St Louis Blues - Dutch Swing College 1989

St Louis Blues - Dutch Swing College 1989
Recorded at a jazz festival in Finland The Dutch Swing College Band plays their version of W.C. Handy's St Louis Blues.
Peter Schilperoort was not playing in these sessions. He had resigned as leader and probably found a trip to Finland too tiring.
The band now under leadership of reedplayer Bob Kaper was at its height of musical skills and talent. Unfortunately both cornettist Sytze van Duin as well as trombonist Bert Buren left the band within a few years. Drummer Huub Janssen is still playing here but a new bassist Adrie Braat, has joined the group. Fred McMurray plays piano.
Every time Sytze van Duin plays that cornet I see and hear something new and fascinating. Unbelievable skill and perception.
The last I heard is that today he still plays once in a while but generally is a medical doctor and lives on one of the "Wadden" Islands north of the Netherlands

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• classic
• revival
• dutch
• swing
• college

[brobinsful]

Hi dougiew1 - they probably got the idea from some of those New Orleans cats!

Have a nice one!

[dougiew1]

Since when did the St Louis Blues March start off in a Rumba tempo...?...watch the Glenn Miller Story...that's how it should be played...don't these clog hoppers know anything

[brobinsful]

DSC are like the factory broom, goes for ever - had 3 new handles and 2 new heads - best broom we ever had!  DSC are the same they go from strength to strength

[Bigwolfdad]

Great work

[purmer10]

Peter Schilperoort has been dead for a while now... silly to make a comment like "he wasn't playing".....

[heinbanjo12]

Ik heb geen benul van afstanden. Zelf zit ik in een band in Apeldoorn en woon in Assen. Dat vind ik al ver. Groet Hein

[jazzbobob]

Hallo Hein,

Soms zou ik wel willen dat ik nog in Nederland woonde. Je hebt zo veel geweldige musici in de buurt tussen Noorwegen en Italie. De dichtsbijzijnde stad hier met jazz de moeite waard is Vancouver, 400 km weg van de Okanagan hier

Bob

[heinbanjo12]

When you ask Sytze to play, he is coming and he plays. He is a nice person.

[dojod]

Deja vu, deja vecu

Sytze van Duin 22/09/2008