TRUMPET PLAYER, EDUCATOR AND ORGANISER
Musician - Loet van der Lee
Born in Bakkum (1968), the Netherlands, Loet started playing the trumpet at the age of nine and started his professional career at eighteen. He gratuated from the Hilversum conservatory in January 1993.
As a performing artist he soon became interested in various musical styles. From jazz, salsa and pop music to big band, small band, blues, funk and studio music. Today Loet has become widely respected not only as a jazz and Latin-jazz player, but also as a section and lead-trumpet player. Over the years he has played all over the world both with his own bands and with numerous other orchestras and ensembles. In the Netherlands , he is one of the most prolific session and soloplayers but still finds time to compose, give workshops, teach students and lead his own bands. In 2006 untill 2012 he was the director of the SWING foundation and from 2012 uptill now he is the festivaldirector of the Meer Jazz Foundation.
In 2017 he published his studybooks 'Better trumpet playing' part I, part II and part III. In 2021 he published the studybook with Play-a-long The Joy of Playing. These books are available as digital download and in print throught the webshop on this website.
Loet van der Lee Quintet
The original Loet van der Lee Quartet was founded in 1992 and has performed in several countries throughout the world. In this line up the band has been playing since 2013. In 2019 a new quintet was formed with Tim Hennekes on drums, Cas Jiskoot on bas, Sebastiaan van Bavel on piano, Gideon Tazelaar on tenorsaxophone and Loet van der Lee on trumpets. They recorded the album 'Rode Hert Sessions' in December 2019 at Studio Rode Hert (Roderwolde NL). In 2021 they presented a second album with this line up 'The Joy of Playing' with ten new compositions of the bandleader. The Joy of Playing - JSR06018 - 2021; Rode Hert Sessions - JSR06017 - 2019; Basics - JSR06015 - 2012; Playsome - JSR06001 - 2006; Ballads, Blues & Boogaloo - BMCD 448 - 2004; Holland in Jazz - BMCD 394 - 2003; The Adderley Project - AL73209 - 2001; Both Sides - AL73161 - 1999; Going Walkbout - AL73035 - 1996; To obtain cd's please go to the webshop on this website. Molenaar Big BandIn 2020 Loet became the new musical and artistic leader of the Molenaar Big Band. The founder of the band Jan Molenaar past away in 2021. Seaside Big Band
In 2019 Loet became the new musical and artistic leader of the Seaside Big Band at Heemskerk.
In 2020 Loet started giving private trumpet lessons at Heemskerk and Krommenie (Noord-Holland) and initiated anual series Playjazz Workshops in Hoofddorp, Heemskerk (NH) and Roderwolde (Dr). |
The Holland Bigband
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The new programme consists mainly of compositions by the bandleader in arrangements by Edy Martinez (Colombia), Leslie Lopez (Puerto Rico), Brian Lynch (USA), Michael Simon (Venezuela) and Frans Cornelissen (Netherlands). The repertoire consists of swinging jazz based on a heavy latin groove. The actual line up of the band is Marc Bischoff - piano, Loet van der Lee - trompet & flugelhorn, Rik Mol - trompet & flugelhorn, Tom Beek - tenorsax, Nils Fischer - percussion & congas, Adinda Meertens - babybas en Lucas van Merwijk - drums & timbales Listen and look at these videos |
Teachers and bandexperiencesLoet van der Lee began playing the trumpet at the age of nine and started his professional career at 18. He graduated from the Hilversum Conservatory in January 1993. His teachers where: Ack van Rooyen, Cees Smal, Ruud Breuls, Allan Botchinsky, Bert Joris, Willem van der Vliet, Eric van Lier and Rob Madna. At the end of 1999 he has made a study tour through the USA, sponsored by the Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten (the Fund for the Stage Arts) and the Fonds Jonge Musici (Young Musician's Fund) also known as the Prins Bernardfonds. He studied with Brian Lynch in New York as well as having lessons with Joe Magnarelly, Wynton Marsalis and Jim Rotondi. Furthermore, he received coaching from Bobby Shew and Malolm McNab in addition to guidance from Gary Grant, Clay Jenkins and Wynton Marsalis.
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This 18 musicians orchestra was founded in 2002. In 2013 the band released there third album 'Push Forward' (JSR06016) and presented this programm at the Bimhuis of Amsterdam. Original compositions and pigheaded arrangments in the theater of steaming Big Band jazz.