Johan Bijkerk

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JOHAN BIJKERK

It must have been one of the last LPs I bought in the post-LP period. During the 1980s I sold all my 33rpm recordings as new modern techniques like digital records promised better sounds ..... and all analog albums would be digitalized once. Well, it seems that each person has his weak moments during lifetime, so I have to live with that. Now, thirthy years later, I've learned that not all valuable records are reissued, so, my collection of LPs is growing again.....

I played the Almelo- en Nice Suite composed by the piano player of The Almelo Hot Dogs: Johan Bijkerk. I remember how it surprised me ( and the Dutch Traditional Jazz scene) thirty years ago and felt the same excitement playing it last month ....

Johan Bijkerk: Dutch composer of Suites

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