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Monday 5 May 2008 :
AGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF GINO VANNELLI NEWS

WHAT'S GINO VANNELLI DOING THESE DAYS???

Gino Vannelli's concerts in Estonia and Lithuania went very well, packed concert-halls with about 2.000 seats and good feelings for Gino Vannelli and Bert van den Brink. The people of those two countries treated Gino Vannelli very well. Gino Vannelli left the two Eastern European countries with good memories and very good feelings. Back in Holland the auditions and rehearsals started with the new Dutch quartet for the next big project: THE NORTH SEA JAZZ 2008, recordings, rehearsals, concerts and bikerides... GINO VANNELLI works hard, very hard and is back in His studio now to record THE VOICE, His voice!!! The new album release date is still planned in September 2008. But you all know: THE SUREST THINGS CAN CHANGE... During the final rehearsal the sounds of a "crazy" WILD HORSES flow through the air and the most kicking "FROM THIS DAY ON" a wild Gino Vannelli song and the tune stays in your head for many, many days... THE DUTCH BEAT is becoming a worldclass masterpiece. And be sure you go to the North Sea Jazz on Saterday the 12th of July 2008... A GINO VANNELLI concert which will fill your heart and head with joy!!!

Tuesday 15 April 2008 :
A LITTLE BIT OF GINO VANNELLI NEWS

WHAT'S UP WITH GINO VANNELLI'S LIFE'S WORK???

There are many musical projects going on and will take place in the future... Gino Vannelli is working 7 days a week for many many hours a day. Rehearsals during the day and recordings in the evening. Coming up Helmond and Austerlitz in Holland, Estonia, Lithuania in Eastern Europe, The North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam and The Montréal International Jazz Festival, Las Vegas, New Orleans and more cities in the southern States of America, Italy, Germany and Scandinavian countries. And last but not least the New GINO VANNELLI album. Recordings in Holland and in Portland. New projects with orchestra's and the ANWB in Holland keeps on airing new commercials with GINO VANNELLI'S "PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE..." THE GINO VANNELLI projects: GINO VANNELLI & the new Dutch Quartet: Karel Boehlee on Piano - Hans van Oosterhout on drums - Theo de Jong on bass - Erik Rutjes on guitar. GINO VANNELLI & Bert van den Brink DUO-concerts. UROPA featuring GINO VANNELLI: Erwin Hoorweg on piano - Joost Kroon on drums - Michel van de Schie or Boudewijn Lucas on bass - Rolf Delfos on Saxophone - Angelo Verploegen on trumpet - Ilja Reyngoud on trombone. GINO VANNELLI & the Portland Band: Randy Porter on Piano - Reinhardt Melz on drums - Sandin Wilson on bass - Patrick Lamb on Saxophone - Allen Hinds on guitar. From this day on no time left for rest and no more time for more musical projects in 2008, plans already run into 2009... Time races by in a flash... this is the coldhearted truth about the life of a singer/musician with a warm musical heart and a golden voice. Gino arranged a new very cool version of "Wild Horses" about the 14th... "Woman On Top" changes and changes into a real work of Art with catchy tunes and the song builts up a tensity like you never heard before... Gino Vannelli has the tendency to create and compose very exciting and killing songs which can blow us all away!!! But people who read this already know this but we cannot say it enough times and we keep on saying this : GINO VANNELLI: The Master of Music!!! Hope to see you in Helmond on Sunday 20 April 2008 for again a magical live concert with UROPA featuring GINO VANNELLI. Read here how to get tickets, real Gino Vannelli collector item tickets... During a live performance in Rotterdam, a benefit again for terminally ill Children, Gino Vannelli performed with Uropa and to surprise us all, Gino did a duet with Kim Hoorweg a 15 years old beautiful young Lady with a voice of an angel and who already had a record deal with Verve, a jazz label, on the age of 14 years old. They sang Gino Vannelli's "None So Beautiful As The Brave" and the way Gino pushed Kim through the song was so very graceful, touching and breathtaking. Two so different voices came together in this very emotional song. Kim is the Daughter of Erwin Hoorweg who plays in Uropa on the keys... People in the audience were flabbergasted...

Friday 4 April 2008 :
THE YEAR 1975 ON MTV CANADA

GINO VANNELLI MENTIONED ON THIS LIST OF MTV CANADA

Thanks to the observations of a Gino Vannelli fan in the USA we can print the list of MTV Canada with impressive and important happenings in the year of 1975 on the 15th of February: Get your afternoon dose of music and entertainment news bits for the weekend of February 15th with MTV.ca. By MTV News Staff In 1958...Jerry Lee Lewis performed "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless" on American Bandstand. In 1965...Nat "King" Cole died of complications following surgery for lung cancer. He was 48. In 1967...The band Chicago formed under the name The Big Thing. They later changed their name to Chicago Transit Authority and, finally, Chicago. In 1969...The number-one single on the American pop chart was Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People." In 1975...Gino Vannelli became the first white artist to perform on Soul Train. In 1976...Bette Midler bailed seven members of her entourage out of jail. They were arrested on cocaine and marijuana possession charges. In 1977...Sid Vicious joined The Sex Pistols, replacing bassist Glen Matlock. And more........

Thursday 13 March 2008 :
OFFICIAL GINO VANNELLI RETRO T-SHIRT AVAILABLE!!!

ORDER THROUGH THE OFFICIAL GINO VANNELLI WEB SITE NOW!!!

Gino Vannelli retro t-shirt is available now!!! Also wanted you to know that the Gino Vannelli retro t-shirt is for sale in and around Boston at retailers and also at the Boston Garden pro shop. Of course at www.ginov.com everybody can order this great t-shirt also from Europe. With the internet the whole world can buy it and enjoy this beautiful GINO VANNELLI goody from the 70's and do something good for charity at the same time. Gino Vannelli and charity feels GOOD!!! Also see the official Boston Celtics web site at their Contests and Promotions page!!! Gino's proceeds will go to charity, The Celtics Shamrock Foundation.

Sunday 3 February 2008 :
OFFICIAL GINO VANNELLI NEWS FROM THE USA

THE RESULTS OF THE GINOMANIA IN BOSTON, MA, USA

Gino Vannelli has been in the studio recording and is very happy and super busy. Also wanted you to know that the Gino Vannelli retro t-shirt will be available at retailers in a week or two in the Boston area, including the Boston Garden pro shop and of course at www.ginov.com Gino's proceeds will go to charity, The Celtics Shamrock Foundation. See and read the articles about the Ginomania in Boston, MA, USA!!!

Friday 1 February 2008 :
GINO VANNELLI SONGS IN THE TOP 2000 of 2007

3 GINO VANNELLI SONGS LISTED IN THE TOP 2000 FROM 1999 UP TO 2007

POWERFUL PEOPLE - PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE - WILD HORSES - Here are some statistics: GINO VANNELLI SONG: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 Wild Horses 1986 - 1734 1930 - - - - - People Gotta Move 1660 1413 738 1345 1809 1038 1103 1348 954 Powerful People 1472 1536 1239 1385 1895 1074 - 1350 - There were more Gino Vannelli songs in the top 2000 or nominated for the top 2000 in the last 10 years like HURST TO BE IN LOVE and JACK MIRACULOUS but those songs are not in the statistics as far as we know. We will do research on the world wide web.

Tuesday 15 January 2008 :
GINOMANIA IN BOSTON, MA, USA...

TWO LETTERS TO THE EDITORS WITH ARTICLES OF THE GINO VANNELLI NEWSPAPER...

