Paul van Kemenade, alto saxophone (a biography)

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 Niko Langenhuijsen.
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 Rossum/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 Thigpen, 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 Boventoon" and played in a lot of ad hoc ensembles. During 20 years ('79 - '99) he tought over hundreds of workshops throughout 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 different 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 / Boy 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 )
- Van Doorn trio ( with vocalist Ineke van Doorn and guitarist Marc van Vugt)
- Palinckx/ Van Kemenade / Palinckx (P/K/P),
- Duo/trio with flamenco guitarist Maurice Leenaars
- Latest project: 'Strings Get Wings', stringquartet/cajon/bass/altosax with Pierre Blanchard / Herman
van Haaren / Oene van Geel / Emile Visser / Niko Langenhuijse / 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 Nadolny 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 Paranoia' festival in '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 Dudek, Rob van den Broek, Heinz Becker, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Zepf, Thomas Heberer, Christoph Haberer, Conny and Johannes Bauer, Joe Sachse, Han Bennink, Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg, Niko Langenhuijsen, Sean Bergin, Louis Moholo, Zim Ngqawana, Feya Faku, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Cornell Rochester, Theo Jörgensmann, Eckard Koltermann, Piet Noordijk, Hans Dulfer, Ernst Ludwig Petrovski, Kelvyn Bell, Rainer Winterschladen, Stefan Bauer, Michael Heupel, David Murray, Matthias Nadolny, Jasper van't Hof, John Engels, Pierre Courbois, Willem Kühne, Dré Pallemaerts, Erwin Vann, Philip Catherine, Pablo Nahar, Franky Douglas, 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, a.o.

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 Rochester -- 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 records)
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 Odyssee'/'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 t.b.r. Paul van Kemenade Quintet & guests: Faku / Mnisi / Khoza / Mndebele / Linx / de Gouw.
2006 t.b.r. 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

Paul van Kemenade Enschotsestraat 262 5014 DL Tilburg / NL tel: ++ (0)13 - 5365656
e-mail: private@paulvankemenade.nl

Paul van Kemenade Quintet
Jeroen van Vliet - piano / fender / synth, Pieter Bast -drums,
Louk Boudesteijn - trombone,
Wiro Mahieu - bass/e.bass,
Paul van Kemenade - alto sax.

Founded in 1982 ! the music of the Paul van Kemenade Quintet is highly original and has a strong lust for life. They mostly play their own compositions and try to blend European improvised music with American jazz, African- and Spanish music, classical music as well as
with popmusic. Furthermore they try to serve this musical cocktail in their own right.
They are constantly looking for opportunities to mix with other musical disciplines and are therefore evolving and aiming to lift their music to a higher level.

They have toured succesfully in Europe, South-Africa, West-Africa and Indonesia - have played with popbands and windbands/fanfares, symphony orchestras and youth orchestras - performed with various national- and international guestmusicians and since 1998 playing quite frequently with the South African musicians Feya Faku and Sydney Mnisi (later on joined by Sonti Mndebele and Bheki Khoza) and since 2002 with the West Africans 'Les Frères Guissé' from Senegal as well.
New tours and projects are constantly in movement and to date they have recorded 10 albums.

More projects at this moment are: the quintet with Belgian topsinger David Linx, projects with guestmusicians and a new experiment of Paul with a stringquartet-cajon-bass-alto with a.o. Pierre Blanchard (F)- Herman van Haaren and- Niko Langenhuijsen.

In 2000 Paul van Kemenade (1957) received the "Boy Edgar Prijs, a prestigious award for professional jazzmusicians for their contribution to Dutch jazzmusic.

Office:
Enschotsestraat 262, 5014 DL Tilburg / the Netherlands, tel: ++31 (0)13 5365656,
fax: ++31 (0)13 5811850, email: quintet@paulvankemenade.nl,

Website: www.paulvankemenade.com

Paul van Kemenade Quintet

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