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John Mijnen - keyboard.Domicile:Wijk aan Zee Musical interests: jazz, Funk, Fusion and Rock, a real musical omnivore. Discovered Donald Fagan and his Nightfly. Addicted eversince. Favourites: Sting, Lee Ritenour, TOTO, Incognito, David Benoit, Stanley Jordan, De Dijk, Karin Bloemen and Steely Dan of course. Hero: Toots Tielemans, Cornelius Bumpus (I got the DVD 2vsNature for my birthday on 11 february 2004. R.I.P.) Most beautiful pianosolo: Alan Broadbent's solo in 'Walz for Carmen' on Lee Ritenour's Stolen Moments. All time favourite: Georgie Porgy Toto 'Live in France' Background: Frank Grasso's Workshop, Workshop Orkest Beverwijk, Big Band Hot Socks Velsen lead by Jeff Reynolds. Jazzband together with Egon Kracht, Bertje Apeldoorn, Ronald Oord, Thijs van de Klei. Funkband Touch Down. 6 years Coverband 'On the Cover' with Gerard Alderliefste. Highlight: Playing Saturday Night at the Thorbecke Plein together with Herman Brood himself. Coverband Marusjka, Luxembourgh op Spui. Mucha Miek with Pablo de Haas. Gear: Started with a Yamaha PF10, one of the first FM-synthese keys (thanks Dad). Roland D-10, Roland Sound Canvas SC-55. Marshall Keyboard amp (started to fall apart). Doepfer masterkeyboard LMK4+, EMU Proteus-FX, all traded for EMU ESI-32 Sampler. Yamaha DJX1 'for fun'. Rhodes 73 Mark1, Yamaha S-90. With Atari-STF and DENON DRS610 tapedeck into midi-age. Now homestudio recording on PC, Delta 66, Cubase SX. I accidently noticed Walters ad on Diggy.nl end of 2003. Now, after one year, we got a band together, that has a lot of pleasure and ambition in a perfect combination which creates a real Steely Dan sound. That's kicking! top |
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Walter Tromp - bassguitar.Domicile:Egmond aan den Hoef Musical interests: Symphonic rock, with its great hero's like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Genesis and Gentle Giant. Nowadays he is fascinated by Sting, Peter Gabriel, Crowded House. Generally he loves melodious music with nice harmonies. That of course, makes Steely Dan hard to overlook. Previous bands: Nightshift from the IJmond, Mayfly from Bergen and The Sting. Specially this last band has had big succes in the region of North Holland, where self-produced shows and mega-performance at the waagplein formed the highlights. Last year he has left this band, to fully devote himself to his new challange: the Steely Dan Project. Instruments: Walter is a true Do-It-Yourself. Eversince his puberty he plays home-made guitars. These last years he usually plays a four-string bassguitar and a five-string fretless. There is a fretted vijfstring under construction, but when that project will finish....? Amplification: all-tube pre-amp by Peavey, poweramp is the HH V200 and the (home-made) boxes contain a 15" and a 12" Eminence speaker. Why this project: Walter seeks for a new challange in the Steely Dan Project. The musik of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker offers that plentifull. It gives a kick to reproduce these brilliant songs together with some fine fellow-musicians. It gives me the chills!!! top |
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Jack van Vegten - drums.Domicile:Limmen Musical interests: Jazz, fusion muziek. My great drumheroes are Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl and Steve Gadd but the greatest of all: Jeff Porcaro. Bands and artists that I often listen to: Sting, Toto (specially with Jeff Porcaro), Dave Weckl Band, Dave Mathews Band, Karizma, Michel Camilo, Diane Krall and of course Steely Dan. Other and previous projects/bands: After many coverbands (Good Company, SoFar among others)I joined The Sting via Walter Tromp. Besides this I have played in The Stemband Futurebeat in Alkmaar. After that I joined their arranger (Ton Ronbout) in Theatergroup Horizon from Egmond aan de Hoef. So far I played the drums in three productions: Jesus Christ Superstar (2003 and 2004) and A Bohemian Rhapsody ( 2005). These productions were all performed in Theater De Vest in Alkmaar. Instruments: Premier GEN-X drums or a Mapex Mars Pro drumset. Bekkens are Sabian. top |
