Take 5 Jazz – Your weekly source of Jazz

The latest show:

program no. 1320

In my program this week pianist Horace Silver, track from “Newport Jazz Festival” recorded july 3^rd 1959 with Blue Mitchell: trumpet, Junior Cook: tenor sax, Gene Taylor: bass, Louis Hayes: drums
STUFF, track from “Live at Mikell’s” recorded December 14^th 1979 with Richard Tee: keyboards, Cornell Dupree & Eric Gale; guitars, Gordon Edwards: bass, Steve Gadd & Chris Parker: drums
Drummer Tony Kinsey, track from the lp “Mr. percussion” recorded in 1961 with Tubby Hayes: tenor sax & vibes, Jimmy Deuchar: trumpet, Bill Le Sage: piano, Lennie Bush: bass
Tenor saxophonist Bjarne Nerem, track from the lp “More Than You Know” recorded august 29 & 30^th 1987 with Lars Sjosten: piano, Kare Garnes: bass, Spike wells: drums
Eastern Rebellion, track from “Live at Umea Jazz Festival” October 21^st 1977 with Cedar Walton: piano, Bob Berg: tenor sax, Sam Jones: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
The Ben Webster special, track 374/520 this week Ben’s lp “For the Guv’nor” recorded may 26^th 1969 with Cees Slinger: piano, Jacques Schols: bass, Johnny Engels: drums
CTI All Stars, track from “Live in Munchen” recorded august 1972 with Freddie Hubbard: trumpet, Stanley Turrentine: tenor sax, Hubert Laws: flute, Bob James: piano, Ron Carter: bass, Joe Farrell: tenor sax, Hank Crawford: alto sax, Grover Washington Jr: tenor sax
The Timeless All Stars, track from “Live in Koln” recorded march 16^th 1982 with Curtis Fuller: trombone, Harold Land: tenor sax, Bobby Hutcherson: vibraphone, Cedar Walton: piano, Buster Williams: bass, Billy Higgins: drums
Baritone saxophonist Sahib Shihab, track from the lp “S.S. and the Danish Radio Jazz Group” recorded august 21^st 1965 with Bent Axen: piano, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen: bass, Alex Riel: drums, Bent Jaedig: tenor sax, Louis Hjulmand: vibes
Guitarist eric Gale, track from the lp “Forecast” recorded January 1973 with Bob James: keyboards, Gordon Edwards: bass, Rick Marotta: drums, Ralph MacDonald: percussion
Tenor saxophonist Chu Berry, track from “The Chocolate Dandies” under the direction of Benny Carter, recorded in N.Y.C. October 10^th 1933 with Max Kaminsky: trumpet, Benny Carter: alto sax, Floyd O”Brien: trombone, Teddy Wilson: piano, Lawrence Lucie: guitar, Ernest Hill: bass, Big Sid Catlett: drums
Baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, track from the lp “Blue Serge” recorded march 14^th 1956 with Sonny Clark: piano, Leroy Vinnegar: bass, Philly Joe Jones: drums

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.