Amsterdam Diamonds....... THE DIAMOND FIVE - BRILLIANT - TopicsExpress



          

Amsterdam Diamonds....... THE DIAMOND FIVE - BRILLIANT !(Fontana,1964) Personnel: Cees Slinger: piano; Harry Verbeke: tenor sax; Cees Smal: trumpet, cornet and valve trombone; Jacques Schols: bass; Johnny Engels: drums. The Diamond Five, a Dutch quintet led by pianist Cees Slinger, was founded in 1959 and lasted until 1965. They were based at the Sheherazade Club in Amsterdam and were quite popular, playing all over Holland and accompanying expatriate American musicians on their visits to Amsterdam. However, when the club closed its doors due to a shift in popular interest from jazz to rock music, the quintet disbanded. This 1964 recording is their only session available on CD. The music is hard bop on the surface, but is neither formulaic nor a copy of the genres imported from the U.S.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:18:07 +0000

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