Vintage Sextet

Source: https://jazzgigs.cc/regentenkamer-concerten/

After playing with (accompanying) many musicians it was Han Kleene (fan/jazzlover) who helped Ben Schröder to start the vintage sextet.

Groovy jazz from the 50s/60s as we know it from Lee Morgan, Horace Silver and Miles Davis. Well-known beautiful pieces from that time are Mercy, mercy, mercy, Jive Samba, Sack O’Woe, Milestones etc.
Here the emphasis lies on the polyphonic interplay of the 3 wind instruments in particular and the solo power of all band members. Pianist Udo van Boven has arranged the pieces.

Fat’s Flats

The Sidewinder

Leader/drums

Ben Schröder


Band leader and drummer Ben Schröder started his musical career early on. For a long time he played in the trio of Hein van der Gaag and later in that of Rob Agerbeek. He accompanied Jos van Beest, Mark Lotz, Teddy Edwards, Ruud Brink, Gijs Hendriks, Peter Guidi, Harry Verbeke and Benny Bailey.

Trumpet

Gary Kavanagh


Born in Jersey (1964), Gary started playing trumpet at the age of 6. He began playing
professionally at the age of 15.
Gary studied with Ack Van Rooyen at the Koninklijk Conservatorium.
Over the last 30 years plus he has worked internationally as an soloist in a variety of
settings from small groups to big bands.
He is currently the brass tutor at the international
British Schools in the Netherlands.

Alto saxophone

Paul van der Feen


Paul practically grew up playing with his brothers (Mark, Matthijs and Clemens) with whom he formed the all-brothers Feenbrothers quartet, which initially featured the eleven year old Paul on clarinet.
At age 14 he picked up the alto sax and -still a youngster- graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2002. After spending some time in New York Paul explored several musical genres in depth like Funk, R&B and especially Classical Music, but was drawn back into Jazz by rediscovering John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter and eventually began to discard all forms of musical parochialism.

Tenor Saxophone

Floriaan Wempe


With a unique sound and signature Floriaan Wempe (1989) is known as an adventurous, swinging and elegant saxophonist.
In his quest for touching melodies and the magic of the moment he captivates listeners with a story that flows from the tradition but that is unmistakably his own.
That he was taken under the wing by the late, great Roy Hargrove speaks to his potential and musical affections. He grew up hearing bebop and hardbop and soaked up the entire jazz history during his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and trips to New York City.

Piano/arranger

Udo van Boven


The Hague pianist/arranger Udo van Boven has been playing on stages and festivals throughout Western Europe for about 40 years.
Together with drummer Ben Schröder and bassist Alex Milo, he has played frequently in and around The Hague since the 1990s and wrote all arrangements for the Vintage Sextet.

Bass

Sven Schuster


Sven Schuster, acoustic/electric bass player, music teacher, composer, arranger and conductor was born 1965 in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Sven startet playing piano with 14 and double bass with 15. He studied from 1984-1988 at the Musikhochschule Graz, Austria and continued his studies in Hilversum, The Netherlands, where he got his degree in 1991.
In 1992 he won the award “Best Soloist” at the Jazztreffen in Leeuwarden, NL.