Jazz / Swing
Recorded February 9, 2007 at Schouwburg De Kampanje, Den Helder - The Netherlands
Dutch Swing College Band:
Bob Kaper - clarinet, alto sax
Frits Kaatee - clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax, baritone sax
Bert de Kort - trumpet, cornet
George Kaatee - trombone
Marcel Hendricks - piano
Ton van Bergeijk - banjo, guitar
Adrie Braat - double bass
Han Brink - drums
Guest vocalist: Lils Mackintosh
Vocals Lils Mackintosh 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15
An iDVD production
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Distribution: Pink Records, Drachten - The Netherlands
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Produced by Dutch Swing College Band
Arrangements George Kaatee: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15. Bob Kaper: 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14. Adrie Braat: 10
Sound engineer Bas Meijer
Mastered September 19, 2007 by Bas Meijer at The Master's Inn, Hoorn - The Netherlands
Photography Jaap Koning, Davide Piras, Lorenzo Daverio, Rico 'D Rozario, Roy Beusker
Graphic Design AlphaPlus, Hilversum - The Netherlands
Dutch Swing College Band
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: 1945
Genre: Jazz
The Dutch Swing College Band has endured numerous personnel changes in its more than fifty-year history as one of the Netherlands' top jazz ensembles. Although no members remain from the original group, the latest lineup continues to honor the tradition-rooted approach of the founders.
Bob Kaper (1939- ) replaced clarinet player Peter Schilperoort during an illness in 1966, and remained with the band; he has led the Dutch Swing College Band since Schilperoort's death in 1990. The fourth leader in the group's history, Kaper succeeds Frans Vink, Jr. (1945-46), Joop Schrier (1955-60), and Schilperoort (1946-55; 1960-1990). Kaper previously led the Beale Street Seven, a group he founded in 1957.
An amateur group from 1945 until turning professional in 1960, the Dutch Swing College Band reached their early peak in the late 1940s, when they were tapped to accompany such jazz musicians as Sidney Bechet, Joe Venuti, and Teddy Wilson.
The New Melbourne Jazz Band recorded an album, A Tribute to the Dutch Swing College Band, featuring music associated with the Holland-based group.
---Craig Harris, All Music Guide |
