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Latest update 10-21-09

2008: 20 years!!
On April 20th the new CD "Harlem Bound" has been presented.

News: October 11th 2008: "Jazz Walk of Fame" in Enkhuizen.

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(demo-track of
"Harlen Bound CD (2008)
Playtime 13'12"

Wellcome to the website of The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband from Enkhuizen, The Netherlands. Here is some information about the band. the CD's en some links to other interesting jazz-sites. When you click "Pictures" you go to an archive of old and recent band pictures, gigs, the Enkhuizen Jazzfestival and other jazz-happenings. Enjoy!

Old Style Jazz

With the Tin Pan Alley Jazzband the whole scala of the swinging music from the first half of the previous century is presented. Because of Jan van Deursen's compositions and orchestrations the band has a style and sound of its own. Pieces that not many other 6 or 7 head jazzbands will play, are played by this band. Every now and then a steady piece of South-American or African music is thrown in, together with a "jazzed-up" pop song.

What Other People Say:

"nice music, good to listen to"
"well balanced and versatile choice of repertoire"
"musicians who master their instruments and play with drive"
"steady swinging, "splashing", attentive, well adapted to each other, very nice background riffs"
"a little bigband"
"well dressed orchestra"
"those who weren't rhere really missed something"

"Full-Time Tmateurs"

However professional it all may look and sound, The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband is manned by pure amateurs, who have fun in letting others hear and see what they can do and like to do.

The Origine

The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband exists since 1988. The musicians had, sometimes with one or more of the bandmembers, gained experience in other jazzbands or in other kinds of music. Some bandmembers also play in other (jazz- or other-)bands. That shows the broad interest in the fenomenon "music". Tin Pan Alley Jazzband members are regularly asked to sit in with other bands and are often seen at jamsessions here and there (for instance in café "Bontekoe" in Purmerend, every third Thursday of the month).

The Name

The orchestra's name has been derived from the part of New York, where in the beginning of the 20th century the music publishers had gathered and where the atmosphere was filled with various styles of music.

Always Something New

During the weekly rehearsals The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband is constantly occupied with practising newly added numbers, but also numbers that haven't been played for some time are "excavated" every now and then. With every performance something new can be heard. This keeps it divers and challenging for the audience as well as for the band members.

CD "Just Now"

In 1998, the year of the orchestra's 10th anniversary, The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband presented its first CD. The title of the CD is "Just Now", this is also the title of one of Jan van Deursen's very own compositions on this CD. Another own composition on the CD is "The Tin Pan Alley Shuffle". Other numbers: Go Ghana, Washboard Blues, Yacht Club Swing, Ready for Freddy, Sentimental Journey, Dirty Desirée, Lady be good, Be cute, Swing Mister Charley, Jazz Lips, Opus One en Come Friday. The CD is sold out...

CD "2000"

In April 2000 we recorded another CD, just for ourseleves. We felt we had a nice repertoire and because of oncoming changes in personel, we went to the Beaufort studio and recorded the following numbers: Going to town, The Entertainer, Revival (jazz-waltz), When it's sleepy time down South, New Orleans Stomp, Creole Jazz, Bohemian Rag, Now that I've gone (own composition), Portrait of the Lion, That G-minor thing (also know as That D-minor thing, but we thought G-minor sounded better), Into each life some rain must fall, Freeze and melt en The Peach. Only for real close relations we make a copy every now and then, which we can only give away, beause of the copyrights. So don't call or email for a copy...

Sgt. Pepper's Jazzclub CD: "Sounds of Jazz"

In March 2002 Sgt. Pepper's Jazzclub in Enkhuizen, issued a CD with recordings of all jazzbands from Enkhuizen, for the occasion of the 10th anniversy of the club. The recordings are from own CD's of the bands, or have been specially recorded in the Beaufort Sudio for the Sounds of Jazz" CD. The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband can be found on this CD with the number "Freeze and Melt" (2nd track). This number can be heard or downloaded on this site by clicking this link.

CD "Harlem Bound":
A new CD was released for the occasion of the 20 years anniversary of The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband. The CD has been recorded in de the Beaufortstudio on March 22nd. The following numbers are on the CD±

-Harlem Bound
- Down In Honky Tonk Town
- What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue
- Sally
- The Tin Pan Alley Ragtime
- Topsy
- Mary Had A LittleLamb
- Smoke Rings
- Rent Party Blues
- Lunching At The Waldorf
- I Will Wait For You
- Mammy Boyo
- Original Charleston Strut
- New Orleans Shuffle

Fourteen numbers, varying styles en tempo´s, according to the `Tin Pan Alley` tradition. Two compositions of Jan van Deursen are included.
A demo track of this CD can be listened to here (playtime 13'12").

20 Years aniversary:
In 2008 The Tin Pan Alley azzband celebrates its 20th aniversary. This celebration took place on April 20th, 2008 in the Sgt. Pepper's Jazzclub. The new CD was presented at this occasion. Another band, that Jan van Deursen is a member of, came and play. That is `So All The Matters, very nice, really, also old style jazz. It is an ten men/woman band of almost retired musicians who wanted to play and perfrom "zo al temet er 'es" (every now and then). The band doesn't have a website, but there is video of them on YouTube. A couple of numbers were played with two former band members Bob Kieiwtt and Willem Bosma. Former banjoplayer Hans Noorman weas present too, but he cannot play anymore, elas.

The Future

The musicians of The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband have the intention to keep on playing "music from the previous century" untill far beyond the year 2000, during performances and on CD's.

Personel

Personel anno 2007 is (left to right):

Hans Doesburg	bass
Arco van Dam October 2008: VACANCY!!	trumpet/bugle
Simon Siezenga	drums, vocals
Jan van Deursen	clarinet, altsax, vocals, orchestrations, leader
Richard van Straten	banjo
Danny de Vries	trombone

Agenda:

The agenda is empty. And it will stay empty for some time. In the first place The Tin Pan Alley is without a trumpet player. And in the second place drummer Simon Siezenga is ill. He hopes to be back in "full swing" by the end of 2009, after intensive treatments. Untill then The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband limits to rehearsing an looking for a trumpet player...

Adress, Phonenumbers, E-mail

Stichting The Tin Pan Alley Jazzband
Overstort 41
1613 BB Grootebroek
tel. +31228 - 514458 / +31229 - 216369
(e)Fax: +31847192376 (fax will be delivered in e-mail)
eVoice: +31847568924 (voicemessage will be delivered in e-mail)
email: click here
Registered. Kamer van Koophandel te Hoorn no. 41235510
ING bank 5965638

Some more personal stuff from drummer/secretary/cashier/driver/webmaster Simon can be viewed here

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