Toon Roos - official website

Dear visitor, welcome to my site, I hope you enjoy the visit. The year 2008 is a special one for me. After twenty-five years on stage I thought it was time for a little celebration, so here it is: a new CD, a new quartet, released on my new label Green Heart Records. I'm very excited about this one, and so are my quartet members. Cover photography is by the renowned Dutch photographer Koos Breukel, the quartet pictures inside are by Jos L. Knaepen. We're proud to present it to you on this site. The website is being redesigned, as you can see on the new webshop which is already fully operational. Audio files in the webshop will be improved and completed soon.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me, I hope to meet you at one of our concerts!

Since a few days Love Revisited is for sale on iTunes. Nevertheless, if you prefer the real thing, order your copy at the webshop on this site.

On 25 May Toon will be one of the guest soloists at the 'Sunday Night Jazz' at the Panama in Amsterdam, with among many others vocalist Deborah Carter and drummer John Engels. More info at www.sundaynightjazz.nl

On 4 June the TRQ will perform in The Hague, on 20 June in Dordrecht, for more details visit page CONCERTS. More shows are scheduled and will appear soon on the agenda.

On March 9 Toon was interviewed by Vincent van Engelen for radio show Spotlight during one and a half hour. They talked about Toon's musical career, the art of improvising and his love for music. Toon chooses tracks from his favourite artists and from the new CD Love Revisited.

Karel Boehlee, Toon, Hein van de Geyn and Joost van Schaik at a sold out Bimhuis, 2 February 2008.

picture by Fred van Wulften

Check out more pictures by Fred van Wulften of the Bimhuis concert

Listen to the compilation of the new Quartet CD Love Revisited

Order Love Revisited and other CD's in Toon's new Webshop

Read reviews and an interview with Toon further on this page.

In 2008, Toon Roos celebrates his 25th anniversary as an artist with the presentation of his new CD ‘Love Revisited’. On this album Toon revisits the romanticism of the jazz standards combined with original compositions. The new Toon Roos Quartet has an all-star line up with Karel Boehlee on piano, Hein van de Geyn on double bass and Joost van Schaik on drums. Sound, groove, lyricism and interaction are key elements in the performance of this quartet. Toon: ’After the funky jazz of ‘The Human Feel’ and ‘Free At Last’ I felt an urge to return to the acoustic quartet and the never-ending potential of the standards. It feels like flying a private jet, heading for the most exciting destinations.’

'Love Revisited' demonstrates the powerful chemistry of the TRQ, especially between Toon and Karel, a partnership that goes back many years. Karel also plays on Toon's albums ‘Attitudes’ and ‘Free At Last’. On Saturday 2 February, Toon's fifth CD was presented to the audience by Hans Dijkstal at a sold out Bimhuis in Amsterdam. It was the first of four presentation concerts.

'Love Revisited' offers interpretations by the TRQ of songs with an attractive variation in groove, energy and atmosphere. It features classics such as Parker’s ‘Au Privave’, a straight ahead blues, the Brazilian warmth of Jobim’s ‘If You Never Come to Me’ and Shorter’s more spacious ‘Footprints’, seducing the quartet to more open, interactive group playing. The relaxed and happy swing of ‘I Thought About You’ is Toon’s tribute to one of his main sources of inspiration, the Capitol Years of Frank Sinatra. Different colours also come from the two romantic originals, ‘Little Princess’ by pianist Karel Boehlee and Toon’s ballad ‘Return To Happiness’, the duo song that ends the album.

Listen to a compilation of Love Revisited The release date is 2 February 2008 on Green Heart Records. CD is for sale at concerts of Toon, at the WEBSHOP and at jazz record stores.

Saxofonist Toon Roos zit 25 jaar in het vak en wilde daarom een cd maken met standards, classics en originals die

in die kwart eeuw op zijn repertoire stonden. Die is er nu, heet ‘Love Revisited’ en staat te pronken op zijn eigen

label Green Heart Records. De bezetting bestaat verder uit pianist Karel Boehlee (ook sporadisch op synthesizer),

bassist Hein Van de Geyn, en Joost van Schaik, de drummer met de helder klinkende cymbalen. Het is duidelijk dat

Toon Roos in al die jaren een afwisselend robuust en dan weer lyrisch geluid heeft weten op te bouwen. Die sound

brengt hem in thema- en solobijdragen overal waarheen zijn muzikale ingevingen hem sturen. Ten slotte is dat de

basis en motor van alle jazzexpressie. De cd begint met Parkers blues (‘Au Privave’), waarin een uitbundige bijdrage op

tenor ook Boehlee inspireert tot een uiterst geconcentreerde pianosolo. De terugblik op het repertoire is met zorg

gekozen: ‘Footprints’ van Wayne Shorter is al bijna een evergreen, ‘I Thought about You’ is van Jimmy van Heusen, en

Branislau Kapers ‘On Green Dolphin Street’ heeft allure. In dat laatste stuk gaat Roos dermate op in het

goed getroffen tempo en de harmonische mogelijkheden, dat hij na de laatste tel zijn tevredenheid uit met de opmerking:

“Now, we’re getting somewhere!” Het hechte kwartet kan in alle opzichten worden gefeliciteerd met deze swingende

Tracks van de cd van de maand zijn in februari te horen in het programma Lüdeke Straightahead(?) op Radio 6 (iedere

1ste en 3de zondag van de maand om 16.00 uur en de klok rond op de pc via ‘uitzending gemist’ van