Real GINOMANIA in Boston, USA at the CELTICS stadium!!! The editors received two letters about this GINO subject. 1 letter from Fred T. and 1 letter from Robert I. Scalzo. Those two persons were so nice to let us know about this Ginomania at the Celtics because we at the other side of the ocean have no idea what's happening overthere, we even could see the YouTube videoclip!!! Thanks to Fred and Robert!!! Here we go with the e-mail of Fred T.: Barend & Trees, The name of Gino (or at least a guy wearing a Gino Vannelli T-Shirt) is making quite a sensation here at basketball games in Boston. Here is an amusing post for your site. Regards, Fred T. BOSTON GLOBE newspaper: Gino night fever A mysterious man is conquering the Garden, one booty at a time By Wesley Morris January 13, 2008 Gino night fever A mysterious man is conquering the Garden, one booty at a time SOMEBODY HAS BROUGHT sexy back to the Garden - and it's not Justin Timberlake or that guy the Celtics imported from the Timberwolves. Look up. There is hotness on the Jumbotron. (Illustrations/James Krause) more stories like thisWhen things are going irreversibly great for the Celtics, which is to say frequently, here comes "Shake Your Booty" on the sound system along with a clip from disco-era "American Bandstand." The clip has lots of dancers. But amid the Afros and the flamboyance and the groups doing the Hustle, the bearded white guy dancing with himself in the snug Gino Vannelli top stands out. He looks like he cut Mr. Kotter's class to boogie at Dick Clark's. His shirt is too tight. But his moves are just right. At Celtics games, this moment has been christened Gino Time. When it arrives, dudes (and dames) rise up from their chairs, beer in one hand, pumped fist in the other, upper teeth gently pressing down on lower lip, and begin to do the Gino. A small sample suggests this dance is undoable. Gino's hips undulate. His arms swing gracefully from near his head down to his waist and into a soft clap. He's committing a roller-rink seduction with no skates. These moves are from a simpler time. No one who learned to dance after 1980 knows how to flow like that. At the Garden, the Gino is basically whatever happens to your body when music plays. It is often "wave your hands in the air, wave 'em like you just don't care." It's often as unsightly as the home victories are glorious. The team began playing the "Bandstand" moment a few years ago. But in a winning season, the clip has become an infectious phenomenon. There are T-shirts. There are rumors (maybe KG does the Gino, too). There is the magical, unprecedented sight of people surnamed McNulty and Callinan dancing at a Boston Celtics basketball game - from good seats and bad. One of the pleasures of this craze has been watching the main show shift from the parquet floor to the stands. You can see the players on the bench turn into astonished spectators of the unsafe-looking, borderline disinhibition erupting in the stands. The Celtics look on in much the same way the nation watched Jonathan Papelbon's Riverdance - in cringing amusement. Someday, Gino might also give the Celtics its "Sweet Caroline," a stupid ritual that turns collectively cathartic - a holy necessity. But the "Bandstand" clip is still at the novelty stage. For one thing, the featured groover's name is unknown (the Celtics are trying to find him in order to make a documentary about him). His shirt says "Gino," as in Gino Vannelli, the curiously irresistible Italian-Canadian singer whose 1978 hit "I Just Wanna Stop" remains a velour-padded slow jam. For another, Gino was plucked, YouTube-style, from a kitsch graveyard (the screen shows a VH-1 logo) and who's to say some other viral-video craze won't replace it? In the meantime, someone very real and very gymnastic must be worried: the Celtics' Lucky the Leprechaun. His obsolescence could be imminent. Who needs a live mascot when you can download one from YouTube? That any of this is happening at Celtics games is richly ironic, since it's the sort of distraction Red Auerbach disdained for his team. He was a purist. The T-shirt cannons, the Jumbotron, the acrobatic mascot, the cheerleaders: it's all noisy pizzazz. What about the basketball? (Doc Rivers doesn't seem all that crazy about the frippery, either.) People who miss the austerity of the Auerbach era might want to cover their ears. Not that it will do any good. Your heart might long for no-frills Celtics, but when it's Gino Time your heinie might beg to differ. By Wesley Morris, January 13, 2008 And we go on with..... The e-mail of Bob/Robert I. Scalzo: This article was in the Sunday Boston Globe newspaper. I hope you are well and thanks for the great work. Bob Singer amused by fans' call for a 'T' Vannelli just wants to stop illegal sales Singer Gino Vannelli has suddenly become popular with Celtics fans - but he sees a foul on the play. By Marc J. Spears Globe Staff / January 6, 2008 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The real Gino behind the Gino T-shirt is excited about the Gino craze at Celtics home games but is concerned about T-shirt sales. more stories like this When the Celtics have a home win in hand and a timeout arrives, an old video from "American Bandstand" is often shown on the Jumbotron at TD Banknorth Garden. Of all the dancers shown, fans get most excited about a bearded man who is grooving slowly while wearing a tight shirt that reads "Gino." The shirt refers to Gino Vannelli, an Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and composer, and it is from one of his 1970s concert tours. On Friday, Vannelli said he recently saw the "Gino" video on YouTube and is excited that Celtics fans are getting joy from it. "It's almost as if when I look at that YouTube thing that I was standing out of my body and I wasn't on the planet anymore, just sort of looking back on the grave," said Vannelli in a phone interview. "I remember that T-shirt from the '70s from a tour from my 'Gemini' album. "The main thing is the Celtics are doing really good. Whatever inspires people . . . It is a totally bizarre thing. Perhaps I ought to make an appearance to sing the national anthem to set the record straight on who the real Gino is. "I heard about it [two weeks] ago. I heard about it in Holland. People sent me the YouTube link. I gawked and chuckled about it." Gino-style T-shirts are being worn by fans and even being sold online at press.com. One reads, "Kevin & Paul & Ray & Gino," another says, "The Big Three," with a picture of triplet Ginos and the replica Vannelli concert T-shirt. "I want to buy one of those," said brawny Celtics rookie Glen Davis. "I'm going to get a 2XL so my [muscles] will show." Vannelli, however, said that the website has not received permission to sell his old concert T-shirt. "I have no connection with that," said Vannelli, who splits time living in Holland and Oregon. "I believe that they have to get the permission from the record company and my permission. I want to make sure it's on the up and up." An e-mail from the website in response to a Globe inquiry said, "Press.com is an automated service that allows independent users to upload art and sell merchandise featuring that art. During this process our users agree to terms and conditions and ultimately they are responsible for the content they upload. We looked into the images in question and have decided they should be removed from the system. You will notice that the products are no longer available for sale, and as our site reindexes the images will disappear from from search. As of yesterday afternoon, however, the Vannelli T-shirts in question were still being sold.

Friday 11 January 2008 :
A LETTER FROM A READER/FAN, A GINO VANNELLI NEWSPAPER READER, A GINO VANNELLI FAN...

THE RESULTS OF THE VERONICA TOP 1000 OF ALL TIMES...

