Ad Colen Quartet
    
  • Ad Colen - compositions - tenor en sopranosaxophone
  • Gé Bijvoet - piano
  • Wiro Mahieu - doublebass
  • Yonga Sun - drums
  
       
 
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It is an understatement to say that jazz is alive and doing well in
the Netherlands. Ad Colen, one of the new jazz talents to appear
on the jazzscene mixes a unique combination of technique and rythm resulting in music that comes from the soul.
He has been blessed with a unique talent for balancing the roots of jazz with modern movements. He not only judges new musical finding on its own merits, but he incorporates it into his vocabulary.
Ad's talent has been justly rewarded with one of the highest honors a musician can receive in the Netherlands: the opportunity
to join a combo, together with talents of an exceptional calibre.
He joins none other than Gé Bijvoet, Yonga Sun and Wiro Mahieu.
Just as legs and arms that move simultaneously with one another,
but cannot be dismantled, each of the comboÕs musicians maintains a long and fulfilled musical history. Through personal choices and the natural ability to incorporate these choices into their own vocabulary allows them to create a new sound.
Not many musicians are able to do this, but the Ad Colen Quartet proves that it can be done!! Check out the cd's NAKED ( 1997 ), Eyes Wide Open( 2000 ) and Bitter but Sweet
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new cd ' Bitter But Sweet'

  • Sweet Briarmusic 2005 distribution Balticrecords
  • Recorded 14 en 15 december 2004 atWisseloord studios by Micha de Kanter
  • Mixed atBytonstudios by Micha de Kanter, Ad Colen and Erik Robaard
  • Mastered at Studio Leroy by Bastian Kuijt and Ad Colen
      
         
  • Ad Colen - tenor & sopranosaxophone, compositions
  • Rob van Bavel - piano, compositions
  • Erik Robaard - doublebass
  • Jasper van Hulten - drums
                  
                       
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cd ' Eyes Wide Open'

Sweet Briarmusic 2000 recorded 6 &7 januari 2000 at WillibrordStudios.Recording, mixing and mastering by Paul Pouwer.

All compositians by Ad Colen

 

  1. Massive move ( listen )
  2. Moments
  3. Toast the most
  4. Badmotha ( listen )
  5. Sweet briar
  6. Cazorla
  7. Eyes wide open
  8. Tula ( listen )
  9. Mindtwist
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  • Ad Colen - tenor and sopranosaxophone
  • Rob van Bavel - piano
  • Chris Strik- drums
  • Erik Robaard - doublebass
        
                     
 
   

cd ' Naked'

Viarecords 1997. Recorded at Dudokstudio by Lex TangerMixing and mastering by Paul Pouwer at Willibrordstudios.

All compositians by Ad Colen

 

      
 
  1. Naked ( listen )
  2. Argument
  3. Alongside ( listen )
  4. That family thing
  5. Go baby go
  6. 32
  7. Voodoo ( listen )
  8. Pearl
  9. NakedII
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  • Ad Colen - tenor and sopranosaxophone
  • Michiel Borstlap - piano
  • Chris Strik - drum
  • Erik Robaard - doublebass
 
 
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#Ad recently formed a brand new quartet with pianist Gé Bijvoet, Wiro Mahieu (winner Wessel Ilckenprize) and Yonga Sun (Winner Dutch Jazz Compettion)