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Ben van den Dungen
Art Blakey once said that Jazz has to be “danceable and have the Blues” and in many ways this could be Ben van den Dungen’s general musical motto.
He has been in the jazz scene for some years. He made so far 80 albums and played around 4500 concerts in 70 countries. Mostly he is known from the European most famous Latin-Jazz formation; “Nueva Manteca”. Also he is around 22 years professor at the Jazz department of the academy of music in Rotterdam, ‘Codarts’.
Ben van den Dungen Quartet
This Quartet contains a special combination of musical personality’s. Nothing pretentious, just swinging, right up to date and with a “happy feel”. These characteristics makes this band so undeniably 100% pure Jazz. The new album “Ciao City” will be released in the fall of 2013 and will be followed by a promotion tour in The Netherlands.
Line up
Ben van den Dungen – saxen Miguel Rodriguez – piano Marius Beets – bas Gijs Dijkhuizen – drums