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Peter Herbolzheimer
Peter Herbolzheimer
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Barbara Thompson
Barbara Thompson
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Wolfgang Dauner
Wolfgang Dauner
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Peter Beets
Peter Beets
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Rue Protzer
Rue Protzer
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Chris Hinze
Chris Hinze
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Erik van der Luijt
Erik van der Luijt
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Eric Ineke
Eric Ineke
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Wolfgang Köhler
Wolfgang Köhler
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Hein van de Geyn
Hein van de Geyn
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Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Saskia Laroo
Saskia Laroo
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Cees See
Cees See
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Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson
American jazz musician
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
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Dick Raaymakers
Dick Raaymakers
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Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles
British musician
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Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Anner Bylsma
Anner Bylsma
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
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Herbert Joos
Herbert Joos
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Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
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Susanne Abbuehl
Susanne Abbuehl
musician
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George Russell
George Russell
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Bill Perkins
Bill Perkins
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Walter Barnes
Walter Barnes
American musician
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Najee
Najee
American musician
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Monk Montgomery
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Kyteman
Kyteman
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana
American musician
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Bill Ashton
Bill Ashton
British musician
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Wyatt Ruther
Wyatt Ruther
American musician
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Art Tripp
Art Tripp
American musician
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Sandy Mosse
Sandy Mosse
American musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Larry Van Kriedt
Larry Van Kriedt
American musician
Ack van Rooyen
Dutch trumpeter

Ack van Rooyen

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Dutch trumpeter
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Ack van Rooyen (1995)

Ack van Rooyen (born January 1, 1930 in The Hague) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is the brother of Jerry van Rooyen.

Van Rooyen began playing with a military band as a teenager, doing tours of bases in Indonesia. He then studied music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1950, then worked with Ernst van 't Hoff and his brother. He played with The Ramblers in 1955-1957, then moved to France in 1957, where he worked with Aime Barelli, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thompson, and Barney Wilen. In 1960, he relocated to Germany, playing in a big band at Sender Freies Berlin with his brother, in addition to side work with Hans Koller, Bert Kaempfert, and Ake Persson. He settled in Stuttgart in 1967 and worked with musicians such as Volker Kriegel, Charly Antolini, Friedrich Gulda, Slide Hampton, and Eberhard Weber; , he also toured widely during this time.

In 1980 he moved back to the Netherlands, eventually taking a position as an educator at his alma mater, the Royal Conservatory.