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WELCOME TO THE SITE OF THE PAUL VAN KEMENADE QUINTET
jazz and improvised music band (since 1982)

Pieter Bast - drums
Wiro Mahieu - double bass and electric bass
Louk Boudesteijn - trombone
Rein Godefroy - piano and fender
Paul van Kemenade - altosax

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Founded in 1982, the Paul van Kemenade Quintet from the Netherlands blends elements from the European improvised with American jazz, African- and Spanish music. Blending the classical with infuences from pop music making all of this into a cocktail in its own right.
The quintet plays the compositions of all members of the band and of all guest-musicians but they mainly play work by Van Kemenade. The quintet had their 25-year anniversary in 2007.

Order Two horns and a bass... Since 1994 the quintet has frequently cooperated with the South African musicians Feya Faku and Louis Mhlanga, since 1998 with Sydney Mnisi and since 2003 with Sonti Mndebele and Bheki Khoza. Since 2002 the quintet plays reguarly with the West African trio 'Les Frères Guissé' from Senegal. Also projects and guest-appearances with individual (inter)national musicians like trumpetplayers Rik Mol and Eric Vloeimans, vocalists David Linx and Jeroen Zijlstra, tenorplayer David Murray, projects with vocal groups, with strings and many more. Schoolconcerts is also one of the activities of the quintet. Info on the quintet projects may be found under projects quintet. You can meet several of the musicians in our guestroom.

Info about Paul's other activities you will find under the banner Private Projects
On these pages you'll find the full biography, the latest news, discography and latest tour dates.



The Paul van Kemenade Quintet is being supported by the Netherlands Fund for Performing Arts (NFPK+), the provincial Fund for Performing Arts (Provincie Noord-Brabant) and the Municipality Council of Tilburg.




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