Festival Big Band – Explosive! 1971 (Philips)
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The village of Loosdrecht (in fact two: old and new Loosdrecht), a
lake-resort in the western part of Holland, half an hour by car from
Amsterdam, is a centre for waterskiing and sailing during the summer
months . Since 1958 recordshop owner Max Van Praag has been running
amateur contests there. As for the jazz part during the last couple of
years, big names in professional jazz have been making more and more
guest appearances at Loosdrecht for radio recording purposes. In 1970
Joop De Roo (head of the department of light music – NOS Radio) decided
that Loosdrecht should become the centre for a five-day radio and tv
jazz festival, a stage for the finest musicians from Holland, Europe and
the U.S.A. So between August 3 and 7, 1971, people could listen to
Clark Terry, New Dalta, Willem Breuker and the instant composers pool,
The Eero Koivistoinen Quintet, the Theo Loevendie Consort, Stan Getz,
Leon Thomas, Henny Vonk, Carl Schulze with Karel Reys and a host of
others.The proceedings were kicked off by the festival big band, formed
by Joop De Roo and the brilliant arranger/ composer Jerry Van Rooyen.
This band had been together for four days in a studio in Hilversum, the
home of the Dutch radio and tv, situated close to Loosdrecht. A
selection from the tapes made during the last three of these days is
presented on this album. Right from the start all the musicians really
felt good in this band and worked hard to get the best results. For
four days they had a ball playing the music that you can now enjoy.
J.B.W composed by Tony Inzalaco, arranged by Bora Raković
After the easy flowing latin rhythm is laid down with Rob Franken
on electric piano, Kiefer and tenorist Ferdinand Povel take solos.
First trumpet is Bailey, but Kiefer plays over the final chords. This
composition was dedicated to James Brown Woode, son of bass player
Jimmy Woode.
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Festival Big Band - J.B.W
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