NEDERLANDS/DUTCH: Hé Barend en Trees, Hebben jullie de Top 1000 van Veronica al gezien? Gino doet het goed dit jaar! GINO VANNELLI SONG: 2007 2006 Wild Horses 196 333 People Gotta Move 612 937 Hurts To Be In Love 863 998 Zijn verblijf in Nederland en de ANWB reclame, hebben het geheugen van de mensen waarschijnlijk weer opgefrist! Van de week op mijn werk, kwam "Wild Horses" op de radio toen zei mijn collega "Hé daar heb je Don d'r vriendje". Iedereen "Oh is dat Gino Vannelli" en allemaal het hele nummer meezingen hè van A tot Z..... Wat is dat toch met die mensen dat ze die nummers wel kennen maar niet weten wie het zingt? ..... Zo'n onopvallende verschijning was hij toch niet destijds......haha. Nou dat was het weer eventjes. Fijne avond. Groetjes, Donja ENGLISH/ENGELS:Hey Barend and Trees, Did you already see the Veronica top 1000? Gino goes very well this year! GINO VANNELLI SONG: 2007 2006 Wild Horses 196 333 People Gotta Move 612 937 Hurts To Be In Love 863 998 His stay in Holland and the ANWB commercials probably refreshes people's memories! Last week at my job "Wild Horses" was on the radio and my colleague yelled: "Hey there is Don's friend!!!" Everybody said: "Ohhhhhhh is that Gino Vannelli???" and everybody, really everody sang along with the lyrics of "Wild horses" from the beginning till the end. Amazing isn't it??? Was is it with people who know the songs but they do not know who sings these songs? ....... And HE was not that unspectacular in those days, his looks and voice struck millions of people on this planet!......Hahaha. This was it sofar. Have a nice evening. Greetings, Donja

Wednesday 2 January 2008 :
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL GINO VANNELLI FANS & FRIENDS AND TO ALL GINO VANNELLI MUSIC LOVERS...

FEBRUARY 2008 A GREAT GINO VANNELLI MONTH IN THE USA...

Do not for get to read the GINO VANNELLI tour data and information web pages because your chance to feel the magic of a GINO VANNELLI concert is there next month!!! More good GINO VANNELLI USA news: Next weekend Saterday the 5th of January 2008 at 1:00PM Run Time: 60 min. Gino Vannelli; Gloria Gaynor. Credits: Don Cornelius. At 9 WGNtv hit the program schedule. 29 October 2007 GINO VANNELLI did a benefit concert for the Culibus Foundation. Gino Vannelli performed with Uropa for charity. Culibus is a bus where top chefs from the top star restaurants in Holland cook nice and healthy meals for children who have less oppertunities and less chances in this world. Children who can use support and something extra. Again Gino Vannelli supports the children of this world!!!

Monday 3 December 2007:
GINO VANNELLI'S PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE & CANTO

A SOLD OUT CONCERTGEBOUW IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

Saterday evening 1 December 2007 in the most beautiful concertgebouw (concertbuilding) in Amsterdam, the big concert-hall completely sold out. Gino Vannelli, Lucas Jussen, Jooske Heijsteeg and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Jaap van Zweden an evening to remember and the proceeds are for a very good charity called the Papageno foundation for autistic children and this foundation is specialized and do deep research in music theraphy for autistic children. This special concert is in many ways organized for the right reasons and Gino Vannelli gave hand and heart to this good, very good musical project... Gino Vannelli gave everything for the full 1000% and together with the extreme talented and very cute Lucas Jussen and the beautiful orchestra they performed CANTO live on this amazing wonderful stage. During the first tunes of CANTO the editors were so shocked about the greatness of this Gino Vannelli masterpiece, we could not hold our eyes dry, Gino's voice the young boy behind this huge black grand-piano and the whole orchestra..... WHAT A DREAM!!! WHAT A JOY!!! The way Lucas played cannot be told with words, you have to hear and feel the way Lucas moves his fingers on the black and white keys, it's like ballet on the grand-piano... Read more on this web page, the editors will tell as much as we can... and show pictures. We are working on a new web page so you all can see and feel a little bit of this amazing evening where the sounds and melodies of Bach, Chopin and Gino Vannelli came together in the Dutch air... We all know the dedication to music of Gino Vannelli but we have seen Jaap van Sweden, the conductor, now............... And this man is music, lives music!!! Jaap van Zweden and Gino Vannelli working together is energy and electricity and musical knowledge. In spite of big problems Gino Vannelli put His heart into these 2 live performances of PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE and CANTO. PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE made us smile, soooo FANTASTIC!!! The feelings after Gino Vannelli's performance were super positive and people were amazed to hear Gino sing like an opera singer... that's what the editors heard in the audience. You have to remember that most of the audience were people who go to classical concerts. BIG THANKS TO GINO VANNELLI & ROSS VANNELLI FOR THEIR DEVOTION AN DEDICATION TO MUSIC!!! BIG THANKS FOR GIVING THE FANS THE BEST THEY CAN POSSIBLY GIVE!!!

Sunday 25 November 2007 :
IT'S TIME AGAIN TO VOTE FOR GINO VANNELLI...

GINO VANNELLI'S SONGS NOMINATED IN THE DIFFERENT LISTS...

It's the end of the year again and we see different radio programs in Holland where you can vote for your favorite artist and one or more of His songs. In most lists there are 3 GINO VANNELLI songs and sometimes 4 songs nominated and you can add a song you like which is not in the list. We see at the Radio Veronica web site that you can vote for the top 1000 of all times... GINO VANNELLI songs which are in the list: Hurts To Be In Love People Gotta Move Wild Horses And there is the Top 2000 again on Radio 2 a super BIG thing and happening in Holland and there are even 5 GINO VANNELLI songs nominated. You only have to bring the 5 GINO VANNELLI songs to the right side and go on, fill in your name and your country. So easy to vote for the BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER/MUSICIAN EVER!!! And let's not forget THE BEST LIVE PERFORMER EVER!!! In the TOP 2000 the most important list are 5 GINO VANNELLI songs nominated: Powerful People People Gotta Move Poor Happy Jimmy Hurts To Be In Love Wild Horses Does it really matter which song??? No we need to hear them all 5 in the TOP 2000 between Christmas and New Years Day. At least these 5 GINO VANNELLI SONGS!!! So go there and vote (stemmen!!!) VOTE FOR GINO VANNELLI WHEN YOU LOVE HIS MUSIC AND HIS MAGICAL LIVE CONCERTS!!! When you need help do not hesitate to ask us by e-mail us, people from the whole world can vote, the editors (B&T) will help you with the language and guide you through the different web sites... Vote=stemmen in Dutch and Noord-Amerika is the United States of America in the list just an example because there are many more countries...

Monday 19 November 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI'S PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE ON THE DUTCH TV AGAIN...

GINO VANNELLI'S SONG IN THE TOP 25 OF THE BEST COMMERCIALS OF 2007...

Sunday evening 18 November 2007 there was a Dutch tv program on SBS 6 a commercial tv station in Holland, this program has the title: "The 25 funniest commercials of 2007" They showed the 25 best and funniest Dutch commercials and guess what??? On number 10 the ANWB commercial with Gino Vannelli's PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE. They showed the commercial a few times and interviewed the Dutch singer who plays in this commercial of the ANWB. During the whole interview they played the complete People Gotta Move... song which is already 33 years old and we hear it still on tv and on the radio. A masterpiece which we can hear and enjoy in many arrangements now and in many different musical projects. GINO VANNELLI musical projects!!!

Thursday 8 November 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI NEWS TRUE OR NOT TRUE???

GINO VANNELLI ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MISCELLANEOUS NEWSPAPERS IN HOLLAND.

