Take 5 Jazz

The latest show:

program no. 1308

In my program this week drummer Roland Vazquez, track from “The Tides of Time” recorded in 1988 with Chris Botti: trumpet, Ken Hitchcock: saxes, Dean Brown: guitar, Dave Lalama: keyboards, Anthony Jackson: bass, Luis Conte: congas
Tenor saxophonist Toon van Vliet, track from “Live in Laren” recorded march 31^st 1974 with Cees Slinger: piano, Peter Niewerf: guitar, Rob Langereis: bass, John Engels: drums
Tenor saxophonist Willis “Gatortail” Jackson, track from the lp “Soul Grabber” recorded October 20^th 1967 with Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb & Sammy Lowe: trumpets, Heywood Henry: baritone sax, Carl Wilson: organ, Lloyd Davis: guitar, Bob Bushnell: electric bass, Lawrence Wrice: drums
Composer/ Conductor Miho Hazama, track from the new cd “Frames” on Edition Records , Miho and the Danish Radio Big Band, on saxophone Karl-Martin Almquist and trumpeter Gidon Nunez Vaz
Alto saxophonist Erena Terakubo, track from “Live in Tokyo” recorded September 5^th 2010 with Will Boulware: keyboards, Ron Carter: bass, Omar Hakim: drums
The Ben Webster special, track 362/520 this week Ben’s recording with the Rex Stewart Alumni All Stars recorded july 4^th 1958 Live at the Newport Jazz Festival
Biella Da Costa, track from her cd “Jazz and Blues” recorded in 1994, Biella: vocals, Alvaro Falcon: guitar, Rafael Velasquez: trumpet, Bernardo Padron: tenor sax
Louise Alexandra (very good Dutch singer) track from her brand new cd “Crazy World of Love” with Rob van Bavel: piano, Frans van Geest: bass, Vincent Koning: guitar Marcel Serierse: drums, Jan Menu: saxes
Alto saxophonist Pony Poindexter, track from the lp “Pony Express” recorded may 10^th 1962 with Phil Woods & Gene Quill: alto saxes, Dexter Gordon & Billy Mitchell: tenor saxes, Pepper Adams: baritone sax, Gildo Mahones: piano, Bill Yancey: bass, Charliew Persip: drums
Drummer Ben Riley, track from “Monk Legacy Septet” recorded in 2006 with Freddie Bryant: guitar, Peter Washington: bass, Bruce Williams: soprano and alto sax, Jimmy Green &Wayne Escoffery: tenor saxes, Jim Brandford: baritone sax, Don Sickler: trumpet
Tenorist Simon Rigter, track from the cd “Growing Up” recorded in 2021 with Vincent Koning: guitar, Karel Boehlee: piano, Cas Jiskoot: bass, Joost van Schaik: drums
Vibraphonist Johnny Lytle, track from “Possum Grease” recorded july 15^th 1992 with Houston Person: tenor sax, Randy Johnston: guitar, Stan Hope: piano, Peter Martin Weiss: bass, Michael Carvin: drums, Sammy Figuroa:percussion

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.