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Ruud Bergamin

Bergamin, Ruud saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher. Plays all types of saxophones and clarinet. He picked up the saxophone at the age 14 years, first the soprano saxophone, later on the tenor saxophone. Started to perform in a band at age 15 (Gouda, Revival Swing Combo). From that time he played in several groups, such as Gijs Hendriks orkest, Utrechts Jazz Orkest, Jazzmijn, De Boven¬toon, Nieuw Rotterdams Peil, B-Wegen, Kapsalon Orkest, Windkracht 13, Enterprise Big Band, Mood Indigo, OMUZO-band, Kwartet Wim Kegel, Formatie "Doodlin", Lakers and Co, Brazi¬lianBreeze, Ruud Bergamin Quartet, Windmill Big Band, Aafje de Bloois Quintet, Jazzmer, Harry's Jazz en Blues¬band, B'Bounce Company.

He is now member of the band Cruise Control (Monk and Mingus - inspired music); the band Red Cool (trio with soft sounding music); and he has a duo with tango-pianist Wim Warman: TangoZZs; also in line up as TangoZZs&More (with violinist Ruzana Tsymbalova and bandoneonist Santiago Cimadevilla As a saxophone player he appears in several situations. He has permanent performances in Rotterdam (De Verandering; Galerie Kralingen) and is conductor of Big Bands and leader of jazz workshops. He studied form 1980 till 1985 at the teachers department of the Rotterdam Conservatory and was in that time also a part - time university teacher.

His most important jazzstyles are: “neobop”; bebop; mainstream¬jazz; freejazz; ïmprovised music; latin¬jazz; Swing and Groove music.

He has written compositions for several jazz groups, jazz workshops and big bands and made also arrangements for several groups.

Some compositions:

B-Wegen; As Far As; MS GT; Factory (for the movie The Man With The Camera by Vertov; 1998); Arboretum (poem with music by a saxophone quartet 1982); Like A Tango; A Short Story; Echoes Of A Secret; Don’t Look Back; Heavy Walk; Bonhomme; The Floating Bear; Not May Day; Going West; Disparu; Durance; Tango Op de Heyplaat (for Jazz Band and Concert Band -1990); Blaak Project Pieces (for a performance assigned by the City Of Rotterdam - 1988); Movie Music; Music for Medea (Live performance in a Theatre Production - 1999); Bizarre Jaloezie (for a Musical – concert Band and vocals - 2007). Return (for big concert band; 2011). Horacio (for Tango ensemble, 2014). Catorce Septiembre; Ambiente Octubre (for Tango ensemble, 2014).

Some Big Band arrangements: Black Coffee; Blue Train; Come Sunday; Cottontail; Doodlin’; Goody Goody; The Jody Grind; The Mooche; Oop Pop A Daa; The Way You Look Toninght; Unchain My Heart; You’s Be So Nice To Come Home To. Several arrangements for other types of groups (saxophone ensemble; jazzworkshops).

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone, alto

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Saxophone teacher since 1987. Independent working. All individual lessons on appointment. Information to find on my website.

Clinic/Workshop Information

Teaching jazzworkshops since 1980. All instruments welcome in this type of jazzworkshops. Repertoire: blues, hard bop, swing, own compositions. Special projects: music of Horace Silver; music of John Coltrane; groovy tunes. In the wokshop you can learn how to improvise. I give you information about chors, scales and there will be special emphasis on the use of motives in building a good improvised solo.

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