An announcement in the newspaper of Limburg a part of Holland in the south. Remarkable that newspapers do not know how to write Gino Vannelli's last name! The Limburgs Dagblad published the following news in DUTCH: "Besloten concert Gino Vanelli Gepubliceerd op 17 september 2007, 16:49 Laatst bijgewerkt op 17 september 2007, 16:50 Maastricht - Holland: Zanger Gino Vanelli komt op 25-januari 2008 naar Maastricht voor een concert in De Bonbonnière. Het slechte nieuws: de toegangskaarten worden alleen verspreid via sponsoren van Jazz Maastricht. Meer hierover in de krant van dinsdag." IN ENGLISH: "Private concert Gino Vanelli Published on 17 September 2007, 16:49 Edited for the last time on 17 September 2007, 16:50 Maastricht - Holland: Singer Gino Vanelli comes to Maastricht on January the 25th, 2008 for a concert in the Bonbonnière. The bad news is: The tickets will be spread only thru sponsors of Jazz Maastricht." More about this in Tuesday's newspaper. TRUE OR NOT TRUE??? NOT TRUE!!! WAAR OF NIET WAAR??? NIET WAAR!!!

Wednesday 24 October 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI STARTS A NEW BAND CALLED UROPA AND GIVES A WARMING UP CONCERT WITH MICHIEL BORSTLAP TOMORROW...

A SUPER BUSY MUSICAL WEEK FOR GINO VANNELLI...

This last week of October 2007 makes us respect Gino Vannelli's work even more... It's like try before you die! The Man works so hard and in such many different ways and projects. Rehearsals with Uropa and the Houdini's and Michiel Borstlap, master classes, helping students and much more... Try outs with Uropa and even with a small public a warming up concert with Michiel Borstlap in Utrecht tomorrow... Than there is the concert in Sweden next weekend and a few benefit performances for charities... THE MAN and HIS MUSIC make many people happy that's for sure... Uropa is a new band with 6 musicians and Gino Vannelli of course and yessss this is the way how to write Uropa, it's not a typing error or something but it's Uropa. We recognize some of the musicians who are in the Houdini Horns and we see a bass-player Michel van der Schie who was with Gino in the tv show of 18 November 2005 in Holland. And there is a complete new powerful drummer. A UROPA web page is in the make! Gino Vannelli introduces: UROPA Vocals GINO VANNELLI Piano/Keyboard Erwin Hoorweg Trombone Ilja Reijngoud Sax Rolf Delfos Trumpet Angelo Verploegen Bass Michel van der Schie Drums Joost Kroon During rehearsals or soundchecks there is also Jan Dekker who plays the trumpet when Angelo Verploegen is not available...

Friday 5 October 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI TWICE IN THE RADIO VERONICA 80'S TOP 880 LIST...

18 UP TO 23 MARCH 2007 ON RADIO VERONIA IN HOLLAND...

The Radio Veronica 80's top 880 list shows two songs of GINO VANNELLI and of course everytime we hear Gino Vannelli's name or song or music we smile even when we think these songs had to be on place 1 and 2. Number 420 Hurts To Be In Love - Gino Vanelli Number 574 Wild Horses - Gino Vanelli Yes again they do not know how to write Gino's last name!!! Radio Veronica: VANNELLI with 2 "NN" and 2 "LL" !!!! Here you can see the complete list if you want... (pdf 168kb)

Sunday 12 August 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI... PICTURE PAPARAZZI OR NOT???

A MOMENT IN GINO VANNELLI'S DRESSINGROOM

Too private or not??? You decide if this picture is too private or not. It's komkommertijd (cucumbertime) in Holland, means Summertime, no big news, everybody is on vacation and newspapers show unimportant news and even make up news. In English: The dull season, the silly season or or in America they use: "the big gooseberry time". Any ways... This professional photographer Clemens Rikken made this picture of Gino in a private moment just before the live performance for the Vara tv program "De Wereld Draait door..." This picture is published on the world wide web already so we thought to show it to you too... with Clemens Rikken permission of course. Here you can see the original GINO VANNELLI picture and another one which are more sharper on the Clemens Rikken web site... When you save the picture Gino Vannelli's face get a kind of blur. Good trick!!!

Friday 10 August 2007:
GINO VANNELLI NEWS FROM DENMARK AND FROM HOLLAND

THE ONLY REVIEW FROM DENMARK AND GINO VANNELLI BACK IN HOLLAND

We received a concert review from Denmark. The only one from last July 2007 in Copenhagen. We Know Gino and His Wife worked very hard in less than two weeks. Master Classes, rehearsals, arranging, 5 concerts, travelling in Denmark... The Editors (B&T) were not there so we could not make pictures... The only review we received is an e-mail from Henrik and we wanted to post this e-mail because at least we still have one memory/souvenir of this period in June/July 2007 in Odense, Copenhagen and Bornholm in Denmark. Thanks to Henrik here is the review: Dear Barend & Trees, My family and I enjoyed the first concert in Copenhagen (2. juli.2007) The concert in general was nice but Gino appeared in the last quarterpart only. So we missed him in the beginning. He performed 5 songs: Wheels of life, Brother to brother, Don´t give up on me, People gotta move, and one more. As always his performance was great and I am looking forward to next concert when it comes. Perhaps in Stockholm later this year. I am not a musician myself so you must think of somebody else. But I have enjoyed the music of Gino since one evening in 1975 when I heard "Gettin´high" on the radio. VBR Henrik L. While Gino Vannelli works hard again in His studio in Portland with Niels Lan Doky and Michiel Borstlap, this hard work will bring us great joy in the future with a new album and a new dvd... Holland is looking forward to 8 September 2007... Two Gino Vannelli concerts on the same evening, WOW!!! That will be spectacular and people will be racing between Rotterdam - Laren - Capelle aan den IJssel... Life can be beautiful when you can enjoy music, good music, GINO VANNELLI'S MUSIC!!! Do not forget to check out and read our Gino Vannelli tour data and information web page.

Thursday 2 August 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI IN DIFFERENT MAGAZINES AND ON DIFFERENT WEB SITES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES...

HOLLAND AND FRANCE INTERVIEW GINO VANNELLI AND THE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS MAKE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, BIG BEAUTIFUL PICTURES COVERING WHOLE PAGES...

HOLLAND: The Vara gids, this is a tv guide in Holland. The date is 14 - 20 July 2007 and the title of the article (page 9) is: "Between Las Vegas and Amersfoort: GINO VANNELLI" An announcement on the front page and a small picture on page 3 and a complete page picture on page 8. A few lines: "A long way and more than one career" "I came back to Holland and it hit me" "It's all about balance. That's what I teach my students too: Songwriting is finding the balance between left and right. Left is for freedom and right is for structure." FRANCE: Muziq No.10 Juillet-Août-Septembre 2007 M 06311-10-F:4,80 EURO€-RD Announcement on page 3. And on page 62 up to page 70 pretty big interview with many pictures and even 2 very big pictures which cover a page and more... The title is: "LA VIE D'UN ARTISTE" A few lines:"J'aime beaucoup Venus Envy, un très bonne pop song" "Dans Canto, il y a des choses dont je suis particulièrement fier, et les gens apprécieront cet album, à un moment ou à un autre." A web site of a professional photographer called Jan van Breda with 2 Gino Vannelli pictures. One link is to Gino Vannelli and the second link is to 2 pictures of Gino Vannelli and Michiel Borstlap. Coming up soon: A letter from Gino Vannelli to his fans, friends, family and all the artistic people on this planet! Arty types with arty minds stay keen!!!

Sunday 15 July 2007 :
THE BIZARRE GINO VANNELLI HAPPENING AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL IN ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND ON SATERDAY 14 JULY 2007.

A TOO SMALL, TOO CROWDED CONCERT-HALL, PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR A SEAT, PEOPLE CRYING AND A SUPERB GINO VANNELLI & MICHIEL BORSTLAP CONCERT.