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Stijn Schellart - guitar.Domicile:Rotterdam Musical interests: funk, jazz, rock, soul, pop. Styles that all can be found in Steely Dan songs. Besides this groups and artists like The Meters, Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Lou Reed, John Cale, Beck, N.E.R.D., The Roots, to name a few. Stijn started to play the guitar at 14. In his youth he played in schoolbands and he could often be found at jamsessions. Stijn actually has met Walter Becker once at the jazzclub Pompoen in Amsterdam, where he did the mixing for musicians like Lee Konitz, Mark Murphy plus a great deal of the Dutch jazz-top and where he himself shared the stage podium with a.o. Owen Heart Jr. and the trio Sprinkhuizen, Fennis and Didderen. Now he studies jazz en light music at the Rotterdam conservatory. Other and previous projects/bands: Besides his study and The Steely Dan Project Stijn play with R&B/Nu-Soul artieste Angela Menso and the jazz/funk/soul formation B1, groups that play mainly their own work. In the past he has played a.o. with electro/funk group Ministack and coverband The Recipe. With these bands and several other projects he performed in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. top |
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André van Rijswijck - guitar.Domicile:Alkmaar Musical interests: Pop, rock, fusion, minimal, ethnic, funk and the rest. Other and previous projects/bands: Few years Hilversum, Jules unlimited, centerparcs (for a living), Dean, The LC and the unrivalled Hartlandband. Apart from a couple of years in centerparcs, "the Steely Dan Project" is my first coverband. Now also busy as teacher technologic, writer, ship-builder, father and tutor for young guitarists. top |
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John Hollenberg - lead vocals.Domicile:born in Akersloot Emigrated to New Zealand in 1961. He has done a lot of singing on the tractor overthere. Living in Alkmaar since 1981. Musical interests: Too much to mention Other and previous projects/bands: He has sung in several bands with their own songs like Raindogs + Extra Stout and studio project 'Dealers in Fish' (check out Jeannie Declines at Limewire) After that in coverbands Rumble Fish (Tour of Duty music) and There goes the Neighbourhood (Seventies Soul). Joined the Jeff Buckley Tribute in Paradiso 1998. Why in this project: He is a from-the beginning-fan of Steely Dan; this music is timeless. top |
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Lorenzo Mignacca - trumpet.Domicile:Amsterdam Musical interests: Steady soul and funk like Tower Of Power and Earth Wind & Fire. Other and previous projects/bands: At the moment Lorenzo plays in the Disco Disciples, The Dukes of Soul and he has started his own dreamband in 2003: Diggin' the Groove. And so now also member of The Steely Dan Project. top |
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Erwin Benjamins - tenorsax.Domicile:Haarlem Musical interests: Soul. Absolute heroes: Ray Charles and Sly and the family Stone Other and previous projects/bands: The last years a lot of theater (a.o. Blues brothers musical). Before that in Horn of Plenty and many tribute projects. (like The Band and his own created Sly Stone tribute. With home-made big-band arrangements he has played a.o. in Paradiso). Instrument: King Zephyr Special. Prototype of the legendary King Super 20, but just a little better. Guardala mouthpiece (Brecker 1) and at the moment Studio Plus rieten nr. 4 of Vandooren V16 nr.5. Why in this project: It's a nice challenge to play the brass-arrangements of Steely Dan with a good section. Besides, Steely Dan is quite soulfull. top |
