Victor Kaihatu

Victor Kaihatu (* 1939 in Java ; † May 6, 2014 ) was a Dutch jazz musician ( double bass , also bass guitar ).

Act

In 1958 Kaihatu and his brother Ferry founded the pop duo The Emeralds , which scored hits in the Netherlands such as “Memories” (1960) and “Brigitte Bardot” (1961). He then played with The Millers , then with Pierre Courbois . In 1965 he toured in Gunter Hampel's quartet , with whom he can also be heard on his album with Inge Brandenburg . In 1966 he played with Loek Dikker and Willem Breuker's quartet . Then he became a member of Misha Mengelberg's quartet (with Piet Noordijk and Han Bennink ), with whom he received the Wessel-Ilcken Prize in the same year received.

After completing his studies at the Conservatory, he became a sought-after studio musician and played on a variety of recordings, including with Toots Thielemans and Nina Simone . He directed the Krontjong Ensemble , which released the album Tanah-Airku-Indonesia in 1972 . He belonged to the groups of Wim Overgaauw , Nedly Elstak , Ann Burton and Ruud Brink . He also lived in Chicago for a while. There he played the album Chicago State of Mind (2000) under his own name ; He also belonged to the quartet of trombonist Steve Horne , with whom the 2002 album Love for Sale was created.

Kaihatu also taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and was the teacher of Tony Overwater and Pieter Douma , among others .

Web links

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• obituary
• Victor Kaihatu at Discogs (English)