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 Jan Oosthof
Born in 1952, Jan received his first trumpet lesson at the age of 6 from his
father. By the age of 9, he was already playing in his local wind band in
Amelo. Five years later, Jan was playing in Dixieland and Soul bands,
covering the music of Otis Redding and James Brown.
At the age of 18 he went to the Conservatory to study Classical trumpet.
Simultaneously, he joined Freddy Golden's dance band and worked with many
other big bands, despite the Conservatory's ban on such practices.
After completing his classical studies in 1978, Jan's next big gig came with
The Skymasters, a radio orchestra that did weekly broadcasts with such jazz
greats as Freddie Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie. This led to a job as the lead
player on the internationally famous band, Peter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm
Combination & Brass. That gig gave him the opportunity to meet and work with
Derek Watkins, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Bobby Shew, Andy Haderer and Ack
van Rooyen.
1978 also marked his first performance with the Metropole Orchestra, which
led to his fulltime employment as their lead trumpet player in 1986. Jan has
been in high demand as one of Europe's most prolific session players with
over 300 CD's to his credit.
Jan is also a member of the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and lists the bands of Paul
Kuhn, Köln-Musik Big Band under the leadership of Jerry van Rooyen, WDR-Big
Band and James
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Mr. Oosthof has been a professor at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam since
1992. His prestige has brought in students from all over Europe and he is in
high demand as a clinician.
Jan has been playing a Calicchio 1S2 for many years, but he is currently
performing on his new Tulsa-made 1S3rL.
Website: http://www.janoosthof.com
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