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pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in

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, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 was playing at jazz festivals with drummer

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. In 1969, he became a member of Courbois' early European

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band Association P.C., with German guitarist Toto Blanke. As part of Piano Conclave he played with pianists

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, and

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. In 1974, he founded Pork Pie and teamed up with

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(guitar),

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(saxophone),

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(drums), and Jean-François Jenny Clark (bass guitar). He joined the band Eyeball with saxophonist

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and violinist

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. He had two bands: Face to Face with Danish bassist

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and saxophonist

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and Pili Pili featuring African singer

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. He played keyboards with

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, although he is best known for his solo piano playing. For

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, John Kelman wrote: "''Transitory''s high point is the two-part title track. Orchestral in scope despite limited instrumentation, Van't Hof's strength as a textural player, comfortably blending impressionistic writing with freer concerns, is in full force."

Discography

As leader

* ''Eye Ball'' (Keytone, 1974) * ''The Door Is Open'' (MPS, 1976) * ''The Selfkicker'' (MPS, 1977) * ''However'' (MPS, 1978) * ''Flowers Allover'' (MPS, 1978) * ''Fairytale'' (MPS, 1979) * ''The Wink to My Female Slave'' (Fleet, 1979) * ''Live in Montreux'' (MPS, 1980) * ''Visitors'' (Pop Eye, 1982) * ''Balloons'' (MPS, 1983) * ''Pili-Pili'' (Keytone, 1984) * ''Hoomba-Hoomba'' (Virgin, 1985) * ''Jakko'' (Jaro, 1987) * ''Meditation'' (Keytone, 1987) * ''Be in Two Minds'' (Jaro, 1988) * ''Solo Piano'' (Timeless, 1989) * ''Live 88'' (Jaro, 1989) * ''Hotel Babo'' (Jaro, 1990) * ''Jazzbuhne Berlin '80'' (Repertoire, 1990) * ''Dinner for Two'' (MA Music, 1990) * ''Blau'' (ACT, 1992) * ''Stolen Moments'' (Jaro, 1992) * ''Get Down'' (Hill Street, 1992) * ''The Prague Concert'' (P&J Music, 1992) * ''At the Concertgebouw'' (Challenge, 1994) * ''Boogaloo'' (Jaro, 1994) * ''Dance Jazz Live 95'' (Jaro, 1995) * ''Face to Face'' (Intuition, 1995) * ''Blue Corner'' (ACT, 1996) * ''Freezing Screens'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Tomorrowland'' (Challenge, 1996) * ''Nomansland'' (Jaro, 1997) * ''Un Mondo Illusorio'' (Challenge, 1998) * ''Incwadi Yothando'' (Jaro, 2000) * ''Un Incontro Illusorio'' (Challenge, 2001) * ''Brutto Tempo'' (Intuition, 2001) * ''Ballads of Timbuktu'' (Jaro, 2002) * ''Axioma'' (Jaro, 2003) * ''NeverNeverLand'' (Jaro, 2005) * ''The Yellow House'' (Connecting Cultures, 2006) * ''Live at Quasimodo'' (Jaro, 2007) * ''Pseudopodia'' (In+Out, 2008) * ''Pangramm'' (FMR, 2008) * ''Ukuba Noma Unkungabi'' (Jaro, 2011) * ''Whybecause'' (Hote Marge, 2012) * ''OEuvre'' (Q-rious Music, 2012) * ''On the Move'' (Intuition, 2015) * ''No Hard Shoulder'' (Very Open Jazz, 2016) * ''Three of a Kind'' (Jaro, 2019)

As sideman

With

* ''Tea for Four'' (Leo, 1984) * ''Plum Island'' (Mood, 1985) * ''Innuendo'' (Lipstick, 1992) * ''The Great Concert'' (Enja, 2009) With others *

Uli Beckerhoff Ulrich (Uli) Beckerhoff (born 6 December 1947 in Münster) is a German jazz composer, trumpeter, and academic. He led the ''Uli Beckerhoff Trio'' with Jasper van 't Hof and John Stanley Marshall as the other two members. He teaches at the Fo ...

, ''Camporondo'' (Nabel, 1987) *

, ''Sleep My Love'' (CMP, 1979) *

, ''Perpetuum Mobile'' (Varajazz, 1981) *

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, ''Toverbal'' (Sweet Mushroom, 1972) * David Friedman, ''Birds of a Feather'' (Traumton, 1999) *

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, ''Solo's and Duo's'' (Keytone, 1981) *

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, ''Infinite Jones'' (Keytone, 1981) *

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, ''Europaischer Jazz 2016'' (Infraserv Hochst, 2016) * Heinz Sauer, ''Hamburg Episode Live at Fabrik'' (Art of Groove, 2015) * Sigi Schwab, ''Total Musik'' (Keytone, 1982) * Sigi Schwab, ''Solo's, Duo's and Trio's'' (Keytone, 1982) *

, '' Mama Rose'' (SteepleChase, 1982) * Archie Shepp, ''The Fifth of May'' (L+R, 1987) *

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, ''Aqua Sansa'' (Fran, 1980) *

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, ''Greenhouse Fables'' (Sentemo, 1992) *

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, ''Pleasure Point'' (WEA, 1982)

References

External links

Official site
* Biography at AllMusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Hof, Jasper 1947 births Living people Post-bop pianists Dutch jazz pianists Dutch jazz bandleaders ACT Music artists People from Enschede 21st-century pianists MPS Records artists Challenge Records (1994) artists FMR Records artists Timeless Records artists