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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. We're blowing the standards, a few originals... back to the roots. I'm very excited about this one, and so are the band 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. 

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

Wishing you all the best in 2008, peace and beautiful music,

Toon

WHAT'S NEW

                                                                                                                                                                                                                26 June 2008

TOON ROOS QUARTET ON VIDEO - LIVE AT THE BIMHUIS

Check out the video recordings of the presentation of Love Revisited at a sold out Bimhuis in Amsterdam, 2 February 2008.

Straight, No Chaser (Monk)

Return To Happiness (Roos)

Check out the 'videobuzz':

www.videobuzz.nl/ToonRoos

Created by John Twigt's Workstation www.workstation.nl

25 June 2008

TRQ AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Toon is invited to play with his quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2008. They will play on Saturday 12 July at the Ahoy in Rotterdam, Yenisei hall at 21.00 hours. Read more on the

North Sea Jazz website

                                                                                                                                                                   Read the advertisement of Love Revisited in the

North Sea Brochure

Karel Boehlee, Toon, Hein van de Geyn and Joost van Schaik at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, 2 February 2008.

picture by Fred van Wulften

2 February 2008

TRQ PRESENTS NEW ALBUM AT THE BIMHUIS 

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. On Saturday 2 February 2008, his fifth CD was presented to the audience with a performance at a sold out Bimhuis in Amsterdam with a special appearance of Hans Dijkstal as guest speaker. This was the start of their CD promotion tour, see page CONCERTS. Check out more pictures of the Bimhuis CD presentation by Fred van Wulften.

The new Toon Roos Quartet has an all-star line up with Karel Boehlee on piano and synthesizer, 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. With Toon, Karel recorded the album ‘Attitudes’ in 1987 and ‘Free At Last’ in 2003. He is one of the most creative pianists in the Netherlands, and has developed a personal style of playing, lyrical with an intense groove.  Karel and bass player Hein van de Geyn know each other well, travelling together as regular band members of the Toots Thielemans Quartet, touring in several European countries, South Africa, Brazil and Japan. Karel teaches piano at the jazz department of the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Read more about Karel on www.karelboehlee.com.

Hein van de Geyn has been establishing himself as one of the most sought after bass players in Europe. He has worked with numerous celebrities like Chet Baker, Lee Konitz and Dee Dee Bridgewater and regularly works with John Abercrombie in his own band 'Baseline'. Hein is head of the bass section in the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Read more about Hein on www.baselinemusic.nl

Joost van Schaik is one of the finest jazz drummers from the Netherlands with great musical understanding and a serious groove. He plays with several jazz groups and has worked with many great artists such as Curtis Fuller, James Moody, Toots Thielemans, Lew Tabackin, Bert Joris, and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra. He has been teaching jazz drums at the conservatories of Rotterdam, Groningen and Enschede since 2001.

Successful  performances of the Toon Roos Quartet in recent years were amongst others the Bird Award concert at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2001, the concert at the Kurhaus in The Hague in 2002 and the concert on Valentine's Day 2003 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.       

'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.

Track list Love Revisited:

1. Au Privave - Charlie Parker

2. If You Never Come to Me - Antonio Carlos Jobim/Ray Gilbert

3. On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper/Ned Washington

4. I Fall In Love Too Easily - Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn

5. Footprints - Wayne Shorter

6. Never Let Me Go - Jay Livingston/Raymond B. Evans

7. Little Princess - Karel Boehlee

8. I Thought About You - Jimmy van Heusen/Johnny Mercer

9. Return To Happiness - Toon Roos

Listen to the compilation of the new Toon Roos Quartet CD Love Revisited

CD is released 2 February 2008 on Green Heart Records (GHRCD 2008/01).

The CD is for sale at concerts of Toon, the WEBSHOP, jazz record stores, www.nl.bol.com

&

The CD is distributed by Baltic Nederland / Bertus. 

PRESS ON LOVE REVISITED

Telegraaf: 'Magnificent... with a warm tone!'

Hifi Video Test: 'Beautiful, well-balanced and mature jazz.'

Volkskrant: 'Fresh... charming...'

Muziekpodia.nl: 'Atmospheric jazz is the result of this remarkable quartet.'

Jazzflits: 'Congratulations in every way for this swinging production...'

Read the reviews & interview (Dutch) :

concertverslag Bimhuis jazzpodium.com

recensie CD Love Revisited jazzpodium.com

concertverslag Bimhuis muziekpodia.nl

bespreking CD Love Revisited muziekpodia.nl

interview Toon Roos muziekpodia.nl

Read more at pages BIOGRAPHY (English) & BIOGRAPHY (Dutch)