Friday evening the 30rd of March we visited the Doelen in Rotterdam, Holland.
There is a Hifi show this weekend and more important there is also live JAZZ music, at 8 o'clock in the evening there is a live concert with "THE" JIMMY HASLIP : The Master of the Bass-guitar !!!
Jeroen de Rijk : Percussion, Frits Landesbergen : Drumms, and a famous Dutch piano-player
Michiel Borstlap, WOW !!! What a special group of very special and good Musicians and yes we were blown away by the music and the way these Guys played, a real evening in music-heaven again!! and yessss after this FANTASTIC live concert. played from their hearts, there was a lot of Gino Vannelli talking ofcourse....... Real good hearted Musicians and we always feel very comfortable around these honest, non-fake people who can communicate through their music....... We decided to go sundayafternoon too because at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon there will be a live concert again called " Speak low" .
It's a trio with Jeroen de Rijk, Dado Moroni and Jimmy Haslip !!! My, oh my we have a very musical weekend again with SUPERB Musicians !!! Music the Joy in life for sure !!!
Jimmy Haslip, Jeroen de Rijk, Jorris Roelofs, Dado Moroni and Frits Landesbergen played with their hearts again....
Jorris Roelofs a young Man who celebrated his 17th birthday only 4 weeks ago and he playes the SAX like he did it already for 75 years!!
Sunday afternoon, the 1st of April 2001, again a live jazz concert, Jimmy Haslip, Jeroen de Rijk and Frits Landesbergen who played the drums again......Frits played the vibraphoon during the GINO VANNELLI / Metropole Orchestra concert in Roosendaal, to see and hear him play the drums now was really amazing and the joy he showed in playing was great !!
Jorris Roelofs was the winner of a musical competition during the Hifi show and on sunday afternoon he played as a guest in this great band.
We could not believe our ears, what a talent and what a great Sax-Player and the way Jimmy, Jeroen, Dado and Frits played together with Jorris in harmony was very touching,
those musicians do not play much with eachother they all come from different countries :
USA, Holland and Italy but give them all an instrument and they speak the same language my, oh my we enjoyed the concert so much, MUCH too MUCH !!!
During the concert Jeroen de Rijk told short stories and GINO VANNELLI's name was mentioned !!! Jeroen said that when he was a young man and bought his first albums of the YellowJackets, GINO VANNELLI and Chaka Khan there was always this bass-guitar player called Jimmy Haslip who was and still is his hero and Jeroen still could not believe he plays now with Jimmy Haslip live on stage, Jeroen is still confused about this !!! (LOL!!!)
After the concert we could thank all the Guys and guess what ??? We got a BIG present from Jimmy Haslip and all the bandmembers, they made us so shy but very happy !! It was a real gift from their hearts, a CD called :
" De doelen Lente HIFI show volume 1 2001 " . What a gift of wonderful Music !! On this CD play some famous Jazz musicians from Holland and also a Guitar-Player from Uruguay called : Leonardo Amuendo who knows Otmaro Ruiz so there was a lot to talk about..................Thank god we also had a chance to thank this young man Jorris who played the sax like a real genius.
And it was a real joy again to see and hear Jimmy Haslip play, Jimmy was so proud of
Jorris and Jimmy said that Jorris is a good-hearted boy.
While typing this article we listen to this Doelen cd and it is just beautiful and relaxing.... Life is so beautiful with MUSIC !!! GOOD MUSIC !!!!
Barend and Trees.
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GINO VANNELLI'S : " Living Inside Myself ", a masterpiece version created by The MASTER OF MUSIC !!! This Version of " Living Inside Myself " which you have to hear once in your life time !!! We were blessed to hear this version live on stage a few times and we were blown away by the composition and arrangements, the rhythms, the way this tune flows over in ............. " I can't go on .....",
