Paul van Kemenade

Biografie

¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬PAUL VAN KEMENADE – (altosax- composer- bandleader-‘Stranger than Paranoia’ festival)
(Rotterdam /the Netherlands 1957)

His musical career started at the age of 13 by studying saxophone and in 1974 he began to study music at the Brabants Conservatory in Tilburg, the Netherlands. His professional career began in 1976 when he was asked to join the ‘Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek; a band led by bassplayer/pianist/composer NikoLangenhuijsen.
From the very beginning in 1977, Paul started to set up his own bands / projects ¬, playing his compositions.
He worked as a sideman in a lot of groups and played in several duo's, trio's, quartets and quintets as well as in big bands, e.g. "The Band", duo van Ros¬sum/van Kemenade¬, "Ed de Vos Prisma Orkest¬", "Palinckx & Palinckx¬¬", "Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek¬¬" and "Vaalbleek Vokaal¬" by Niko Langenhuijsen¬, "Brevis¬", groups under own name:¬ trio/quartet/quintet/sextet¬, several dance-projects (a.o. the famous RAZ dance company)¬, big bands, several projects with performers, poets and painters, "de Orkaan¬", with Bennink¬, Glerum, Mengelberg¬/Kühne, Wierbos and Bergin, "The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra¬", by Alexander von Schlippenbach¬ with a.o. Kenny Wheeler¬¬, Ed Thig¬pen, Benny Bailey, Gerd Dudek, ¬"The Surinam Music Ensemble", a duo with Aki Takase, "Bizar Habit¬", Eric van der Westen octet, a quintet with John Engels/Jasper van 't Hof/Eric Vloeimans and Van der Westen. End ’80,/ beginning 90’s he has been asked by Herman de Wit for a guest co-leadership with Herman for 2 years of the workshoporchestra "de Boven¬toon" and played in a lot of ad hoc ensembles. During 20 years ('79 - '99) he tought over hundreds of workshops throug¬hout the whole country and for 5 years he conducted his workshoporchestra the "Brabants Leerorkest". From 1985-2005 he played lead in Willem van Manen’s modern big band ‘Contraband’ and he had his sextet for a few years and works in 2007 25 years with his own quintet which performed with brass bands, popgroups, symphonic orchestras and diffe¬rent guest musicians from all around the world.
¬¬Awards:
1984 he received the "Podium Prijs" of the S.J.I¬.N¬., ¬the Dutch Jazz Foundation.
1998 the 'Jazz in Duketown Award 1998'
1999 the "Moderne Industriestad Prijs Tilburg¬"
1999 the "VPRO/B¬oy Edgar Prijs",¬ an oeuvre award for professional jazzmusiciens in the Netherlands for their contribution to Dutch jazzmusic.¬¬¬¬¬¬¬

At the time he is playing in:
• Paul van Kemenade quintet, (also projects with a windband, a symphony orchestra, a popgroup)
• Faku / Mnisi / Khoza / Mndebele (SA) & the Paul van Kemenade Quintet
• Les Frères Guissé (Senegal) + Paul van Kemenade Quintet plus
• Podium Trio ( Wierbos-Van Kemenade-Kuiper )
• VanDoorn trio ( with vocalist Ineke van Doorn and guitarist Marc van Vugt
• Palinckx/ Van Kemena¬de/ Palinckx (P/K/P),
• Duo/trio with flamenco guitarist Maurice Leenaars
• latest project: ‘Strings Get Wings’, stringquartet/cajon/bass/altosax with a.o. Pierre
Blanchard / Herman van Haaren / Niko Langenhuijsen / Annie Tangberg / Benjamin von
Gutzeit / Pieter Bast / Van Kemenade

occasionally with:
• Podium Trio ( Wierbos/van Kemenade/Kuiper )¬,
occasionally with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell Rochester
• 1-2-3-4 quartet with Christoph Haberer, Matthias Nadol¬ny and Gunnar Plümer¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
and occasionally with: Peter Hofland (electronic music), Buddha Building (sampling performer), with
pianoplayer Stevko Busch and as a soloist in several groups. He has played all throughout Europe,
Canada, South-Africa, West-Africa, Indonesia and participates¬ on almost 50 LP's and CD's.¬
He still teaches guest workshops and is living in Tilburg since 1974. 7 years he was programmer of the jazzseries at the 'Theatre Festival Boulevard' in Den Bosch and . In 1993 he initiated the 'Stranger than Pa¬ra..noia' festival at the 'Paradox' in Tilburg and is eversince the artistic director/programmer of this very succesfull festival.

