Metropole Orkest o.l.v. Jerry van Rooyen ft. Ack van Rooyen (live in 1995)
Recorded in Amsterdam "De Plantage" in 1995. Metropole Orchestra conducted by Jerry van Rooyen feat. Ack van Rooyen. Composition Colores. Programme Reiziger in Muziek. The legendary trumpet- and flugelhorn player Ack van Rooyen (90 years old) wins the Dutch Buma Boy Edgar Prijs 2020. In our archive we found some historical footage. The list of people he worked with is endless but this performance together with his brother Jerry van Rooyen is very special. With the Dutch Metropole Orchestra he performed, on 19 march 1995 a piece called Colores. Also the title of an album he recorded with the beloved orchestra. Trumpet player Ian Carr once said: “Ack is one of the most lyrical soloists, he plays with extraordinary fluidity and flexibility, producing immensely long lines and bubbling streams of triplets. He is all quicksilver and wit, and his solos seem as natural as birdsong. More music: https://www.vpro.nl/vrijegeluiden Broadcast: March 19 th 1995 This video was recorded in Studio the Plantage for Reiziger in Muzies, predecessor of Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO http://www.youtube.com/vrijegeluiden http://www.facebook.com/vrijegeluiden twitter, instagram @vrijegeluiden #trumpet #jazz #ackvanrooyen
About Ack van Rooyen
Ack van Rooyen (1 January 1930, The Hague – 18 November 2021) was a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was the brother of Jerry van Rooyen, also a trumpeter-composer. Van Rooyen began playing with a military band as a teenager, touring bases in Indonesia. He then studied music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1950, then worked with Ernst van 't Hoff and his brother. He played with The Ramblers in 1955–1957, then moved to France in 1957, where he worked with Aime Bar...
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