Angelo Verploegen

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Angelo Verploegen (2017 at the Cologne Eight Bridges Concert of the David Kweksilber Big Band in the Funkhaus des WDR ) - with u. a. Joost Buis (below)

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

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