Take 5 Jazz

The latest show:

  • Start my program  with pianist Michel Petrucciani, track from his new cd “Jazzclub, Montmartre”  recorded july 3rd 1988 with Gary Peacock: bass, Roy Haynes: drums
  • Drummer Shelly Manne, track from the lp “Mannekind” recorded in 1973 with Gary Barone: trumpet, John Morell: guitar, Mike Wofford: piano, Jeff Castleman: bass
  • Saxophonist Gerald Albright, track from the cd “Giving myself to you” recorded in 1995 with Joe Sample: piano, Tony Dumas: bass, Harvey Mason: drums, Paulinho da Costa: percussion
  • Katsushika Trio, track from the new cd “Wild Guys in the Universe” on Yamaha Music Communications” Minoru Mukoya: keyboards, Tetsuo Sakurai: electric bass, Akira Jimbo: drums
  • The Ben Webster special, track 299/520, this week Ben’s lp “At The Renaissance”  recorded in Hollywood October 14th 1960 with Jimmy Rowles: piano, Jim Hall: guitar, Red Mitchell: bass, Frank Butler: drums
  • Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, track from “J.A.T.P. in Stockholm” recorded may 20th 1958 with Lou Levy: piano, Herb Ellis: guitar, Max Bennett: bass, Gus Johnson: drums
  • J.A.T.P. All Stars at Festhalle, Hamburg February 29th 1956 with Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge: trumpets, Flip Phillips & Illinois Jacquet: tenor saxes, Oscar Peterson: piano, Herb Ellis: guitar, Ray Brown: bass, Gene Krupa: drums
  • Pianist McCoy Tyner and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, track from “Forces of Nature—Live at Slugs” recorded in 1966 with Henry Grimes: bass, Jack de Johnette: drums
  • Trumpeter Kenny Dorham, track from the lp “The Flamboyan-Queens N.Y.” recorded January 15th 1963 with Joe Henderson: tenor sax, Ronnie Matthews: piano, Steve Davis : bass, J.C. Moses: drums
  • Al Jarreau with the N.D.R. Big Band plays (and sings) the music of Duke Ellington

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!

A painting given to me to celebrate my 500th show of Take 5 Jazz

Sem van Gelder from The Swingmaster, one of the main sources of my collection.

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.

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