Gino Vannelli's name was in the Dutch news this Sunday because of the bizarre attendance and why the people who were inside the Darling Hall were so happy... They mentioned Gino Vannelli's name at least 4 times in a few seconds on tv Rijnmond. 400 - 600 people were still outside the concert-hall and were not allowed to go inside because it was not safe, imagine the faces of those people all down of disappointment and some cried like little children. This amount of people who wanted to see Gino was a milestone in Gino Vannelli's career. People literal had to fight for a seat, the doors were closed because there were already too many people inside and you can guess they did not want to leave... The voice was superb, powerful, strong and passionate and reached the levels of superb VANNELLI quality and together with Michiel Borstlap's sound of the keyboard/piano, the agressive drumms and the violent bass the audience was impressed very deep, deep to the bones. The sound was incredible and even when you never ever heard of Gino Vannelli's music and you were in the Darling Hall from 10pm till 11.30pm you were in a weird kind of flush or whirl of excitement. On the first row where people were hanging on the high stage the tears came down like in a waterfall... We all know about the looks of Gino and His humour but when they started a super cool version of "Black Cars" Gino hung a black and white scarf on His snow white shirt and all 4 of them put on deep dark sun-glasses the audience went wild. "She's a dark angel wearing dark glasses..." A drummer who got the attention of the audience because of his wild, strong and powerful drumming, Erik Kooger who wanted to kill the drum in a very positive way and he must feel his arms and wrists today and many days more... Michiel Borstlap & Erik Kooger & Boudewijn Lucas played Gino Vannelli's music so intense and with love... Super good setlist with 3 new songs which are not recorded on cd yet... - Don't Give Up - Gipsy Days - Rosebud - The editors (B&T) type this article on another computer because the editors computers crashed like hell... due to a virus or just the hard-disk could not bear all the Gino Vannelli stuff anymore... and as soon as possible we will make a North Sea Jazz web page with many pictures and words... GINO VANNELLI & Michiel Borstlap IS BIG NEWS in Holland this weekend!!!

Wednesday 4 July 2007:
GINO VANNELLI NEWS FROM FRANCE

OUR FRENCH REPORTER JACQUES TELLS US ABOUT A NEW GINO VANNELLI INTERVIEW

A letter from Jacques in France dated 27 June 2007: Hello les amis, How are you in Holland? Fine? As i ve said in an old email, Gino was in Paris last march, if i remember well, for a business meeting with Francis Dreyfus. A jazz journalist friend of a friend had interviewed Gino for a future printing in the magazine MUZIQ (remember it). And yes in the beginning of july this magazine number 10 with the interview will be printed (in french of course). So you could inform all the fans that this magazine will be available for purchase soon, of course in France but also all around the world through this link : Muziq The picture seen actually is the last edition of this magazine number 9. Inside of this magazine numbered 9 an advice is written Gino vannelli interview in the next edition. I will send you the correct link with the good magazine when it will be on sale. have a nice day Jacques

Friday 22 June 2007:
DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW???

MORE GINO VANNELLI SMALL-TALK, CHIT-CHAT

DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That Gino Vannelli was the very first white artist to appear on Soul Train, a tv show in America. Originally aired: Saturday February 22, 1975 on WGN ??? Just a little past history... DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That Gino Vannelli was filmed and interviewed during a meal at an Italian restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ??? See and enjoy!!! DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That there is a radio program to listen to, all about Gino Vannelli, in the birthday wish number 46 of the year 2007 ??? It's in Dutch but we tried to translate the message of number 46 in English so you can follow the radioprogram a little bit and the music speaks for itself anyways.....

Saterday 26 May 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI TV NEWS FROM THE USA

A GINO VANNELLI MESSAGE FROM OREGON, USA

Here we post Mark's e-mail from Oregon, USA with important Gino Vannelli tv news especially for the USA: Hi Barend and Trees, You might want to list this on your website today. Gino's 1979 appearance on Soul Train will be shown on US tv over the next couple days. In my local city in Oregon it will be on past Midnight tomorrow. But Chicago it aired today on a national TV channel. The show is syndicated so you check you local TV schedule for when Soul Train will be shown. I've no idea what cities it's shown in. But Gino performed twice. I don't think it's been shown for decades on TV here. Anyway, thought you might want to alert US fans that of this news. BTW, my brother is in Vegas for the concert tonight and Sunday. Hope things are well for you both. Best, Mark

Monday 7 May 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI AT THE ORANGE FLAGSHIP STORE IN ROTTERDAM 1 WEEK FROM NOW : MONDAY 14 MAY 2007. WIN YOUR TICKETS FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE CONCERT!!!

GO TO THE ORANGE WEB SITE TO WIN GINO VANNELLI TICKETS OR GO TO THE ARROW JAZZ FM WEB SITE. 2 POSSIBILITIES TO WIN GINO VANNELLI TICKETS

English/Engels: Gino Vannelli: Jazz@Orange... Gino Vannelli & the Houdini Horns play live at the Orange Flagship Store in Rotterdam, downtown Rotterdam... A very special and exclusive concert which starts at 19.30pm with the Houdini Horns and at 20.30pm Gino Vannelli will join the Houdini Horns and they will give Rotterdam a wild performance which makes the Rotterdam grounds tremble... The glow of enthusiasm on the Musicians's faces to play Gino Vannelli's music will make a deep impression on you all and will give you again much musical satisfaction... And you can win tickets for this very special concert at the ORANGE MUSIC web site. Fill in the contest form with the most easiest question there is and try to win the tickets!!! See al Gino Vannelli concert dates on our Gino Vannelli tour data and information web page by project and there is also a tourlist by dates... Life is getting better and better and also more beautiful with all those different Gino Vannelli concerts on the whole world. Next weekend and next Monday is the place to be Amersfoort and Rotterdam... Go ORANGE overhere and at ORANGE WORLD you can click on Music to see the Gino Vannelli competition... ENJOY!!! Nederlands/Dutch: Gino Vannelli: Jazz@Orange, vertaald door de redacteuren B&T Gino Vannelli and the Houdini Horns treden live op in de Orange Flagship Store in Rotterdam, in het hart van Rotterdam, Holland. Een heel speciaal en exklusief concert, het begint om half 8 met de Houdini Horns en om half 9 verschijnt Gino Vannelli op het podium en samen met de Houdini Horns zal er een geweldig optreden volgen die nog lang in je geheugen zal blijven na sudderen en dit optreden zal de bodem van Rotterdam doen schudden... Het enthousiasme om de muziek van Gino Vannelli te spelen zal schitteren op de gezichten van de Muzikanten en dat zal een enorme indruk maken op het publiek en het publiek zal ook de muzikale bevrediging voelen na zo'n concert. En je kan kaartjes winnen voor dit speciale Gino Vannelli concert bij de ORANGE MUZIEK web site. Vul het wedstrijdformulier in met de gemakkelijkste vraag die er bestaat en probeer om kaartjes te winnen!!! Bekijk alle Gino Vannelli concert data op onze Gino Vannelli tour data en informatie web pagina en er is ook een web pagina met tour data op datum. Het leven wordt mooier en mooier met al deze verschillende Gino Vannelli concerten op verschillende plekken op deze aardbol... Het volgende weekend en ook de Maandag moet je in Amersfoort zijn of Rotterdam... Ga naar ORANGE of de ORANGE WORLD waar je op muziek kan klicken en dan zie je vanzelf de GINO VANNELLI wedstrijd... GENIET ZE!!!

