty" (Erroll Garner) – 3:30 # "Lover Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Broadway
''Beyond Broadway'' is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:59 # "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:31 # " Someone To Watch Over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:21 # "I Got Plenty of Nuttin'" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:33 # "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:51 # "Mad About the Boy" (Noël Coward) – 4:19 # "On The Street Where You Live" (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:32 # "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:50 # " I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:01 # "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:58 # "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 3:27 # "Manhattan" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:59 Credits * Ilse Huizinga - vocals * Erik van der Luijt - grand piano, arranger * Branko Teuwen - double bass * Victor de Boo - drums * Enno Spaanderman - saxophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy To Idolize
''Easy to Idolize'' is a 2004 (see 2004 in music) album by Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # " That's All" ( Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:08 # "The Sound of Music" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:08 # "I Only Have Eyes for Eyes" – 3:00 # " Willow Weep for Me" ( Ann Ronell) – 5:04 # "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) – 2:51 # " Skylark" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 2:48 # " Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:48 # "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:37 # " Time After Time" ( Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:59 # " Isn't It Romantic?" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:21 # " The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:11 # "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 2:20 # " When You Wish upon a Star" (Washington, Leigh Harline) – 2:58 # "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:16 # " Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 3:20 # "A Child Is Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music. Rodgers is known for his songwriting partnerships, first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. With Hart he wrote musicals throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including ''Pal Joey (musical), Pal Joey'', ''A Connecticut Yankee (musical), A Connecticut Yankee'', ''On Your Toes'' and ''Babes in Arms.'' With Hammerstein he wrote musicals through the 1940s and 1950s, such as ''Oklahoma!'', ''Flower Drum Song'', ''Carousel (musical), Carousel'', ''South Pacific (musical), South Pacific'', ''The King and I'', and ''The Sound of Music''. His collaborations with Hammerstein, in particular, are celebrated for brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sweetest Sounds (Ilse Huizinga Album)
''The Sweetest Sounds - Ilse Huizina sings the Music of Richard Rodgers'' is a 2001 (see 2001 in music) album by Ilse Huizinga. It was nominated for an Edison Award. Track listing # " Getting to Know You" (Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:05 # "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart) – 4:08 # " The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) – 6:29 # "If I Loved You" (Hammerstein) – 3:56 # " This Can't Be Love" (Hart) – 4:26 # " Falling in Love with Love" (Hart) – 4:18 # "A Ship Without a Sail" (Hart) – 6:47 # " Something Wonderful" (Hammerstein) – 6:07 All songs composed by Richard Rodgers, lyricists indicated. Personnel * Ilse Huizinga - vocals * Erik van der Luijt - Piano * Sven Schuster - double bass * Steve Altenberg - drums * Ed Verhoeff - guitars * Jeroen Rol - trombone * Enno Spaanderman - soprano saxophone * Ferdinand Povel - tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices Within
''Voices Within'' is a 1999 album by Dutch jazz singer Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 3:21 # "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:10 # "I Should Care" ( Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 6:10 # "Better Than Anything" ( David "Buck" Wheat, Bill Loughborough) – 3:41 # " But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:07 # " Day by Day" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) – 4:10 # "Only Trust Your Heart" ( Benny Carter, Cahn) – 1:34 # " Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) – 4:58 # "Social Call" ( Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks) – 3:18 # "Quiet Now" ( Denny Zeitlin) – 2:22 # "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 5:35 Personnel * Ilse Huizinga – vocals * Erik van der Luijt Erik van der Luijt (born 22 August 1970 in The Hague) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player and composer. History Erik van der Luijt started playing the piano at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
