Niko Langenhuijsen

Niko Langenhuijsen (born February 12, 1951 in Den Bosch ) is a Dutch jazz musician ( double bass , piano , composition).

Live and act

Langenhuijsen grew up in Boxtel and lived in Tilburg from 1969 , where he first studied theology and then went to the conservatory. He played avant-garde jazz in the Ohm group , which won the Larens Jazz Concours in 1973 and was awarded the Wessel-Ilcken Prize in 1975 . Langenhuijsen also gave workshops. With young talents he discovered there, he occupied the brass section of Ohm in 1976 , later his octet Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek , with which he recorded several albums, later expanded by singers. In 1985 he received an Edison for his album Hypo . In 1992 he formed the group Caoutchouc , in which he also merged with flamenco . Langenhuijsen was a lecturer at various Dutch conservatories. He has lived in Nijmegen since 1994 . He also composed for the Metropole Orkest .

He can also be heard in groups and on albums by Paul van Kemenade , Pierre Courbois and Jozef Dumoulin . Tom Lord lists 14 recordings by Langenhuijsen between 1974 and 2007 in his discography.

Discographic notes

• Ohm Sextet J&M (with Ab Baars , Peter Cornelis, Rob van Stratum, Willem Kühne , Pieter Henrard)
• Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek / Cleansing Department Orchestra (BVHaast 1980, with Paul van Kemenade, Hans Sparla , Henk Koekkoek, Toon de Gouw , Willem Kühne, Peter Mingaars, Frans van Grinsven)
• Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek / Cleansing Department Orchestra Doka Bonga (Eksakt, 1983)
• Hypo (Varajazz 1984, with Willem van Manen , Toon de Gouw, Ernst Reijseger , Bohuslav Zola, Arnold Dooyeweerd )
• Vaalbleek Caoutchouc (Eksakt, 1985)
• Compass Sanstire (Traction Avant, 1987)
• Caoutchouc Plays Garcia Lorca (Timeless 1993)

Web links

• Portrait (Het Geheugen van Tilburg) (Dutch)
• Entry (Muziekencyclopedie) (Dutch)
• Niko Langenhuijsen at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short portrait (Freedom de muziek)
2. ^ The Jazz Discography