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Wik Horn

Wik is an amateur pianist/bandleader/composer/lyricist/arranger of swing/big band music, esp. Ellington

About Me

1966-1972 leader/pianist Court Town Rhythm Kings, The Hague, Holland; 1972-1980 co-leader/pianist trio Madam Zenja and her Jazz Horns; 1984-now leader/pianist/arranger big band Swingin' Crash (see: www.swingincrash.nl); 1992-now Jazz Key, bop combo (4/5 musicians: piano/bass/drums/tenorsax or altosax/evt. trombone or trumpet) Played as a stand-in in many Dutch bands. Did also Cabaret writing and composing. Made 4 LP's (2 with 'Madam Zenja', 1 as organiser/[partly]pianist for the 25th anyversary of the Haarlemse Jazz Club, 1 as arranger/pianist with a vocal group,The Four Sound) and 6 CD's (all with his big band Swingin' Crash, see the site).