Jasper van Pelt, trombonist

Upcoming Concert Dates
Date	Band	Adress	Time
April 11, 2007	Jazz for Juniors, Bouncers & Swingers	De Zeevaartschool Enkhuizen	19.30
April 15, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers	Private party, Sint Oedenrode
April 20, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers ft. Denise Gordon & Thomas L’Étienne	Hotel De Molenhoek Nijmegen Organized by Charlestown Jazzclub	19.00
April 21, 2007	Jazz for Juniors Bouncers & Swingers	Wicc Gebouw Lawickse Allee 9, Wageningen	11.30
April 21, 2007	The Gravier Street Jazzmen	Wicc Gebouw Lawickse Allee 9, Wageningen	14.40
April 21, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers ft. Denise Gordon & Thomas L’Étienne	Jazz Festival Gorinchem Schouwburg De Nieuwe Doelen	20.00
April 22, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers ft. Denise Gordon & Thomas L’Étienne	Jazz Festival Gorinchem Jazz & Gospel dienst in De Grote Kerk	11.00
April 22, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers ft. Denise Gordon & Thomas L’Étienne	‘t Ol van Pluto Stene 14, Horebeke Belgium	t.b.a.
April 23, 2007	The David Livingstone Jazz Messengers ft. Denise Gordon & Thomas L’Étienne	Burgundy street Jazz Club Son	20.30
April 29, 2007	Friends of New Orleans	Jazzclub the Triangel, Apeldoorn	14.30
April 30, 2007	Crackerjacks	Queens Day, Slagharen	10.00-13.00

This is a feature from the wonderful Tenorsax player Sam Lee. It’s recorded in Milano, Italy in 1989. Sam plays and sings real inspired in here. The rhythm section is led by pianist Emile van Pelt with his astonishing left hand boogie woogie timing which takes us back to the legendary Hi Ho Silver recording from Duke Burell and the Louisiane Shakers. But this is a white band and that’s really remarkable! The La Vida is one of the few white bands in the world who can play with such a roughness that this type of numbers should have. Unfortunately the sound quality is a bit poor because it was taped from a long distance with one simple microphone and besides the computer MP3 conversion will not make it better! Nevertheless I’m sure that if you listen through that, you can pick up the fine atmosphere that Sam Lee and the La Vida has created that day in Milano!

Jasper van Pelt

On the CD there is one number without a quest so that one can hear the La Vida on his own This track is recorded recently in October 2005 during the Doctor Jazz Reunion in Wageningen. It shows the La Vida playing this tune in a smooth collective manner. The banjo solo from the international well known and famous banjo player Wouter Nouwens is very tastefull and of course played in his own original style.

Jasper van Pelt

Biography

I start with music lessons at the age of four. My first teacher was the famous Dutch composer Tera de Marez Oyens. In a class, she played the piano and taught us the beginnings of music. It was called the ‘Dalcroze Music Philosophy’. One of the things I can remember was how to walk or move on different rhythmical patterns. I strongly believe that these lessons has made a basic for my sense of rhythm and timing. More

I consider myself a lucky man because I’ve seen and heard Trummy Young! In 1975 when I was eleven years old, my family and I went to a concert of the Chris Barber Jazz Band. When we arrived at the hall we discovered by coincidence that the Barber Band had a special quest: Trummy Young! By that time I didn’t know much about Trummy only that he had played with Louis Armstrong. But from the moment he played his first tone...
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May 11, 2007	Crescent City Jazzmen ft. Jonny Boston	Pub Jazz, café van Bleiswijk	21.00
May 11, 2007	Jazz for Juniors Bouncers & Swingers	Enkhuizen Jazzfestival De Nieuwe Doelen	11.00
May 12, 2007	Ad van Beerendonk, David Livingstone Jazzmessengers ft. John Defferary, Jerome Etcheberry, Maurice van Eyck	Crescent City Connection Concert De nieuwe Doelen	21.00