Ab's Originals Ab Schaap Septet

• 1 Libra (Long Version) 06:04
• 2 Ab's Original Blues 06:18
• 3 Pressure 06:52
• 4 Just in Time 06:03
• 5 Song for Silver 08:42
• 6 Don't Say I'm Lazy 04:20
• 7 Two 04:38
• 8 Sno' Peas 07:01
• 9 Descending 03:38
• 10 Libra (Short Version) 02:44
• Total Runtime 56:20

Info for Ab's Originals

“Since his first performances as a tenor saxophonist in the 1970s, Ab Schaap not only came to be an early contributor to Dutch jazz history, in the following decades he also showed his versatility as a composer and an educator. Some of the finest musicians in the Netherlands now have gathered in a septet playing Ab’s originals and arrangements. “Real Jazz” lingered in bop and swing tradition, a feast to the ear, an invite to the feet.

Rob van Bavel, piano
Jan van Duikeren, trumpet
Simon Rigter, tenor saxophone
Jasper van Damme, alto saxophone
Rik van den Bergh, bariton saxophone
Frans van Geest, double bass
Sander Smeets, drums

Rob van Bavel
Graduated in 1987 at the Rotterdam Conservatory with the highest possible mark (A with distinction). He won several awards, a.o. the second prize at the first "Thelonious Monk Jazzpiano Competition" (Washington D.C.), soloist awards in Germany/Belgium, the Wessel Ilcken Award (Holland) and the Dutch Grammy (Edison) for the cd "Rob van Bavel trio".

He made many cd's as a sideman and as leader: Rob van Bavel Octet and Rob van Bavel Trio. Some cd's released by RVB Productions, a.o. "Duo Rob van Bavel/Marc van Rooij LIVE".

Nowadays working as a teacher at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) and the Amsterdam Conservatory (Conservatorium van Amsterdam). Of course also performing (inter-)nationally with several groups, such as The Ghost, The King And I. Van Bavel played with Woody Shaw, Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Johnny Griffin, Bob Mintzer, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Willis a.o.

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