Franky Douglas

Franky Douglas (2011)

Franky Douglas (born October 22, 1948 in Willemstad in Curacao ) is a Dutch jazz guitarist and composer of the Modern Creative style.

Life

Douglas grew up on Curacao and came to the Netherlands in 1962, where he attended the Conservatory from 1963 to 1965. He then toured Europe with the soul group "The Needles". In 1972 he founded the group "Solat", which mixed vocals (for example his sister Mildred Douglas, born 1950) with improvisation and was later taken over by Hans Dulfer , who renamed it "De Perikels". Around 1976 he founded the group "Sunchild", in which he mixes improvising music (Dutch tradition), Dutch brass band music, pop, funk, jazz with African and Caribbean rhythms. Cellist Ernst Reijseger , percussionist Raoul Burnett , drummer Alan Purves , bassist Ivor Mitchell , Dutch pianist and keyboardist Glenn Gaddum and flautist, saxophonist and clarinetist Michael Moore played in Sunchild . In the 1990s, Reijseger, Moore, Gaddum, trombonist Wolter Wierbos , drummer Michael Vatcher , saxophonist Franklin Caesar , bassist Lesley Joseph , percussionist Serigu M'Guege and trumpeter Eric Boeren played there . In 1993 the North Sea Jazz Festival released the live album "The Visions Project" and in 1998 they released the album "On the Roof". An important impetus for Douglas in 1987 was the collaboration with Cecil Taylor and John Zorn in concerts in the Concertgebouw and the Bimhuis.

In the 1980s Douglas also played as a sideman in the "Surinam Music Ensemble" and with Ronald Snijders , but also with Louis Moholo . He also works in the group of the South African saxophonist Sean Bergin , with whom he also appeared in a duo in 2005 and in 2004 with the Senegalese singer and percussionist Mola Sylla .

In 1994 he received the Boy Edgar Prize .

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personal data
SURNAME	Douglas, Franky
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Willemstad , Curacao