Angelo Verploegen
Angelo Verploegen (born December 22, 1961 in Oss ) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player and music producer .
Live and act
Verploegen studied musicology at the University of Amsterdam and jazz trumpet at the Sweelinck Conservatory . He worked as a sideman a . a. with the Frank Grasso Big Band , Corrie en de (Grote) Brokken , the Bik Bent Braam , Jaap Blonks Splinks , Zut Alors! (with Jasper Blom and Michael Moore ), Eric van der Westens Quadrant Extended , the Transatlantic Jazz Orchestra under Gunther Schuller , Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra , Denise Jannah , Ronald Douglas , Frank Boeijen , Candy Dulfer and Paul van Kemenade .
In addition, Verploegen leads several own formations. He toured Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia with the sextet The Houdini's . He realized joint projects with the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam under Richard Dufallo , the Schönberg Ensemble under John Adams and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw under Henk Meutgeert , and recorded several albums. He also made CD recordings with the Toïs trio and played the music for the film Wilde Mossels with the group . He made his debut at the Rotterdam World Port Jazz Festival in 2001 with the trio Trio Verploegen, Verhoeff & van der Westen and released the album The Night & The Day Dreamer the following year .
As a producer, Verploegen supervised most of the Houdinis albums and worked with Leny Andrade , Lisa Michel , Heleen van den Hombergh , Benjamin Herman , Maarten van der Grinten and Jesse van Ruller , the Wolfert Brederode / Eric Ineke Quintet , Kenny Wheeler and the UMO Jazz Orchestra and Misha Mengelberg together. He teaches jazz trumpet at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht and the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem . Since 2007 he has been artistic director of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw .
Discographic notes
- The Houdinis:
- Live at Paradox
- Headlines
- Kickin 'In The Frontwindow , 1993
- Challenge Records , 1995
- No more Yesterdays , 1995
- Play The Big Five , 1995
- Cooee , 1997
- Live At Kiama Jazz Festival
- Stripped To The Bone
- Live at Pardox , 2000
- Trio Toïs:
- An Angel's Work Is Never Done
- Forbidden Fruit
- Trio Verploegen, Verhoeff & van der Westen:
- The Night & The Day Dreamer
Web links
- Discography as a sideman at Allmusic
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sorry, Angelo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz trumpeter |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oss (Netherlands) |