Take 5 Jazz

The latest show:

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In my program this week; tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren, track from the lp “Plays George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess” recorded September 10 & 11^th 1996 with Carl-Fredrik Orrje: piano, Per-Ola Gadd: bass, Bengt Stark: drums
Aurex Jazz, track from the lp “Jazz of the 80’s” recorded in Tokyo September 2^nd 1980 with Freddie Hubbard & Randy Brecker: trumpet, Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker & Joe Farrell: tenor saxes, George Duke : keyboards, Robben Ford: guitar, Alphonso Johnson: bass, Peter Erskine: drums
Trumpeter and flugelhorn Ack van Rooyen & tenor saxophonist Paul Heller, track from the cd “Live & In Studio” recorded july 7^th 2013 with Herbert Nuss: piano, Ingmar Heller: bass
Vibraphonist Nat Steele, track from the cd “Afternoon in Paris-The Music of John Lewis and the M.J.Q.” on tenor saxophone Scott Hamilton, on piano Matyas Gayer, bassist Dave Green and drummer Steve Brown
Art Blakey’s Bluesiana Triangle, recorded march 1990 Dr. John: piano, organ and vocals, David “Fathead” Newman: tenor sax, Essiet Okon Essiet: bass, Art Blakey: drums
Tenor saxophonists Oliver Nelson, King Curtis & Jimmy “The Nighttrain” Forrest, track from the lp “Soul Battle” recorded September 9^th 1960 with Gene Casey: piano, George Duvivier: bass, Roy Haynes: drums
The Ben Webster special, track 352/520 this week Ben’s recording at Paradiso, Amsterdam 1968 with Cees Slinger: piano, Rob Langereis: bass, Han Bennink: drums
Pianist Horace Silver, track from “Tivoli Concertzaal, Copenhagen” recorded October 1968 with John B. Williams: bass, Billy Cobham: drums, Charles Tolliver: trumpet, Benny Maupin: tenor sax
Drummer Gene Krupa, track from “J.A.T.P. in Seattle” recrded October 11^th 1956 with eddie Shu: tenor sax, Dave McKenna: piano, John Drew: bass
Saxophonist Brian Molley, track from his new cd “Tus/Orign” release date march 20^th with Tom Gibbs: piano, David Bowden: bass, Stephen Henderson: 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.