Genres Jazz Years active 1960s | Name Willem Breuker Role Bandleader | |
Born 4 November 1944Amsterdam, Netherlands ( 1944-11-04 ) Instruments Saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Associated acts Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Globe Unity Orchestra Died July 23, 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands Albums New Acoustic Swing Duo, De Onderste Steen Music group Willem Breuker Kollektief (1974 – 2010) Awards Golden Calf Occupation Award Similar Peter Schilperoort, Tineke Postma, Saskia Laroo | ||
Willem breuker bio
Willem Breuker (4 November 1944, Amsterdam – 23 July 2010 Amsterdam) was a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and (bass) clarinetist.
Contents
- Willem breuker bio
- 1977 bvhaastshow willem breuker kollektief
- Early years
- Willem Breuker Kollektief
- Career Highlights
- Death
- References
1977 bvhaastshow willem breuker kollektief
Early years
During the mid 1960s he played with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, co-founding the Instant Composers Pool (ICP), with which he regularly performed until 1973. He was a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra and the Gunter Hampel Group.
Willem Breuker Kollektief
In 1974, he began leading the 10-piece Willem Breuker Kollektief, which performed jazz in a theatrical and often unconventional manner, drawing elements from theater and vaudeville. With the group, he toured Western Europe, Russia, Australia, India, China, Japan, the United States, and Canada.
He was also known as an authority on the music of Kurt Weill. In 1997, he produced, with Carrie de Swaan, a 48-hour, 12-part radio documentary on the life of Weill entitled Componist Kurt Weill.
Career Highlights
In 1974, he founded the record label BVHaast. Beginning in 1977, he organized the annual Klap op de Vuurpijl (Top It All) festival in Amsterdam. Haast Music Publishers, which he also operated, published his scores.
In 1992, Editions de Limon published the book Willem Breuker by J. and F. Buzelin in France. Uitgeverij Walburg Pers published a Dutch translation in 1994. BVHaast published the book Willem Breuker Kollektief: Celebrating 25 Years on the Road, which includes two CDs, in 1999.
In 1998, Breuker was knighted with the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
Death
Willem Breuker died on 23 July, 2010 in Amsterdam. He suffered from lung cancer and had been ill for some time.