Eddy Veldman
Eddy Veldman (born October 5, 1951 in Paramaribo ) is a Dutch jazz musician ( drums , vibraphone , also guitar ) who has Surinamese roots.
Live and act
Veldman learned to play the guitar and worked as a roadie for the band The Kids as a teenager , where he began to be interested in drums and to play them with the Soulkids of Paul Noordpool and in other local bands. In 1971 he moved to the Netherlands, where he initially pursued a football career at SC De Eland until a knee injury made this impossible. He studied drums and vibraphone at the Muzieklyceum Utrecht and the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam . During this time he appeared in the band TMC of the singer Ray Brook, also from Surinam; with the soul band The Needles he toured Europe. Then he was active in the Latin jazz band Reality , from which Solat developed, which made several recordings in 1976 and 1977, was also on tour in Europe and was observed by Marcus Miller , Herbie Hancock and Art Blakey . The band formed The Perikels , who worked with Hans Dulfer and recorded the single Red Red Lebanon in 1977 and the album I Didn't Ask in 1981 . In 1978 he founded his own sextet and a quartet, as well as the South American Express dance band .
With Pablo Nahar, he founded the Surinam Music Ensemble in 1981, which merged Surinam's Caribbean music with modern jazz , was invited to the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1983 and later to other European festivals. The ensemble also performed in Senegal and released several albums. The second album Dynamite Cotton Legacy (1986) was dedicated to the legacy of Kid Dynamite and Teddy Cotton.
Veldman also led the funk band HIP'88 , which performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, and which ultimately became HIP'91 . In 1992 he founded his own drum school in Amsterdam.
In the late 1990s, he led the band Opo-YéYé , in which Wolter Wierbos was also active. In 1999 he invited Mola Sylla , Ray Anderson , Michel Godard and Ernst Reijseger to a session at Paradiso which was broadcast by Radio VPRO and which was also released on CD. He was also involved as a drummer on albums by Ronald Snijders , Sean Bergin , Robby Alberga, Franky Douglas and Ruth Jacott . As a session musician, he also accompanied the girl group Mai Tai and the singer Lisa Boray; his drumming can be heard on Boray's hit single Break It Out (1983).
After he was active again with the Surinam Music Ensemble between 2011 and 2016 , he founded another drum school in Poelepantje in Surinam.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VPRO's Moondive. Aflevering 3/1999
- ↑ Eddy Veldman open drumschool in Suriname , Waterkant, May 10, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veldman, Eddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz musician (drums, vibraphone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paramaribo |