WILLEM BREUKER
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Progressive Big Band, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Third Stream • Netherlands

Willem Breuker (Amsterdam, 1944-2010) has played a unique role in the Dutch and international music worlds for over 45 years. He is one of the most striking and versatile makers of "people's music" as he preferred to call it. As a jazz and improvised music innovator and as the creator of a new form of Dutch musical theatre, he broke through established traditions to create new forms and new possibilities for himself and for other musicians who performed with him as well as younger musicians from the next generation or two. As a composer and arranger, he created unique musical events never before realized, in which he gave both professional and younger musicians a chance to participate. Breuker's instinct for innovation and his preference for the unusual and unpredictable are all trademarks of his music and do not seem to interfere with the public's appreciation of his work. His 10-piece orchestra, the read more...