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TAKE FIVE WITH... February 13, 2018

Take Five with Chris Abelen

Read "Take Five with Chris Abelen" reviewed by Chris Abelen

By Chris Abelen

About Chris Abelen Chris Abelen started, as many trombonists, with the trumpet (at the age of 11). At the age of 18 he switched to the trombone. He studied classical trombone with Charles Toet and Henri Aarts, and after four years moved to jny: Amsterdam to study jazz and improvised music with Willem van Manen, former 1st trombonist of the Willem Breuker Kollektief. When Van Manen left, Abelen started to perform with the Kollektief in the summer of ...

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