Kikker Swingt on NSJ for Kids
Kikker Swingt! Max Velthuijs and the Tony Overwater Quintet’s first CD struck gold!
Over 10.000 copies were sold, an extraordinary accomplishment. Kikker Swingt! is the fourth Dutch jazz production in history that receives a Golden Record Award.
Children’s book writer Max Velthuijs and Tony Overwater started their very productive cooperation in 2003. Because of Max his love for jazz, Tony Overwater was invited to write and perform the music with his quintet to accompany his stories. The performance and CD Kikker Swingt! were received full of praise by both children and their parents.
When Max passes away in 2005, Nico the Vries takes over the story telling. Nico is well known, amongst others, for his part in the movie Otje where he plays the part of father Tos. A second cd, ‘Kikker heeft de Blues’, with new Stories has been recorded. This time the music is written by the entire Quintet, Marc Van Roon (piano), Maarten Ornstein (saxophone and clarinet), Angelo Verploegen (trumpet) en Joshua Samson (percussion).
The Premiere of the performance ‘Kikker heeft de Blues’, will take place during the North Sea Jazz Kids Festival on July 9th in Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam. The Golden Record Award will be awarded during this festival.
In the Fall of 2008 Nico the Vries and the Tony Overwater Quintet will be performing Kikker heeft de blues in different theatres throughout the NetherlandsComments
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