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"Without music, life would be a blank to me." - Jane Austen

HEIN VAN DE GEYN (1956) studied classical violin for 15 years, playing pop and blues on guitar, and changed to bass-guitar in. his late teens. Soon Hein played in dixieland-bands, but with his self formed bebop group he got awarded "best soloist" on the 1977 Laren Jazz festival. This made him pick up the double bass, and start a career as jazz musician. In 1980 Hein moved to the USA, played and recorded with many great musicians and in 1983 returned to Europe to become one of the most sought after bass players. In 1990 Hein made the first album under his own name, a duo with Lee Konitz. Hein toured and recorded with Philip Catherine, Chet Baker and many years with Dee Dee Bridgewater until he decided in 1996 to pursue his own career as a leader and a bass-teacher. On some 80 records his name can be found as composer, arranger or solo bass player. In 1994 he created his group BASELINE with John Abercrombie and Joe LaBarbara and co-founded with Anne de Jong and Joost Leijen the Jazz label CHALLENGE JAZZ , for which he is still producing a growing number of successful recordings. He received the Bird Award and the prestigious Prins Bernhard Fonds Music Prize (for the stimulation of young musicians and his merit for European Jazz in general) and was elected as "Best European Acoustic Bass Player".

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Collaboration
Kenny Werner / Hein Van de Geyn / Hans van Oosterhout
Chansons d'amour
Ralph Rousseau
Two Portraits of Chet Baker
Fay Claassen
Two Portraits of Chet Baker Vol. 1
Fay Claassen
Two Portraits of Chet Baker Vol. 2
Fay Claassen
Selections of his favourite compositions
Ivan Paduart
The long journey
Jean-Michel Pilc / Hein van de Geyn
Sophisticated Lady
Wilma Thalen

Videos

Fay Claassen & Combo - The Touch Of Your Lips
Ralph Rousseau Matangi Hein van de Geyn
Ralph Rousseau Hein Van de Geyn recording session
Ralph Rousseau - rehearsals Cent Mille Chansons
Toon Roos Group new album Angel Dance - Preview clip