Friday 27 April 2007 :
ANOTHER OFFICIAL PRESS-RELEASE CAME OUR WAY TO PUBLISH, IT'S FROM THE FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

MAY 2007 A REAL GINO VANNELLI MONTH A MONTH TO REMEMBER A WILD GINO VANNELLI MUSIC MONTH, DIFFERENT SHOWS DIFFERENT MUSICIANS BUT ALL WITH THAT TOUCH OF VANNELLI QUALITY...

Please read the official Flamingo press-release about our most favorite subject: GINO VANNELLI: Legendary Artist Gino Vannelli Brings The Excitement Of His Sold-Out World Wide Performances To Flamingo Las Vegas The acclaimed singer/ songwriter will perform a limited engagement beginning May 23, 2007 Las Vegas – Contemporary pop classics icon, Gino Vannelli returns to Las Vegas for a limited engagement at the world famous Flamingo Las Vegas. Vannelli returns to the Las Vegas Strip beginning May 23, 2007 in the Flamingo Showroom. Perhaps best known for his pop classic hits of the seventies and eighties including, “I Just Wanna Stop,” “People Gotta Move” and “Living Inside Myself,” Vannelli has enjoyed a diverse musical career as a singer and songwriter and continues to achieve international acclaim. With a series of successful albums that have garnered notoriety on the Billboard charts and sold-out world tours, Vannelli’s R&B and Jazz-based musical repertoire has developed a significant cross over audience. Throughout his career, Vannelli has been nominated for several Grammy Awards and has headlined concerts in major US cities and throughout the world. In his native Canada, his talents were recognized with a plethora of Juno Awards. Recently, Vannelli and his band played to sold-out crowds in South Africa, Holland, Russia, the Far East and across Europe. In 2005, Vannelli released his 15th album, “These Are the Days”. The highly-acclaimed album includes modern and updated versions of seven of his timeless classics alongside seven new pop hits. Today, Gino Vannelli remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary pop music. “We’re excited to have such a legendary performer in the Flamingo Showroom,” said Don Marrandino, president of Flamingo Las Vegas. “He puts on a well-crafted and energetic show and his unique blend of lyrics and music combined with his powerful stage presence makes this show something you don’t want to miss.” Gino Vannelli brings his sophisticated musical talents and modernized classics to the Flamingo Showroom at 7:30 pm on May 23-27, 2007. The show is dark May 25. Additional summer show dates are also on sale now: For more information on show times and tickets call 1-800-221-7299 or visit www.flamingolasvegas.com. ###

Thursday 19 April 2007:
AN OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM THE TV MANAGER OF TV2 BORNHOLM, DENMARK

GINO VANNELLI & LISA NILLSON PERFORM TOGETHER ON STAGE ON THE ISLAND OF BORNHOLM

Here we show the press release to promote 2 special concerts on a very special and beautiful island which belongs to Denmark: Five World Stars Are Coming To Bornholm. TV 2/Bornholm is organizing, together with Musikhuzet in Rønne on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, two concerts with absolute world stars of jazz music. The concerts will take place on July 5 and 6. At the first concert, saxophone-player David Sanborn will be performing together with trumpet-player Randy Brecker. The following day, singers Gino Vannelli and Lisa Nilsson will be on stage. At both concerts the band of Danish piano-player Niels Lan Doky will be performing. The concerts will be recorded for TV, and combined with a number of interviews they will be put together into a new jazz documentary by Niels Lan Doky. In 2005 Niels Lan Doky launched the documentary, ”Between a smile and a tear”. His second film will be recorded in places around and on Bornholm. The friendship of American musicians Sanborn and Brecker dates back decades, and both of them are double Grammy-winners. During their careers, they have performed together several times, so they know each other very well. Moreover, they have played separately with huge names like Sting, Eric Clapton, Larry Coryell, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and James Taylor. The following day, the instrumental musicians will be replaced by two singers, who have never worked together before, but both of them are looking forward to the encounter: Swedish Lisa Nilsson and Canadian Gino Vannelli. Lisa Nilsson is certainly not unknown in Denmark. Her 1992 break-through album, ”Himlen Runt Hörnet”, was sold in Denmark by the thousands. Lisa Nilsson has wandered from pop to jazz, having done recordings with e.g. Danish Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen. She is excited to come and sing with Gino Vannelli, who has a series of albums behind him, ranging from pop, with associations to Frank Sinatra, and to jazz and funk. Both nights, the band of Niels Lan Dokys will be there, including: Niels Lan Doky (piano), Mads Vinding (bass), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Xavier Desandre-Navarre (percussion) Mikkel Nordsø (guitar) Only 340 tickets will be available per concert. Price: 680 DKK per ticket plus a fee of 15 DKK. Tickets can be bougth on TV2 Bornholm Tickets will be sent to you by mail. TV 2/Bornholm Check out the GINO VANNELLI tour data and information web page... We have a page by project and also by dates...

Wednesday 7 March 2007 :
TWO SUPER GREAT MUSICAL PROJECTS AS A PART OF GINO VANNELLI'S MASTERCLASSES...

A CONCERT IN BILZEN, BELGIUM AND A CONCERT IN AMERSFOORT, HOLLAND...

The first project from the Rockacademie is at the Jazz Festival in Amersfoort with the Houdini Horns... A part of Gino's Masterclasses. The second project: Gino Vannelli and His students from the Conservatorium Maastricht (CM JazzEnsemble) study to do a concert as part of a project also from Gino's masterclasses, it's in Bilzen, Belgium, near Maastricht. Follow the news on the Gino Vannelli tour data and information web page. We will make the right links... Imagine a Gino Vannelli concert at a historical castle in the woods of belgium... Ticket sales for Bilzen, Belgium start at 20 March 2007. Amersfoort Jazz is free. So no worries about tickets for Amersfoort. There are 4 musical projects now: Gino Vannelli and the Portland Band Gino Vannelli and Michiel Borstlap Gino Vannelli and the Houdini Horns Gino Vannelli and the MC JazzEnsemble conducted by Wolfgang Braun Hit the Gino Vannelli tour data and information web page everyday because there is cooking more, much more in Europe. GINO VANNELLI goes lollapalooza...

Monday 5 March 2007:
GINO VANNELLI LIVE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA...

WORDS, PICTURES FROM THE MEDIA IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA. AND A FULL REPORT FROM A GINO VANNELLI FAN BUT ALSO MUSICIAN BRUNO LE FLANCHEC WHO PLAYED AT THE JAVA JAZZ FESTIVAL BUT ALSO VISITED THE CONCERT OF GINO VANNELLI & THE PORTLAND BAND...

The making of a new Gino Vannelli web page : Gino Vannelli live on stage in Asia. Here are a few headlines we found in the Indonesian media: Legends to jazz up Jakarta: The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival is ready to shake the city again, with over 200 famous musicians and singers are expected to participate in the three-day event. International jazz musicians such as Chaka Khan, David Benoit, Jamie Cullum, Sergio Mendes are expected to perform in the annual event held at the Jakarta Convention Center from March 2 through March 4. Other musicians and singers include Jeffrey Osborne, Level 42, Eric Marienthal, Frank McComb, Freddie Washington, GINO VANNELLI, Harvey Mason, Jeff Lorber and John Scofield. have also been scheduled to perform. Java Jazz hits all right notes on opening day... Legendary Canadian jazz singer Gino Vanelli gets deep into the music on the second day of the festival. Bruno Le Flanchec, French Musician who lives in Singapore played also at the Jakarta jazz Festival but he is a BIG Gino Vannelli fan so he went to Gino's concert and he wrote a review + about 15 pictures.... The creation of a new web page is going on....

