Ack van Rooyen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ack van Rooyen

Dutch trumpeter

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1930

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: trumpeter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ack van Rooyen

  • Ack van Rooyen (born January 1, 1930 in The Hague) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
  • He is the brother of Jerry van Rooyen. Van Rooyen began playing with a military band as a teenager, doing tours of bases in Indonesia.
  • He then studied music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1950, then worked with Ernst van 't Hoff and his brother.
  • He played with The Ramblers in 1955-1957, then moved to France in 1957, where he worked with Aime Barelli, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thompson, and Barney Wilen.
  • In 1960, he relocated to Germany, playing in a big band at Sender Freies Berlin with his brother, in addition to side work with Hans Koller, Bert Kaempfert, and Ake Persson.
  • He settled in Stuttgart in 1967 and worked with musicians such as Volker Kriegel, Charly Antolini, Friedrich Gulda, Slide Hampton, and Eberhard Weber; , he also toured widely during this time.In 1980 he moved back to the Netherlands, eventually taking a position as an educator at his alma mater, the Royal Conservatory.

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