Erik van Lier

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Erik van Lier (* 6. April 1945 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch jazz - bass trombonist . He played in many big bands in the Netherlands and Germany .

Live and act

Van Lier began his career with the Dutch radio big band, The Skymasters and Boy Edgar . In 1970 he took part in a trombone battle at the Lorsdrecht Jazz Festival with Slide Hampton , Åke Persson , Urbie Green , Kai Winding and Frank Rosolino . He became particularly popular through his work in the Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band ; He also played as a guest musician on the albums of Ekseption , then belonged to the big bands of Joe Haider and worked for Thad Jones A Ball of Fire . In 1974 he went to the United States for further training, where he studied with leading bass trombonists such as George Roberts and Ed Kleinhammer. He later belonged to Peter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass and to the Bart's Bones trombone quartet . He also recorded with Piet Noordijk and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw .

Van Lier now lives in the Netherlands; he taught at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam . Like his brother Bart van Lier, who was five years his junior, he also worked as a lecturer in the German BuJazzo (Federal Jazz Orchestra).

Discographic notes

  • Teach-In (1979)

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