Thursday 22 February 2007:
A GINO VANNELLI ARTICLE IN A DUTCH LOCAL NEWSPAPER

HOW DO YOU WRITE A HIT??? "NOT IN TWO HOURS"

door Dieter van den Bergh: Vrijdag 24 november 2006 - Tilburg - Wereldster en ex-ladykiller Gino Vannelli begon gisteren aan een masterclass op de Tilburgse Rockacademie. „Mijn moeder vond dat ik moest gaan." Terwijl de meeste studenten te laat binnen komen druppelen, is de meester zelf maar vast aan het inspelen. Grijzende krullen, baardje, bril, fluffy roze trui. Ooit staarde hij met blote (behaarde) bast en zwoele blik talloze meisjeskamers binnen. Maar ook sekssymbolen worden ouder. Gino Vannelli In de jaren tachtig verantwoordelijk voor wereldhits als 'It hurts to be in love' en 'Wild Horses' en sneller kloppende harten bij (vooral vrouwelijke) romantici. Gisteren begon de sympathieke 53-jarige Canadees van Italiaanse komaf aan een twee dagen durende masterclass op de Tilburgse Rockacademie. 'The Art of songwriting', ofwel 'hoe schrijf ik een hit?'. Waarom Gino Vannelli? „Mijn leraar Alexander Beets heeft contact met Gino", zegt organisator/student Daniel Versteegh (24). „Gino is een inspirerende persoonlijkheid. Heeft zijn carrière heel eigenzinnig vormgegeven. Wil hij jazz of klassiek, dan doet hij dat gewoon." ANWB Volgens Versteegh, zelf succesvol singer/songwriter maar nog zonder hit, wil de vijftiger Vannelli zijn kennis dolgraag delen met jong talent. Niet alle studenten reageerden enthousiast, erkent hij, „in tegenstelling tot hun moeders." Toch is Vannelli weer een beetje hip sinds zijn soulfunkclassic 'People Gotta Move' (1974) gebruikt wordt in ANWB-commercials. Maar hoe schrijf je zo'n kraker? „Niet in twee uur," verklapte Vannelli aan een 25-tal studenten, vooral 'songwriters'. „Maar in twee dagen moeten we een eind komen." Waar het om gaat is de juiste 'mood', zegt hij, geef je muzen een kans. Dus werd in de Tilburgse studio een knusse kring gemaakt, de spotlights gedempt. „Vertel eerst wie jullie zijn en wat jullie hier doen." „Mijn moeder vond dat ik moest gaan", giechelt Janneke, „om 'hallo' te zeggen. Dus, 'hello'." Maar natuurlijk, ze is er - net als de anderen - ook om iets te leren. Eerste oefening is gebaseerd op een gedicht, geschreven door een negenjarig, terminaal kankerpatiëntje. De opdracht: schrijf er muziek bij, of liever: een hit. Vannelli: „Het moet het 'We are the World' worden voor alle kankerpatiëntjes. En denk erom: de platenmaatschappij wil het nu uitbrengen." Iemand probeert een rap. Te delicaat voor rap, vindt Vannelli. Deelnemer Ivo improviseert een niet onverdienstelijke r&b-versie. „Te boy band-achtig", vindt de meester. „Het mag best donkerder, er gaat hier een kind dood hè." Dan waagt Vannelli zelf een poging achter het keyboard. „Mag ik heel eerlijk zijn?", reageert een studente. „Ik vind het nogal over de top." „Ja, Céline Dion-achtig", zegt de rapper, „niet écht." Vannelli slaat een bruggetje naar het belang van de gemoedstoestand. „Kijk, dit nummer vergt een breekbare opstelling. Zorg dat je in die stemming komt. Klink alsof je je echt slecht voelt. Ook al voel je je geweldig. We don't care, we zijn professionele songwriters, you know." by Dieter van den Bergh and translated by the editors B&T Friday 24 November 2006 - Tilburg - Worldstar and ex-ladykiller Gino Vannelli started a masterclass yesterday at the Rockacademie of Tilburg, Holland. "My mother told me to go..." While most of the students trickled in too late, the Master was already playing in and prepared Himself... Grey curls, little beard, pair of glasses and a fluffy pink sweater. In the past He stared with a far away look in His eyes and with a naked (hairy/curly) breast into the teenage girls bedrooms. But also sex-symbols get older. Gino Vannelli responsible in the 80's for top world hits like "It Hurts To Be In Love" and "Wild Horses" and more faster pumping hearts in the bodies of the romantic people, especially female. Yesterday the friendly 53 years old Canadian from Italian roots started a two days masterclass at the Rockacademie in Tilburg. "The art of songwriting", or how to write a hit? Why Gino Vannelli? "My teacher Alexander Beets has good contact with Gino" says the organizer/student Daniel Versteegh (24)." Gino is an inspiring personallity. He designed His own career very headstrong. If He wants jazz or classical He does Jazz or classical." ANWB According to Versteegh, who is a successful singer/songwriter himself, but still without a hit, 50+ Vannelli wants to share His knowledge with young talent. He has to confess that not all the students reacted very enthusiastic, compared to their Mothers. Anyways, Vannelli is hip and popular again since the use of His soulfunkclassic "People Gotta Move"in the ANWB commercials. But how do you write such a top hit? "Not in 2 hours" gave Vannelli away to about 25 students, mostly songwriters. "But in two days we can do a lot. He says: "the most important thing is the right mood, give your muses a chance". So they made a cosy circle, powered down the spotlights. "First introduce yourselves and tell us what you are doing overhere." "My mother told me to go", said the giggling Janneke, to say hello. "So here I am: HELLO". But of course she is here too to learn something - like the others - The first practice is based on a poem, written by a 9 year old terminal cancerpatient. The assignment: Write music for or with the poem, or rather a hit. Vannelli: "This hit must grow into the 'We Are The world' for all the cancerpatients. And remember the recordcompany wants to release it NOW". Somebody tries a rap. Too delicate for a rap, says Vannelli. Participant Ivo improvise a not without merit r&b version. "Too boy bandish", says the Master. "It can show more darkness, a child is dying here eh?" Than Vannelli jumps behind the keyboard Himself and makes an attempt. A student reacts: "Can I be very honest?" "I think it's over the top"." "Very, yes very, Céline Dion -ish", says the rapper, "not real, not true". Vannelli builts a bridge to the importance of the state of mind. "Look, this song needs a fragile formation. Put yourself in that state of mind. sound and feel like you are in a very bad state of mind even when you feel good! We don't care, we are professional songwriters, you know". Here you can see Gino in a videoclip...

Sunday 18 February 2007 :
A GREAT WAY TO WAKE UP ON A SUNDAY MORNING WITH GINO VANNELLI & MICHIEL BORSTLAP ON THE DUTCH TV...

WILD HORSES - BROTHER TO BROTHER - GIPSY DAYS...

Gino Vannelli & Michiel Bortlap in between "VRIJE GELUIDEN" (Free sounds) And yes there were free sounds for sure in this musical tv program... The show started with Gino Vannelli & Michiel Borstlap performing a super great version of "Wild Horses" Funky, jazzy, bluesy and swinging a fusion of music combined with THE VOICE... THE VOICE OF THE MASTER OF MUSIC: Gino Vannelli!!! And the powerful/agressive way of playing the grand-piano by Michiel Borstlap!!! Followed by other free sounds in music and those sounds were free we can asure you that... Other musicians played their music and the last 20 minutes of this tv program "Brother to Brother" Let us live in Peace... Read more on the Vannelli/Borstlap web page...

