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Education:
'81-'83 Conservatory for classical music in Utrecht. '83-'88 Conservatory for jazz-music in Hilversum under Bart van Lier. '83-'88 Workshops with John Clayton, Bill Holman, Frank Foster, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Jerry van Rooyen. '87-'90 Teacher at The Rotterdam Conservatory. '88-'91 Teacher at The Royal Conservatory at The Hague. '93-'95 Teacher at school of music at Oss (Teaching children to play the trombone). '02 Guest-Teacher Conservatory for jazz-music in Amsterdam
Tours:
1980 The U.K. with Eurojazz Big Band. 1982 Canada Malaysia Singapore and Borneo. From 1984-1999 U.S.A. , Australia, U.S.S.R. , Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Aruba, Dubai, South-Africa, New Zealand and all E.C.-country's with the Dutch Swing College Band. 1989 Soloist at the NordRing Festival held in Budapest. 1990 Representative of The Netherlands in the European Broadcast Union Big Band under the leadership of Erich Kleinschuster in Austria. 1991 Soloist at the European Radioweek held in Strassburg. 1992 Soloist at The Classical Jazzfestival in Palm Springs U.S.A. 2000 "DOE MAAR" revival-tour 2001 Theatre-Tour "Mathilde Santing" 2002 Capetown Jazzfestival 2002 Japan with Satoru Oda
Recordings:
13 c.d.'s with the Dutch Swing College Band As a soloist with the Metropole Radio Orchestra and Skymasters. Ebony Band Stan Kenton/Graettinger-project under Gunther Schuller. Mathilde Santing DoeMaar Rob van Bavel Octet Satoru Oda Bart's Bones (Bart and Erik Van Lier) Swingcats with Tom Baker. Andy Cooper's EuroTop 8 Band (international all-star band) Cubop City Big Band Herman Brood Pim Jacobs & Louis van Dijk Radio-recordings as a soloist with the skymasters. Many pop-music albums, filmmusic and commercials
Current groups:
Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw Masters of Swing Frits Landesbergen Baileo Big Band
Played with:
Scott Hamilton, Warren Vaché, Clark Terry, Peter Appleyard, Arnett Cobb, Ferdinand Povel, Ack van Rooyen, Denis le Loupe, Toots Thielemans, Greetje Kauffeld, Deborah Brown, Hans Dulfer, Denise Jannah, Urbie Green, Tom Baker, Peanuts Hucko etc. Philips Worldstars 2000, DOE MAAR 2000, Mathilde Santing, Oda Satoru, Bison Katayama, Eji Hanaoke.
Awards:
1990 Export Award (with Dutch Swing College Band). 1994 Bird Award (with Dutch Swing College Band). 1995 Peter Schilperoort Award. 2000 Kobe Jazzfestival Award (Japan)