Home » Jazz Musicians » Boy Edgar

Boy Edgar

Sign in / sign up and request admin access to the Boy Edgar musician page.


Tags

5
Album Review

Boy's Big Band: Return

Read "Return" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In the decade spanning 1960-70, composer / saxophonist Boy Edgar (1915-1980) led one of The Netherlands' most acclaimed and adventurous big bands, a contemporary of the massive Metropole Orchestra and precursor of the renowned Dutch Jazz Orchestra. Return consists of nine never-before-released concert performances recorded during the band's heyday in 1965-66 including the first recording of Theo Loevendie's forward-looking “Finch Eye." To augment the band's cadre of esteemed Dutch musicians (alto saxophonist Piet Noordijk, tenor Toon van Vliet, bass trombonist ...

Read more articles

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Return

Dutch Jazz Archive
2016

buy

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.