The last Dutch jazz pianist I turned you on to was Rob Madna. Today, I have another one for you: Frans Wieringa. As far as I can tell, he recorded five or so albums, two of them with Ben Webster in 1969. One with Webster was At Ease, recorded in Heemstede, Holland, in January on the Imperial label. The other was Blow, Ben Blow! for Prestige in October.
Wieringa also recorded Jazz From Holland in 1968 on Dorplein,Well Organized Music/The Eminent Swing Combination in Hilversum in 1977 for Negram and A Tribute to North Sea Jazz Festival. I couldn't find much about Wieringa online, so hopefully my friends in the Netherlands will weigh in.
What I can offer you are clips:
Here's Wieringa on piano with Ben Webster on At Ease...
Here, if you move the time bar to 38:02, you'll find Wieringa's four tracks on Blow Ben, Blow!—John Brown's Body, Worksong, The Preacher and Straight No Chaser...
And here's Wieringa playing a gig in Paterswolde, Holland, in 2006...
Wieringa also recorded Jazz From Holland in 1968 on Dorplein,Well Organized Music/The Eminent Swing Combination in Hilversum in 1977 for Negram and A Tribute to North Sea Jazz Festival. I couldn't find much about Wieringa online, so hopefully my friends in the Netherlands will weigh in.
What I can offer you are clips:
Here's Wieringa on piano with Ben Webster on At Ease...
Here, if you move the time bar to 38:02, you'll find Wieringa's four tracks on Blow Ben, Blow!—John Brown's Body, Worksong, The Preacher and Straight No Chaser...
And here's Wieringa playing a gig in Paterswolde, Holland, in 2006...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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