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Paul van Kemenade (Rotterdam/the Netherlands 1957, altosax-
composer- bandleader-'Stranger than Paranoia' festival)
His musical career started at the age of 13 by studying
saxophone and in 1974 he began to study music at the Brabants
Conservatory in Tilburg, the Netherlands. His professional
career began in 1976 when he was asked to join the 'Gemeentereinigingsorkest
Vaalbleek; a band led by bassplayer/pianist/composer
NikoLangenhuijsen.
From the very beginning in 1977, Paul started to set up his
own bands / projects , playing his compositions.
He worked as a sideman in a lot of groups and played in
several duo's, trio's, quartets and quintets as well as in big
bands, e.g. "The Band", duo van Rossum/van Kemenade,
"Ed de Vos Prisma Orkest", "Palinckx &
Palinckx", "Gemeentereinigingsorkest Vaalbleek"
and "Vaalbleek Vokaal" by Niko Langenhuijsen, "Brevis",
groups under own name: trio/quartet/quintet/sextet, several
dance-projects (a.o. the famous RAZ dance company), big bands,
several projects with performers, poets and painters, "de
Orkaan", with Bennink, Glerum, Mengelberg/Kühne, Wierbos
and Bergin, "The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra",
by Alexander von Schlippenbach with a.o. Kenny Wheeler, Ed
Thigpen, Benny Bailey, Gerd Dudek, "The Surinam Music
Ensemble", a duo with Aki Takase, "Bizar Habit",
Eric van der Westen octet, a quintet with John Engels/Jasper
van 't Hof/Eric Vloeimans and Van der Westen.
End '80, beginning 90's he has been asked by Herman de Wit for
a guest co-leadership with Herman for 2 years of the
workshoporchestra "de Boventoon" and played in a lot
of ad hoc ensembles. During 20 years ('79 - '99) he tought
over hundreds of workshops throughout the whole country and
for 5 years he conducted his workshoporchestra the
"Brabants Leerorkest".
From 1985-2005 he played lead in Willem van Manen's modern big
band 'Contraband' and he had his sextet for a few years and
works in 2007 25 years with his own quintet which performed
with brass bands, popgroups, symphonic orchestras and
different guest musicians from all around the world.
Awards
- 1984 he received the "Podium Prijs" of the S.J.I.N.,
the Dutch Jazz Foundation
- 1998 the 'Jazz in Duketown Award 1998'
- 1999 the "Moderne Industriestad Prijs Tilburg"
- 1999 the "VPRO/Boy Edgar Prijs", an oeuvre award for
professional jazzmusiciens in the Netherlands for their
contribution to Dutch jazzmusic.
- 2007 a Royal Decoration (lid in de Orde van Oranje
Nassau), for his musical contribution and bridgebuilding
work to society
- 2008 Antony Kok Art award
At the time he is playing in
- Paul van Kemenade quintet, (also projects with windband/symphony
orchestra/popgroup) also projects with guests a.o. Rik Mol /
Eric Vloeimans / David Murray / David Linx
- Feya Faku / Sydney Mnisi (South Africa)/ Ferhan Otay &
the Paul van Kemenade Quintet
- Les Frères Guissé (Dakar-Senegal) & Paul van
Kemenade Quintet plus
- Duo Michiel Braam-Van Kemenade ( piano-altosax; two 'Boy
Edgar' Award winners )
- Strings Get Wings (stringquartet/cajon/bass/altosax with
a.o. Pierre Blanchard / Niko Langenhuijsen )
- Borderhopping ( German/Dutch sextet with a.o. Eckhard
Koltermann/Achim Krämer/Wolter Wierbos)
- Podium Trio ( Wierbos-Van Kemenade-Kuiper )
- VanDoorn trio ( with vocalist Ineke van Doorn and
guitarist Marc van Vugt
- Palinckx/ Van Kemenade/ Palinckx (P/K/P)
- Duo Stevko Busch - Van Kemenade
Occasionally with
- Podium Trio with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell
Rochester
- 1-2-3-4 quartet with Christoph Haberer, Matthias Nadolny
and Gunnar Plümer
- Peter Hofland (electronic music)
- Buddha Building (DJ / sampling performer),
- duo with flamenco guitarist MauriceLeenaars
and as a soloist in several groups/projects.
He has played all throughout Europe,
Canada, South-Africa, West-Africa, Indonesia and participates
on almost 50 LP's and CD's.
He still teaches guest workshops and is living in Tilburg
since 1974. 7 years he was programmer of the jazzseries at the
'Theatre Festival Boulevard' in Den Bosch and . In 1993 he
initiated the 'Stranger than Para..noia' festival in 'Paradox'
in Tilburg and is eversince the artistic director/programmer
of this very succesfull festival.
He has played with a.o. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki
Takase, Ed Thigpen, Cecil Mcbee, Benny Bailey, Gerd Dudek, Rob
van den Broek, Heinz Becker, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Zepf,
Thomas Heberer, Christoph Haberer, Conny and Johannes Bauer,
Joe Sachse, Han Bennink, Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg,
Niko Langenhuijsen, Sean Bergin, Louis Moholo, Zim Ngqawana,
Feya Faku, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Cornell Rochester, Theo
Jörgensmann, Eckard Koltermann, Piet Noordijk, Hans Dulfer,
Ernst Ludwig Petrovski, Kelvyn Bell, Rainer Winterschladen,
Stefan Bauer, Michael Heupel, David Murray,
Matthias Nadolny, Jasper van't Hof, John Engels, Pierre
Courbois, Willem Kühne, Dré Pallemaerts, Erwin Vann, Philip
Catherine, Pablo Nahar, Franky Douglas, Eddy Veldman, George
Lewis, Louis Mhlanga, Toon de Gouw, Leo Cuijpers, Sydney Mnisi,
the Metropole Orchestra, Brabants Orkest, Les Frères Guissé,
David Linx, Ba Cissoko, Robin Eubanks, a.o.
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Paul with young colleague
end '70
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