He has played with a.o. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Ed Thigpen, Cecil Mcbee, Benny Bailey, Gerd Du¬dek, R¬ob van den Broek, Heinz Becker, Kenny Whee¬ler, Manfred Zepf, T¬ho¬mas Heberer, Christoph Haberer, Conny and Johannes Bau¬er, Joe Sach¬se, Han Bennink, Willem Breu¬ker, Mis¬ha Mengel¬berg, Niko Langenhuijsen, Sean Bergin, Louis Moho¬lo, Zim Ngqawa¬na, Feya Faku, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, ¬Cornell Roche¬ster, Theo Jörgens¬mann, Eckard Koltermann, ¬Piet Noor¬dijk, Hans Dul¬fer, Ernst Ludwig Petrovski, ¬Kelvyn Bell, R¬ai¬ner Winterschla¬den, Stefan Bauer, Michael Heupel, David Murray,
Matthias Nadolny, Jasper van't Hof, Jo¬hn Engels, Pierre Cour¬bois, Willem Kühne, D¬ré Palle¬maerts, Erwin Vann, Philip Catherine, Pablo Na¬har, Franky Dou¬glas, Eddy Veldman, George Lewis, Louis Mhlanga, Toon de Gouw, Leo Cuijpers, Sydney Mnisi, the Metropole Orchestra, Brabants Orkest, Les Frères Guissé, David Linx, Ba Cissoko, Robin Eubanks, McCoy Mrubata, Mark Fransman, Bertil Strandberg a.o.

Discografie

Discography Paul van Kemenade
1979 Jazz Hoeilaart--Rainbow 100.001
1979 Jazz Meeting Tilburg--Discofoon 19061695
1980 Vaalbleek Cleansing Department Orchestra--BV Haast 030
1981 Duo van Rossum/van Kemenade--BV Haast 038
1982 Prisma Orkest" Est,Est!,Est!!" --BV Haast 045
1983 Vaalbleek "Doka Bonga" --Eksakt Records 006
1984 Paul van Kemenade " Call" --Traction Avant 200
1984 Palinckx & Palinckx" Maartse Buien" --Traction Avant 100
1985 Paul van Kemenade 5 " Hot Koko" --Traction Avant 300
1985 Vaalbleek Vokaal" Caoutchouc" --Eksakt Records 020
1986 Trio Wierbos/van Kemenade/Kuiper" Live in Montreal" - Traction Avant 400
1988 Contraband " Live at the Bimhuis" --BV Haast CD 8906
1989 Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra--ECM Records 2516 LP and CD
1990 Paul van Kemenade sextet " Missacity" -- Zon en Maan CD 900908
1991 Contraband " Ruyter Suyte" --BV Haast CD 9104
1992 Trio Wierbos/van Kemenade/Kuiper (Podium Trio) "Take one" CD Diskus DC cd
1993 Eric van der Westen octet " The working dreamer" -- BV Haast CD 9212
1993 Surinam Music Ensemble-- Timeless CD
1994 Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell Rochester meet the Podium Trio " Live in Koln" -- Timeless CJP 421
1994 Christoph Haberer " Pulsation" --Jazzhaus Musik CD 66
1994 Contraband Willem van Manen " Boy Edgar Suite" -- VPRO eigenwijs CD 9412
¬1994 Paul van Kemenade quintet and guests " Mo's Mood" (HLMR-0005) (re-release 1997)
1995 Paul van Kemenade quintet a.o., "The Dutch Jazz Connection" 1996, NIJ 2 CD
1996 The Podium Trio with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell Roche¬ster -- RNdiscs 006 Radio Netherlands
1996 Paul van Kemenade quintet: "live (except) Just for the occasion" (HLM production AL 73083)
1997 Paul van Kemenade quintet a.o. verzamel cd Swedish Jazz
1997 Pro Jazz Dortmund sampler vol.1 LC 9632 PJR 01 CD
¬¬¬¬1997 Paul van Kemenade quintet: "Live in Sweden" (except)
'You better be wrong' featuring popband the Wrong ¬(HLMR-0006) ¬
¬1998 Maurice Leenaars quintet "Live at Paradox" ¬(AMR 5236-1)
¬¬¬¬1998 Eric van der Westen " Diepkloof" (HLMR-0007)¬
¬1998 Paul van Kemenade quintet, verzamelcd '25 jaar Jazz in Duketown'
1998 Contraband "Hittit" (BVHAAST cd 9802)
1998 Podium Trio: "Live at the concertgebouw" ¬(VIA re¬cords)¬
1999 Paul van Kemenade quintet and guests : Feya Faku, Louis Mhlanga and Sydney Mnisi
‘Zvinoshamisa’
2000 Pierre Courbois Double Quintet (VIA)
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬2000 Paul van Kemenade quintet "to be continued..." (EWM) compilation cd
2000 Peter Hofland: 'The Odys¬see'/'The Industrial Age' (Soundscapes)
2000 Peter Hofland: 'Cinéma Sonore'/'20.000 thousand leagues under the seas' (Soundscapes)
2001 Contraband: Pale Fire (BV Haast)
2001 Paul van Kemenade quintet: "A night in Indonesia"
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬2001 Van Doorn “Uncovered” (Timeless)
2001 Metropole Orchestra featuring Paul van Kemenade: “Freeze!”(TMD Records)
2003 Les Frères Guissé and the Paul van Kemenade Quintet plus : ‘Fouta’ (Mundial Productions)
2004 Contraband: ’ The Painter ’ (attacca babel 2496)
2006 Paul van Kemenade Quintet ‘Mexi Cosy’, with Faku / Mnisi / Khoza / Mndebele / Linx / de Gouw.
2006 Paul van Kemenade / Niko Langenhuijsen: Strings Get Wings
2007 t.b.r. Paul van Kemenade and guests: "Miniatures" part 1
2007 t.b.r. Paul van Kemenade Quintet: 25 years

