Ado Broodboom
Ado Broodboom (born November 14, 1922 in Amsterdam ; † July 18, 2019 there ) was a Dutch jazz musician ( trumpet ). In the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century he was a well-known jazz trumpeter member of the big bands The Ramblers and Boy's Big Band .
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Broodboom was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father. From 1938 to 1941 he took trumpet lessons with Marinus Komst at the Amsterdam Conservatory after becoming interested in the instrument at the age of twelve. After his training he joined various dance orchestras as a trumpeter and accordion player. One was the Micro Rhythme Club (later Louis van der Steen and his soloists ), in which Broodboom was involved from 1941 to 1945. Since May 1943, singer Melly Sudy was part of this formation. The two married a year later.
From 1946 to 1947 Broodboom played with The Grasshoppers, with whom he and his wife (again as a singer) visited countries such as Spain and Switzerland. Kid Dynamite was also a member of this formation, with whom he then gave various concerts in the Netherlands. Broodboom then joined Piet van Dijk's orchestra, where he met Wessel Ilcken and Rita Reys . Broodboom says it owes its popularity to Ilcken.
In 1952 Broodboom came into contact again with Kid Dynamite, with whom he performed at the Amsterdam jazz club Casablanca and in Sweden. After this trip Broodboom founded the formation Ado Morenos Jazz Group with Rob Madna on piano, Dick Bezemer on bass, Sandy Mosse on tenor saxophone, Herman Schoonderwalt on alto saxophone and Cees See on drums. In April 1954 Ado Moreno's jazz group performed in Rotterdam, followed by a tour in Sweden. Broodboom's first record was recorded in November 1956 with the jazz musician Herbie Mann and the Wessel Ilcken Combo . A year later he became a member of the radio orchestra The Ramblers , according to the then band leader Theo Uden Masman because of his idiosyncratic sound and his improvisations. Broodboom was honored three times from 1958 to 1960 by the jazz magazine Rhythme as best trumpeter.
In 1960 Broodboom organized a one-time performance in the Concertgebouw together with Boy Edgar and the newspaper Het Vrije Volk . The resulting Boy's Big Band was later invited to some radio appearances by VARA and gave appearances at home and abroad. The same station set The Ramblers again in 1964 for the VARA Dance Orchestra. Broodboom also joined this new formation. In 1974, Jack Bulterman and Marcel Thielemans founded The Ramblers again; Broodboom was part of this formation again.
In the spring of 1974 Broodboom gave a performance at Carnegie Hall on the 75th birthday of the American jazz musician Duke Ellington, together with the Boy Edgar Sound and Gerrie van der Klei . In 1979 the LP Music Was His Mistress was released , a tribute to Duke Ellington, on which Broodboom could also be heard. Broodboom ended his music career around 1980.
In the field of jazz he was involved in 28 recording sessions between 1956 and 1978, according to Tom Lord .
Web links
- Ado Broodboom at Allmusic (English)
- Ado Broodboom at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broodboom, Ado |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz musician (trumpet) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th July 2019 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |