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Gerard Kleijn
Gerard
Kleijn (1964) studied light music and jazz at the Hilversum and Rotterdam
conservatories. He graduated as a Performing Musician from the latter
conservatory in 1997. He toured with various ensembles in many countries,
including the United States, Mexico, France, Germany, Croatia, Switzerland,
Poland, Sweden, and Austria. He recorded his first album, Big Moves,
in 1997. His second recording, Love Quotes of the Gerard Kleijn
Group, appeared in May 2002 and was unanimously received well by the
Dutch and international music press. He performs with the aforementioned
jazzgroup in the Netherlands and abroad. In addition, he plays or has
played with Raymond van het Groenewoud, the Holland Bigband, Deborah
Brown, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, the Amsterdam Jazzquintet,
Benjamin Herman, Fay Claassen, Mieke Stemerdink, Paul Stocker's Bugband
and many others. Gerard teaches trumpet and improvisation with 'de Djam',
a private school for light music. For more information, see also: www.gerardkleijn.com. |