Sunday 11 February 2007 :
DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW???

SMALL GINO VANNELLI NEWS INTO THE DO YOU KNOW?? AND DID YOU KNOW??

DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That Gino Vannelli said goodbye to co-anchor Russ Mitchell on The Saturday Early Show at CBS New York. Russ Mitchell is joining the weekday edition of The Early Show as news anchor. And, just for fun, the farewell video included a tribute from recording artist Gino Vannelli, who appeared in the program's Second Cup Café, a special wish of Mitchell's. Said Vannelli: "Congratulations. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And as they say in Quebec, bonne chance." DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That A Gino Vannelli fan had an e-mail conversation with Russ Mitchell right before the Saturday's Farewell Early Show: Fan: Hi Russ, Congratulations, and I wish you the very best in your new position. It's my deepest hope that when you wake tomorrow you can say, "everything is right where I am." gino vannelli Russ: Thanks a lot. "Something Tells Me" this is going to be good. Russ Fan: You're silly. I don't even want to think about what time you're getting up, if you're emailing and quoting Gino at 5:00AM!!!! Even I couldn't do that! Hope it went well, I taped it for later! "Big Dreamers Never Sleep" Russ: Thanks..better get to work so I won't have to "Keep on Walking"... Russ Fan: Ya, I think the "Pauper in Paradise" outfit has already been auctioned! THE WORK VERSE DO YOU KNOW??? DID YOU KNOW??? That Gino Vannelli gave a workshop masterclass at the Rockacademie in Tilburg, Holland, the Netherlands and that there is a videoclip on the local news of Tilburg. Here you can see the videoclip...

Friday 2 February 2007 :
THE FINAL TRUTH FROM THE VPRO TV DIRECTOR

TWO E-MAILS FROM THE VPRO TV OFFICE

Messages from the editorial office of the VPRO TV MUSIC PROGRAM "VRIJE GELUIDEN" with the real and true broadcast date of Borstlap/Vannelli or Vannelli/Borstlap. NO doubts about it anymore it's Sundaymorning 18 February 2007 10.30 am and the re-run is Saterday morning 24 February 2007 at 9.00 am. Both on Nederland 1. We received an e-mail from the Director of the tv music program and also an e-mail of an editor who is the real expert in these matters... The taping of the program was cancelled at the last minute but all the tv guides were already printed so the editorial office could not stop the information... We went to a supermarket yesterday and we looked in all the tv guides in the racks and in all the tv guides the Borstlap/Vannelli tv show is printed and now we understand why this printing is a big mistake. We also looked in the VPRO tv guide to see if there was an article or an interview or maybe pictures but NO... nothing!!! So calm down Gino Vannelli and Michiel Borstlap fans of Holland, we still have 2 weeks to get ready for this very special music program of free sounds... GINO VANNELLI sounds!!!

Thursday 1 February 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI AND MICHIEL BORSTLAP ON THE DUTCH TV...
CHANGE OF BROADCAST DATE...

THE SUREST THINGS CAN CHANGE...

VRIJE GELUIDEN: Michiel Borstlap's office says 4 February. Gino Vannelli's Office says 6 February. And the VPRO TV's web site says : 18 February 2007 and the re-run on Saterday 24 February 2007. We assume the VPRO TV knows best so we keep the videorecorders and the dvd recorders stand by till Sunday morning 18 February 2007, yes the morning!!! 10.30 - 11.30 and when we forget it there is a second chance on Saterday morning, yes again morning!!! 24 February 2007 at 9.00am... But please check it out yourselves in your tv guides or on the internet, one thing is for sure and that's VPRO TV and the program's name is Vrije Geluiden on Nederland 1... A morning music program with special elements in music. The name of the program says it already: VRIJE GELUIDEN (FREE SOUNDS)

Sunday 21 January 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI AND MICHIEL BORSTLAP ON THE DUTCH TV...

VPRO TV SUNDAY MORNING 4 FEBRUARY 2007...

Open your eyes and ears in the early morning of Sunday 4 February 2007 A musical tv program called: "Vrije Geluiden" will be aired with the two Masters... The Master of Music: Gino Vannelli and the Master of the Grand-Piano: Michiel Borstlap... This program is for real music lovers all kinds of music get a chance from classical music to world music but also R&B and many more diversaties in music. So this musical program is fantastic for Gino Vannelli to show His creations and to talk about His powerful team spirit with Michiel. Michiel's way to play the grand-piano melts Gino Vannelli's song and voice together in one musical greatness... Musical works of art and masterpieces. The willingness to work together is so strong that people and the world have to know about the work they create together. So take your time to see "Vrije Geluiden" on Sunday 4 February 2007.

Tuesday 16 January 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI AND THE DO YOU KNOW OR DID YOU KNOW???
SMALL-TALK...

ONLY GOD AND GINO VANNELLI REALLY KNOW...

DO YOU KNOW??? - DID YOU KNOW???: That the tickets sales started already for the 3 Gino Vannelli live concerts in Las Vegas!!! Go to the link on our Gino Vannelli tour data and information web page... A vacation in Las Vegas with Gino Vannelli live concerts is the ultimate dream vacation isn't it??? And you can get married again also a dream for many European people. DO YOU KNOW??? - DID YOU KNOW???: That Gino Vannelli's name comes up in Episode 18 of a show with the title : Urges which is original aired at 20 October 1995... You can hear it on a dvd called Space Ghost Coast to Coast volume one from the cartoon network printed in 2003 and a special features : Extended Versions of Urges... The ghost is in his car and all "horny." He is driving away to meet his girlfriend and the other one tells him he has a Gino Vannelli tape in the glove compartment! The script says: "SG: All right, but in the event you lose your head, call a cab. Oh, and, uh, there's a Gino Vannelli tape in the glove compartment..."

Thursday 4 January 2007 :
GINO VANNELLI IN THE DIFFERENT CHARTS OR TOP.... MUSIC LISTS

THE EDITORS FEEL THAT THE DUTCH PEOPLE, GINO VANNELLI FANS AND MUSIC-LOVERS DID NOT SUPPORT GINO VANNELLI ENOUGH!!!

Here we go with the different lists at the end of 2006: The radio Veronica top 1000 of all times: Number 333: Gino Vannelli's WILD HORSES Number 937: Gino Vannelli's PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE Number 998: Gino Vannelli's HURTS TO BE IN LOVE The top 2000 on radio 2: Number 1413: Gino Vannelli's PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE Number 1536: Gino Vannelli's POWERFUL PEOPLE The sub top 2000 on radio 2 in the new year 200: Number 97: Gino Vannelli's WILD HORSES The Arrow Jazz top 100 of 2006: Number 83: Gino Vannelli's PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE The Veronica top 1000 albums of all times: Number 618: Gino Vannelli The Ulitimate Collection The Editors are very sure that we (the Dutch people) did not support Gino Vannelli's work and we did not vote for GINO VANNELLI enough!!! Where is loyalty gone to...??? Keep on voting for GINO VANNELLI each year again and again and when Gino Vannelli is not mentioned, add His name and add a few GINO VANNELLI songs... You can e-mail, write, phone or bother those radiostations in many ways with Gino Vannelli's music!!! Never ever give up!!! KEEP LOYAL TO GINO VANNELLI'S MUSIC & VOICE!

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