Take 5 Jazz

The latest show:

program no. 1283

Start my program with alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and Hammond organist Wild Bill Davis recorded july 27^th 1965 with Lawrence Brown: trombone, Grant Green: guitar, Hank Jones: piano, Richard Davis: bass, Ben Dixon: drums
Trumpeter Bill Berry and his AllStar Big Band, track from the lp “Hello Rev” recorded at the Concord Summer Festival august 1^st 1976 with Cat Anderson & Blue Mitchell: trumpet, Britt Woodman, Jimmy Cleveland: trombone, Marshal Royal, Lanny Morgan, Richie Kamuca, Don Menza, Jack Nimitz: saxes, Dave Frishberg: piano, Monty Budwig: bass, Frank Capp: drums
Drummer Gary Husband, track from the new cd ”Postcards from the Past” recorded in 1979 with Allan Holdsworth: guitar, Hansford Rowe: bass, Ray Warleigh: alto sax
Trumpeter Lasse Lindgren and the Latvian Radio Big Band, track from the cd “Baltic Waves” recorded in 2018
The Ben Webster special, track 338/520 this week Ben’s lp “Ben Webster at Ease” recorded January 12^th 1969 with Frans Wieringa: piano, Gerard Holdgrefe: bass, Tom van Steenderen: drums
Ack van Rooyen on flugelhorn and pianist Jasper van’t Hof, track from the cd “Duo’s & Trio’s with…..”
Drummer Bob Peckman, track from the cd “Epitome of Cool” recorded December 10^th 1998 with Chip McNiell: piano, Pete Spar: bass, Gunnar Mossblad: saxes, Bob LeFever: clarinet & saxes,Ken Epperly: trombone, Ted Bosgruds: trumpet, John Bain: guitar
Drummer Andy Gutte and the FFB Big Band, track from the cd “Live” recorded may 27^th 2016 at Marlene Bar & Buhne Hannover
Drummer Pete York, track from the cd “Steaming” recorded april19th 1985 at café Atlantic in Freiburg with Brian Auger: keyboards, Colin Hodgkinson: bass
Horncraft, track from the cd “Inside Looking Out” recorded in 2022 with Hakan Nyqvist: french horn, Eva Tea Lundberg: french horn, Erik Palmberg: trumpet and flugelhorn, Orjan Hulten: saxes, Sven Berggren: trombone,Torbjorn Gulz: piano, Filip Augustson: bass, Henrik Jaderberg: drums
Trombonist Chris Barber and the Grosse Rundfunk Orchester Belin, track from the cd “New Orleans Symphony” recorded october1986
Tenor saxophonist Wouter Kiers, track from his cd “Three O’ Clock in the Morning” recorded January 2014 with Cajan Witmer: piano, Hans Ruigrok: bass, Maarten Kruijswijk: drums

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About Take 5 Jazz

In the weekly show of Take 5 Jazz I will take you into the great world of Jazz. Beyond the mainstream and well known recordings, my show is an entrance to the vast range of all the various styles within the genre, such as Bebop, West Coast jazz, and most notable: Latin. Jazz music knows many faces: from the old American Jazz standards to the British scene, and from big bands to Cool Jazz; ranging from the oldest to the most recent of recordings, every week some of the finest from my collection will be played.

One of my aims is present something unknown every week; to give some airplay to those musicians to whom people pay too little attention to, as well as providing rare recordings of well-known musicians. Take 5 Jazz offers a blend of the familiar and unfamiliar, mostly jazz and sometimes a bit of blues, but always with the intent to find something new and interesting.

Jan Klein, the man behind Take 5 Jazz

An article in a Dutch newspaper, marking the 300th show of Take 5 Jazz.
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Back in 1997 people, who knew about my passion for Jazz, asked me to start a radio show at a local radio station. Rather than generic pop music usually aired, this new show, Take 5, offered the best Jazz and Blues that was within my ever-expanding collection.

My collection spans a great number of LPs and CDs, and started in the early seventies. At the time, as a little boy, I bought my first LP: Cal Tjader’s Latin Kick. This marked the beginning of my love for the genre. The quality of his sound and the quality of performance drew me to Ben Webster. Ben, like Cal, is one of the cornerstones of my collection.

For several years I aired this music, but times change. Progressing from a small local radio station to the World Wide Web, I became fully independent. Now I am able to share my love for the music with an audience from all over the world!

For over forty years after I collected every known recording that Cal Tjader produced, making me one of the few in the world who managed to complete the entire discography of Cal. The combination of Jazz and Latin was what started my love for Jazz, and thus it was something I wanted to give special attention in my show. From October 14, 2002, to July 31, 2018, I aired my entire collection: one track a week, every week. It was a monumental task, and I am proud that I managed to complete it.

Once I reached the end of my Cal Tjader special, I had to switch to a different musician. A poll amongst my listeners finalized my decision: for 520 weeks in a row there will be at least one track of Ben Webster in my show!

Cal Tjader and Ben Webster are but two examples of the musicians that I count amongst my favourites. The long and wonderful history of the Jazz genre has brought forth many musical geniuses. And while Jazz might originate from the United States, those gifted in the art of music are born all over the world. The jazz scene in Britain, for instance, featured artists such as Tubby Hayes and Phil Seamen. And for me, hailing from Holland, there are many ‘local’ musicians whom I admire, whose albums I collected. The most notable of these are Jan Akkerman and Rob Franken.

For a more expansive summary of the musicians whose music I appreciate, click here.

A few years ago I picked up a hobby. Next to my big love for listening to jazz music, and sharing this passion through my show Take 5 Jazz, I’ve started painting.

Please take a look on this page, where I share some of my paintings.