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Lotte van Dijck – ‘Lege Plaatsen in de Stad’

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Summer is over, everything and everybody is busy again, and so am I. I’ve been studying a lot the last weeks, prepared some new projects, did a couple of gigs and a dozen rehearsals. For example, I’ve been recording with two singers, rehearsed Linda Smeets her own repertoire for a couple of gigs, recorded (as usual, haha) with Tim and Udo, prepared Sven Ratzke his songs for a ZDF/3SAT TV-registration of his show in Mainz (Germany) this weekend, teaching is starting again at the Conservatory, and last but not least: Lotte van Dijck her album will be released next week. She’s a Dutch pop-/alternative-singer-songwriter, who writes beautiful tunes in Dutch. She recorded her album with me a while ago, but now that it’s finished it will be presented the 7th of September in De Balie (Leidseplein, Amsterdam) at 9PM. If you don’t know her, check out her website or be there next week. You can check out (or buy) the album if you click on the image below. Enjoy!

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It was great!

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So we played the North Sea Jazz Festival with the Tim Langedijk Trio, and it was great! We had to get used to the dry sound on the stage a little, but people in the hall said it sounded fantastic. Very nice! For those who were there: thanks for listening to us, for all the others: come and see us soon!

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Now some gigs with Sven Ratzke at the Parade Utrecht and one with Mathilde Santing at the Vondelpark Amsterdam, and then up for some vacation!!!

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North Sea Jazz

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It’s going well with the Tim Langedijk Trio. After the release of the second cd Inside the house (which you can still check out in the iTunes-store here) we got a lot of enthousiastic reactions. People who bought the cd said that they loved it, and the reviews in the press were great! For example the one in Jazzenzo (click to read). Thank you for all the compliments, it’s great to hear them!

And then some other great news: we’re proud to announce that the Tim Langedijk Trio is playing the North Sea Jazz Festival 2010 in Rotterdam! We’re playing on saturday at the Yenisei-venue, 0:00 – 01:15. Come and check us out!

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Early cats!

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The cool thing when you’re doing a Sinatra-project (www.mathildesanting.info) is that you come across the early cats again. With Sinatra that’s unmistaken Sonny Payne, with the Basie records, but also Sinatra’s own favorite, Irving Cottler. What a drummer he is! Not only did he do a lot of the Billy May records with Frank, but he also did most of the tours in the US and Europe, for years.And then there’s Earl Palmer, born in New Orleans, known as a great rhythm and blues- and rock and roll drummer, but don’t be mistaken: a great bigband drummer as well! You should really hear the attitude in his playing, and check out his amazing fills! (f.e. on Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass).

And I have to mention Jack Sperling here, not a Sinatra drummer, but also a West-Coaster. He’s more known for his work with Mancini, and playing Fever with Peggy Lee and Max Bennett. The time in his right hand and his crispy sound – amazing! And a couple of weeks ago I could finally get hold of the only record he ever made on his own name, called Fascinating Rhythm, and I’m very happy to have that in my collection now!

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Roberto Spizzichino

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Most of you drummers know the name Spizzichino. It’s a guy in Toscany (Italy), that makes handcrafted cymbals, trying to find the sound of the ‘old K’s’. And he’s damn good at that, so his cymbals are pretty exclusive!

My brother Botte, who works for the radio, heard the Spizzichino story from me, and took me there to make a documentairy about him. Last tuesday we went there, and what a guy! He’s the nicest and most honest person you can imagine, full of great stories, and with lots of ideas about cymbals. We sat down, talked for 4 hours, bought some wine in between, looked at his huge collection of old cymbals, and admired his own work. It was the best! Eventually I had the great opportunity to buy one of his 22″ K-sound-alikes, that he finished on the spot (see pictures) and signed for me. What a guy! The documentary is gonna be broadcasted in Holland Doc (radio 1) at the end of January, I’ll keep you posted about that.

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Happy 2010!

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First of all: all the best to you for 2010, make it a great musical year!! It’s been busy the last months, with a lot of traveling and a lot of playing. I’ve visited Los Angeles, toured 25000 (!) km in Russia, visited the very great Peter Erskine and met Jeff Hamilton – I hope to tell you more about that all later.

For now I’d like you to know that we kicked off Mathilde Santings theater tour Sinatra’s Tonic, so I’ll be playing the theaters in Holland mainly for the next half year, and I can tell you it’s swingin’! So I hope to see you there, and I’ll post here more often.

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