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André Pet - trombone.Domicile:Wormerveer Without doubt André is count to the famest Dutch trombonists and he has a remarkable reputation. Television and radio: The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra conducted by Wil Salden, Zeppos Big Band, New Cool Collective Paradiso, live tv broadcastings: Barend and van Dorp at rtl4, With TheMetropole Orchestra a.o. Ramses Shaffy, Carre: gala of the Dutch songs 2003. Musicals: A Chorus line, La Cage Aux Folles, Miss Saigon, Ain't Misbehaven, Calvin Klein the Musical, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever, Three Musketeers, Musical Concerts, Lion King. Festivals: North Sea Jazz Festival, De Parade, Middelheim Jazz Festival Belgium, Wiesen Music Festival Austria, Haarlem Jazz Festival, Uitmarkt Amsterdam, Rijnmond Jazz Gala Rotterdam, Jazz Festival Breda, Fiesta Del Sol Eindhoven, Several Heineken jazz Festivals, South Africa Arts Festival Johannesburg. Nowadays: Fra Fra Big Band, Metropole Orchestra, New Cool Collective Big Band, Glenn Miller orchestra o.l.v. Wil Salden, Cubob City Big Band o.l.v. Lucas van Merwijk, The Beau Hunks Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofe Project, The Holland Big Band o.l.v. Loet v/d Lee, Rumbata Big Band. top |
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Bert Kruijer - altsax.Domicile:Amstelveen Musical interests: Balkansmusic, from the very pure to Balkansrock. Motown, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Sting, Eva Cassidy, Bonnie Raith. Also Monteverdi and Mozart to Messiaen, that's pretty classical music. Steely Dan's music is a thrilling experience for me, completely different from the genre, I am used to play! History: Like so many others I started at the fanfare-orchestra (altsax), then over to folkmusic (Bes-clarinet, saxes, several flutes, contrabass, guitar) a.o in "de Muziekgroep", ensemble Rakija. Arranger en orchestral-leader at the International Dancetheatre. Many Lp- and Cd-recordings as instrumentalist en recordingleader. Since 1986 in the Balkansswingband Sultan. Besides that in several occasional combinaties, all kind of stuff: soul, jazz, even tirol. Instruments: Altsax Selmer 80 Super Action with Ponzol M90 (in the Steely Dan Project), further a.o. Sopranosax Yamaha and Bes-clarinet Buffet Crampon Prestige (fantastic!). top |
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Erna auf der Haar - backing vocal.Domicile:Amsterdam Erna is born in Dedemsvaart and after her study German language she started at the Amsterdam conservatory. She is about to finish her vocal study and in the meantime she is already very active as a singer. She indulges her tremendous passion for backings in several bands and besides that she has her leadprojects FQP, Jellyfish and the acapella group On Air. Other and previous projects/bands: FQP (modern-soul), Jellyfish (pop/rock/funk coverband), On Air (acapella close harmony kwintet), Funkalicious Collective (Prince tribute, backings), Frantic (Roxy Music tribute, backings), Dharque (singer/songwriter, backings). Favourites: Prince, Joni Mitchell, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, but also (believe it or not) Skunk Anansie, Faith No More, Pink Floyd and of course Steely Dan. Why in this project? It's a plain choice for someone who kicks on refined choirs and in addition to that, has Rikki, Don't Lose That Number in her personal top three. top |
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Hugo Hofman - backing vocals.Domicile:Utrecht Hugo is born in Aalten, but soon he found out that the this village was too small for him. After hopping around being a student and after an adventure at Blue Note Records in New York, he studied and graduated in 2006 as Musikmanager at the HKU. Now he studies Singing, Light Music at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Hugo is specialised in Close Harmony singing and Backings. As such he sings, among other things, in the acappella group On Air. Other projects/bands and previous bands: On Air (acapella close harmony kwintet), several (big)band projects. Favorites: Jamiroquai, Moloko, Skunk Anansie, John Legend, George Michael, Damien Rice, New York Voices. Why does he join this project? Marvelous music with challenging choires.......Need I say more??? top |