Bands

Sarin en Pavone en van Kemenade en van Vugt
Ray Anderson en Han Bennink en Frank Mobus en Ernst Glerum en Paul van Kemenade
Anderson Bennink Glerum Mobus van Kemenade Vloeimans Fraanje Mahieu
Anderson Bennink Glerum Mobus van Kemenade Vloeimans Braam Mahieu
Braam De Joode Vatcher van Kemenade
festival Stranger than Paranoia
Courtney Pine Njava Jazzkamikaze
Paul van Kemenade Quintet
uo Harmen Fraanje Paul van Kemenade
duo Stevko Busch Paul van Kemenade
trio Eric Vloeimans Wiro Mahieu Paul van Kemenade
Paul van Kemenade
Les Freres Guisse en Paul van Kemenade Quinyet
Les Freres Guisse en Paul van Kemenade Quintet
duo Michiel Braam en Paul van Kemenade
Metropole Orkest met gast Van Kemenade olv Jim McNeely
Paul van Kemenade Quintet en Feya Faku en Sydney Mnisi
dubbelconcert Braam en Van Kemenade en Strings Get Wings
Borderhopping
Podium Trio met Kuiper en Wierbos en Van Kemenade
Paul van Kemenade Quintet en gasten Eric Vloeimans en Jeroen Zijlstra
carte blanche Paul van Kemenade
Ray Anderson Han Bennink Ernst Glerum Paul van Kemenade en extra gast
VanDoorn Trio Ineke van Doorn Marc van Vugt Paul van Kemenade
Strings Get Wings met oa Pierre Blanchard Niko Langenhuijsen en Van Kemenade
duo Van Kemenade Reijseger Kemenade Quintet Clazz ensemble
Trovesi Coscia Rosenberg Diarra Kuiper hbJAZZo
Philip Catherine Fraanje Duffhues Fateev Erika Stucky
Langenhuijsen cs Vijay Iyer Benoit Martiny Band
Ronny Jordan Defunkt Soul Jacob TV

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