Take 5 Jazz – Your weekly source of Jazz

The latest show:

program no. 1325

Tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves, track from the lp “Tell The Way It Is” recorded September 4^th 1963 with Walter Bishop, Jr: piano, Ernie Sheppard: bass, Osie Johnson: drums
Pianist John Donegan, track from the cd “We Will Meet Again, Sometime” recorded march 12-14^th 2024 with Michael Buckley: alto, soprano and flute, Richie Buckley: tenor sax, Linley Hamilton: trumpet/flugelhorn, Dan Bodwell: bass, John Daly: drums, Hugh Buckley: guitar
Drummer Brian Melvin, track from “Tranesformation” the Music of John Coltrane recorded January 28^th 2023 with Soren Lee: guitar, Mads Sondergaard: organ
Alto, soprano sax, clarinet & flute Gerlo Hesselink track from his cd “Meant for You 2—Brieven aan Jan” recorded july 9-10^th 2024 with Flora de Geus: vocals, Dirk Balthaus: piano, Johan Plomp: bass, Joost Kesselaar: drums
Vibraphonist Cal Tjader, track from “Live in Yokohama” recorded September 7^th 1980 with Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet, Illinois Jacquet, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Harold Land: tenor saxes, Cedar Walton: piano, Eddie Gomez: bass, Shelly Manne: drums
The Ben Webster special, track 379/520 this week Ben with Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges track from the lp “Side by Side” recorded august 14^th 1958
Pianist Francy Boland, track from the lp ”Flirt and Dream” recorded may 28^th 1967 with Jimmy Woode: bass, Kenny Clarke: drums
Tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes, track from the 3 cd box “An Unexpected Pleasure” release on Jazz in Britain label, now the Jazz Couriers recorded august 28^th 1958 Tubbs and Ronnie Scott on tenor saxes, Terry Shannon: piano, Jeff Clyne: bass, Bill Eyden: drums
Arranger/ Conductor Oliver Nelson, track from the lp “More Blues and the Abstract Truth” recorded in 1964 Thad Jones: trumpet, Phil Woods: alto sax, Ben Webster: tenor sax, Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Roger Kellaway: piano, Richard Davis: bass, Grady Tate: drums
Tenor saxophonists Paul Gonsalves & Sonny Stitt track from the lp “Salt and Pepper” recorded june 10^th 1963 Hank Jones: piano, Milt Hinton: bass, Osie Johnson: drums
Tenor saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, track from the lp “Made in Germany” recorded January 25 & 28^th 1963with Ingfried Hoffmann: organ, Helmut Kandlberger: bass, Klaus Weiss: drums
Bassist Yiorgos Fakanas, track from the cd “Topaz-Jazz Suite in 6 Parts and 14 Images” with Dimitris Angelakis: vibes, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez: drums, Steve Weingart: piano

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.