Louis, Louis, Louis!

"Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima & Louis Jordan in a memorable evening of New Orleans Jazz, Blues, Swing and Boogie !"

Special guests: Frits Landesbergen & Andy Cooper.

Louis, Louis, Louis ! is a live show about the history of Swing and Jazz. An exiting tribute towards the music of three major musicians in the jazz, jive and swing era: Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima and Louis Jordan. These three giants have one thing in common: their jazz music is a thundering live entertainment show. And so does this combination of Andy Cooper, Frits Landesbergen and Jazz Connection!

Wonderful compositions from the years 20 - 50 will be performed with an swinging eight piece band. Enjoy this music with songs from “Is you is or is you ain’t my baby” to “flying home”: a memorable evening with New Orleans Jazz, Blues, Swing and Boogie!

Line up:
Andy Cooper clarinet and vocals
Frits Landesbergen vibraphone
Jurgen Feskens trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals
Peter van Steen trombone
Rob Henneveld tenor & alto sax, clarinet
Bart Wouters bass and vocals
Kees van Zijp piano
Ad Hoendervangers drums

Andy Cooper
Andy started playing clarinet at school in Oxford. After leaving Art College at Cambridge he turned professional in 1963 playing with the London City Stompers, Charlie Galbraith All Stars and the Alan Elsdon Band with whom he toured and recorded with his idol Edmond Hall. He joined Kenny Ball's Jazzmen in 1967 and in 1968 recorded "I Wanna Be Like You" from Walt Disney's Jungle Book which has now become his trade mark! Also in 1968 with the Kenny Ball Band he played the London birthday concerts with Louis Armstrong. He has done countless world tours, national and international TV, Radio and recordings. Andy recorded a successful Jazz House CD with his son Paul in 1995 which he really enjoyed doing. He also makes appearances with the European Jazz Giants. Now at this stage of his career he is making more time to play with the Andy Cooper's Euro Top 8 and to play with musicians he has always admired. "Music should be fun to play, with me it certainly is and the audience will always enjoy that too" quotes Andy!

Frits Landesbergen
Frits Landesbergen is a drummer and vibraphonist with an international standing. Born in Voorschoten in 1961, grown up in Hoorn. Graduated with honeurs in 1985 at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam. Won various prestigious prizes such as Wessel Ilckenprijs, Pall Mall Swing Award, AVRO broadcasting company "The Promise" and the attention of the media served him well. Since then he has a full agenda, principally within The Netherlands. Concerts with his own band, Frits Landesbergen & Friends. Yearly tours with Madeline Bell, The Rosenberg Trio, Louis van Dijk, and Cor Bakker. As a freelancer he performed with: Georgie Fame, Milt Jackson. Toots Thielemans. Eddie Daniels, Louis van Dijk, Thijs van Leer, Scott Hamilton, Joe Pass, Buddy de Franco, Monty Alexander. Frits Landesbergen is all-round. Not only is he one of the best Dutch jazz-vibes player, he also is an excellent drummer and arranger. He teaches vibes, drums and combo at the conservatory of The Hague, owns a booking office and is a producer and composer.

Jazz Connection
Jazz Connection is running like a train through Europe, now ready for its sixteenth year. Founded in Breda the band performed thundering Jazz & Jive shows in The Netherlands, Europe, Middle-East and Far East. From the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, theatres, jazz clubs, festivals to a concert at the Victoria Concert Hallo at Singapore. While playing as true followers of the Jump and Jive style that hit the black US population some 50 years ago, Jazz Connection now represent an interesting melting pot. There is the Rhythm 'n Blues of the forties, the mambo of the fifties, hard bop ingredients of the sixties and even some crossover to funk, boogaloo and mainstream jazz to be tasted. Together they produce their remarkable sound: transparent, sophisticated, catchy and groovy.

Jazz Connection performed with the American singer Marjorie Barnes and as support act of Chris Barber Jazz Band and Max Collie & Rhythm Aces (2004). Band members performed with musicians like Scott Hamilton, Warren Vaché, Joep Peeters and Steve Yocum.

Websites:
www.jazzconnection.nl
www.andycooper-top8band.com
www.landesbergen-music.nl_


Upcoming gigs

New brochure

New brochure season 2008 now available for download!