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what has gone before, but aim instead toHaurand, a "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts etist and bandleader of the European Jazz

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in 1942. He received his musical education at the Londonman he already played with John Mayall, Alexis Korner,orth Orchestra, the Stan Tracy Band and Ronnie Scott.ayes, John Surman, Chris MacGregor's "Brotherhood ofncert Band", Eberhard Weber, Niels Henning OrstedHolland and the BBC Big Band in London. He madeike Gibbs, Mike Westbrook and founded SOS with Johned in Hamburg with the NDR Big Band and from 1981 tors with Charlie Watts took in the US and Europe. He has

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rnational Jazz Festival in Montreux, they won the media’srs the tenor saxophone prize awarded by the English Jazzvinyl and CD recordings with Chick Corea, George Grunz,ame, the EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE, as well as with

ax)tan’s first extensive contact with music was as a memberBritain at the age of 16. Later on he studied the flute andmy of Music. He was member of the John Dankworth Bigerformed regularly at the Ronnie Scott Club in London. He

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Born in 1938 in Gross-Döbern (now in Poland) Gerd Dudea member of the famous Kurt Edelhagen Big Band from 1the Manfred Schoof Quintet. As a member of the Albert MAll Stars he undertook several tours of Asia and South Aquartet with Alan Skidmore and Adelhard Roidinger. He wthe Manfred Schoof Big Band as well as of both Alexandeand "Berlin Contemporary Orchestra". What is more,founding members of the EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMB

Jiri Stivin was born on November 23rd 1943 in Prague, Czactress, his background can be said to be an artistic onehe studied cine-photography at Prague’s prestigious Filmthe violin as a child, he now became fascinated by the fCzech flutists Milan Munclinger and Jiri Válek. BeginninBarre Phillips, bass, and Zbigniew Seifert, violin. It wasacknowledged with a number of awards and prizes. Undnn

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2006 he was awarded the WDR jazz prize for improvisafrom the Münchner Abendzeitung (Munich Evening NewWestphalia Artistic Achievement Award 2008 for composmusic. In the same year, at the suggestion of the Cologn“rising star”. In connection with the concert series “RisingEuropean Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), his band Shleading concert halls throughout Europe.In 2007-2009 M. Schriefl Group Shreefpunk toured 15 Euand seven West African countries, playing in numeroustours. M. Schriefl has worked with many renowned internaorganisations as the WDR Big Band as soloist and composince 2006 when he took over Allan Botschinsky’s seat.

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Rob van den Broeck was born in Hilversum, the Netherplaying with various Dutch groups, such as, among othersHinze Combination (with Gary Brown on drums and John LBilly Higgins, Clint Houston, Joe Farell, Kenny Wheeler, ADudek. For many years now he has headed the Band "FRa combo and as a quartet plus four trombones and four trufor the Timeless label, among them with Joe Farell, DHouston, Louis Hayes and Ben Webster. He has, moreovethe English drummer Tony Levin. He has worked toget

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zech Republic. As his mother was ane. After graduating from high schoolm Academy (FAMU). Having playedflute and studied it with the leadingng in the 1970s he performed withat this time that Stivin´s talent was

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Jiri Stivin and Ali Haurand first met in 1968, while bothe EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE in 1992, Jiri in 1996

Berlin, with the piano player Rob van den Broeck and AliDs reveal his wide range of musical ability. In 2001 hewo Of Us "Just More" with Ali Haurand.

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REE FAIR", which is famous both asumpets. Rob has made several CDsDexter Gordon, Billy Higgins, Clinter, recorded several trio albums withther with Ali Haurand in the group

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"THIRD EYE" since 1972, making recordings wGaynair. Rob has been a member of the EUROPEAN JQuartet & Trio formation. Thirteen recordings chronicle hthem: "Dedication" (1982), "Relation" (1984), "Interchang"After All“ and "Crossing Level" between 1990 and 1998taken him as far afield as Canada and Australia.

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been with Johnny Griffin, Pharaoh Sanders, John HickHamilton. British artists include names such as Ronnie SBarnes, Don Weller and Tommy Smith. He has recorded50 countries. He has been awarded "Best Drums" title thAward for “Best Drums” in 2007. He has received endorsDrumheads.

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ed his first trio. Since 1967 he has been a member of thewith the Dutch pianist Jan Huydts founded the group

Philly Joe Joens, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Bobby Jones,y Wheeler, Jan Akkerman, Joachim Kühn, John Taylor,y and Enrico Rava. Together with Gerd Dudek, Alanierre Courbois he founded the "EUROPEAN JAZZ1984 he played with SOH, a trio that included Tony Oxley

Rob van den Broeck and Gerd Dudek he formed "THEUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE" he has been on tour inuropean countries. He is also a member of Pantomime &kia and the Czech flute player Jiri Stivin. With Jiri Stivin heurs and festivals have taken him all over Europe, Americas, Berlin, Warsaw, London, Paris, Den Haag, Vancouver,o, Sydney, Melbourne, Leverkusen, to name but a few.

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as well as his many concert tours – have made him anmade a "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" Alior cultural achievements.

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ewis Wright and Kit Downes and a quartet with Brandonmogyi, performing British material.e playing alongside some of the most important artists inf the most significant unions with American artists have

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