Jasper van Pelt plays on four tracks.
During the seventies till the mid-nineties, The La Vida Jazz Band has performed with several famous musicians from New Orleans like Louis Nelson, Sam Lee, Herbert Permillion.
jasper van pelt, music teacher, trombonist
go to home
go to agenda
go to discography
go to bio
go to bands
go to trombone
go to equipment
go to specials
go to photos
go to links
go to contact
Booking & Information
CD

La Vida Jazz Band
New Orleans in the Netherlands
Release 2006
Little Label LL009

This is a feature from the wonderful Tenorsax player Sam Lee. It’s recorded in Milano, Italy in 1989. Sam plays and sings real inspired in here. The rhythm section is led by pianist Emile van Pelt with his astonishing left hand boogie woogie timing which takes us back to the legendary Hi Ho Silver recording from Duke Burell and the Louisiane Shakers. But this is a white band and that’s really remarkable! The La Vida is one of the few white bands in the world who can play with such a roughness that this type of numbers should have. Unfortunately the sound quality is a bit poor because it was taped from a long distance with one simple microphone and besides the computer MP3 conversion will not make it better! Nevertheless I’m sure that if you listen through that, you can pick up the fine atmosphere that Sam Lee and the La Vida has created that day in Milano!

Jasper van Pelt

Audioclip: Hi Ho Silver

On the CD there is one number without a quest so that one can hear the La Vida on his own This track is recorded recently in October 2005 during the Doctor Jazz Reunion in Wageningen. It shows the La Vida playing this tune in a smooth collective manner. The banjo solo from the international well known and famous banjo player Wouter Nouwens is very tastefull and of course played in his own original style.

Jasper van Pelt
Audioclip:
He’ll Understand and Say Well Done

Jasper van Pelt and The Tulane Jazz Quartet.

Audioclip:
Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie

Jasper van Pelt and The Friends of New Orleans.

Audioclip:
The Lonesome Road
My first contact with Jim Robinson must have been when I was a little baby! My father at that time was a famous Dutch trombonist and a real Robinson adept. So I grew up with LP’s and tapes from New Orleans music and especially those with the trombone of Jim Robinson. More
Favourite Tromboneplayers
jim robinson
Audioclip: Buggle Call Rag
Audioclip: Walking with the King

Jim Robinson & George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers
April 8, 1955 Hackensack, New Jersey

Trummy Young with Teddy Buckner & his Orchestra
April 1958

I consider myself a lucky man because I’ve seen and heard Trummy Young! In 1975 when I was eleven years old, my family and I went to a concert of the Chris Barber Jazz Band. When we arrived at the hall we discovered by coincidence that the Barber Band had a special quest: Trummy Young! By that time I didn’t know much about Trummy only that he had played with Louis Armstrong.
trummy young
Jim Robinson
b. 1892, Dec 25 Deer Range, LA
d. 1976, May 4 New Orleans, LA
Trummy Young
b. 1912 Jan 12 Savannah, Georgia
d. 1984 Sep 10 San Jose, California

Music

Jasper plays classical jazz, swing and improvising music.

New audio clips and upcoming concert dates can be seen on
www.myspace.com/jaspervanpelt

Festivals

Jasper has performed at various jazzfestivals and stages at international and national clubs such as:


Montreux Music Festival - Suisse
Ascona Jazz Festival - Suisse
Haugesund Jazz Festival - Norway
North Sea Jazz Festival - Netherlands
Breda Jazz Festival - Netherlands
Jazz in Duke Town - Netherlands
Jazz Festival Enkhuizen - Netherlands
Kiel Jazz Festival - Germany
Gelsenkirchen Jazz Festival - Germany
’t Ol van Pluto - Belgium

Musicians

During more than 27 years of career in jazz and swing music, Jasper has performed with national and international famous musicians such as:

USA
Milton Batiste, Lillian Boutte, David Gianpietro, Jeff Hamilton, Jim Leigh,
David Paquette, Ellyna Tatum, Sylvia ‘Kuumba’ Williams

Canada
Bob Erwig, Terra Hazelton, Georgia Korba, Claire McKenna, Bria Skonberg

Austrialia
Paul Furniss

UK
Richard Bennett, Colin Bowden, Terry Brunt, Ken Colyer, Adrian Cox, Colin Dawson,
Alan Elsdon, David Gilmore, John Hale, Judy Johnson, Emile Martyn,
Elaine McKeown, Kenny Milne, Herbert Permillion, John Richardson, Brian Turnock

France
Jerome Etcheberry

Germany
Peter Anders, Gunther Barfuss, Franz Brittinger, Herbert Christ, Thomas L’Etienne,
Norbert Susemihl

Belgium
Bruno van Acoleyen, Karel Algoed, Rudy Ballieu, Frederik van den Berghe, Johnny & Camiel van Breedam, Pierre Claessens, Joris de Cock, Norbert Detaeye, Antoon de Groote, Bruno de Bruxelles, Luc van Hoetegem, Emiel Leybaert, Guy Preckler,
Eddy Sabbe, Philippe DeSmet Trombone, Philippe DeSmet drs, Herman Sobrie,
J.J. Pieters, Dan Vercruysse

The Netherlands
Coos Alberts, Ad Beerendonk, Oeds Bouwsma, Paul Brandes, Bert Brandsma,
Onno de Bruyn, Allard Buwalda, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Gijs Dijkhuizen, Cor Fabrie,
Paul Habraken, Arend Huisman , Bas de Jager, Sebastiaan Kaptein, Hemmo Kieft, Albert Klein, Jos Koster, Selena Brandsma-Kuiper, Hans Mantel, Jenne Meinema, Jaap Mook, Wouter Nouwens, Adam Olivier ,George Pancraz , Joep Peeters, Ad van Pelt,Emile van Pelt , Adolf Robertus  Frederick H. Sayles, Addy Scheele, Frank Roberscheuten, Tom Stuip,  Benny Top, Antoine Trommelen, Robert Veen, Bert Velderman, Christ Vingerhoets, Edward Visser, Carmen Vos, Ronald Wildering,  Jaap de Wit jr. and sr., Jan Wouters

Jasper