Ruud Jacobs

Sonny Rollins: Rollins in Holland

Read "Rollins in Holland" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
December 30, 2020

From the very first decibel of this unrealistically good, previously unreleased recording, Sonny Rollins bears no bones to inform listeners he is suffering no fools. It is a big, Buescher, bellwether sound, the one that gave Rollins the sound and spirit he needed to tell of a man taking it all on without apology. It is also meant to say that, without argument, unrealistically good here is totally understood as a decisively human characteristic and not necessarily one Rollins aspired ...

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Ruud Jacobs Superjam, 2004

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 28, 2021

Ruud Jacobs was a Dutch bassist who recorded prolifically in Europe in the 1950s and beyond. His brother, Pim Jacobs, was equally busy. In April 2004, Ruud Jacobs brought together some of Holland's finest jazz musicians for a Superjam performance at The Otter Restaurant in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands. The artists were Ferdinand Povel (ts), Sjoerd Dijkhuizen (ts), Paul Poulussen (fl hrn), Hans Vroomans (p), Ruud Jacobs (b) and Gijs Dijkhuizen (d). Ruud Jacobs died in 2019. A special thanks to ...
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