Tag: Holland Bigband

Slagwerkkrant

This month I’m featured in the Slagwerkkrant, the dutch drum magazine. Thanks to Mark van Schaick they reviewed two cd’s (Holland Bigband and Sven Ratzke) and interviewed me about my approach to both cd’s, the recording process and the differences in working in those two bands (bigband vs smallband with song approach). Obviously it’s a whole different world, so it’s nice to see the comparison in one article. Read the interview online here:

http://www.slagwerkkrant.nl/nieuws/artikel/25-12992/haye-jellema-in-slagwerkkrant-180

Trumpetparty

Last week we had another one of the famous Dutch Trumpetparties. A couple of international heavy cats came to the Netherlands to show their qualities on the trumpet, accompanied by the Holland Bigband lead by Loet van der Lee.

This year we had the great Eric Miyashiro (lead player in the Buddy Rich Bigband and Maynard Ferguson Bigband), Lee Thornburg (Tower of Power and lots of others) and Roger Ingram (lead player with Harry Connink Jr. and Paul Anka). Amazing what these cats can do! Luckily there were a lot of people holding their camera’s, so check the vids down below to see what happened!

Eric Miyashiro playing his own piece ‘Kick Up’:

Roger Ingram playing his arrangement of ‘Watermelon Man’:

Lee Thornburg playing his beautiful ‘Cipriana’: