Durium Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 VREEMD IS HET WEL ! J. J. Voskuil wrote a series of books, titled Het Bureau, dedicated to the Meertens Institutein Amsterdam. It became a bestseller in The Netherlands. Five years ago the series was revised into a radio play, also in The Netherlands a rather old fashioned medium. The theme of the radio play is the 1949 Blue Note Sidney Bechet version of Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out. At the end of the book the leading character Maarten Koning names the tune as the one that should be played at his funeral. It was performed by the Bo Van Der Hunk Quintette, a group of players that became known for a dozen other interestng projects ....... Nobody Knows You ...: Music for a radio play Durium Quote
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