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Fred van Straten

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General Info

  • Genre: Jazz / Latin / Pop

    Location amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

    Profile Views: 10032

    Last Login: 12/25/2010

    Member Since 11/2/2006

    Website www.fredvanstraten.nl

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Fred van Straten was born in Athens, Greece in 1964 under the name of Aristo Tzignolis. He went to holland as a young boy, where he was adopted by dutch parents. (so he ended up with two names, two nationalities, two passports, two families and too country's to live in!) Fred took music-theory and arranging lessons with conductor Rogier van Otterloo, pianolessons with Henk Elkerbout and Jules de Corte and trumpet lessons with Jeff Reynolds. After that he studied composing and arranging with filmcomposer and conductor Michael Kamen. Since 1980 he's been a recording artist, playing trumpet and piano, and arranging in studio's for more than 300 cd recordings, about 100 movies and more than 1000 jingles and radio and tv commercials. Fred recorded in the studio with singers, bands and producers like Boris, Berget Lewis, Karin Bloemen, Candy Dulfer, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Total Touch, Jeroen van de Boom, Theo Maasen, Anita Meijer, Edsilia Rombley, Boudewijn de Groot, Volkan Baydar, Theo Nijland, Jan Rot, Rose, Marcel Kapteijn, Gordon, Gerard Joling, Lee Towers, and many others. In 1995 he started his own hornsection called the Amstelhorns, together with trombonist Frans Cornelissen and saxplayer Arjan Muusz. (www.amstelhorns.com) He's been arranging and conducting his own orchestra 'Eventband' for events, concerts and musicalproductions in Holland, Germany and Greece like the re-opening of the Royal Theatre Carre, musicals like the last 5 years, pluk van de petteflet, Zorba the Greek and Foddertje. In Germany he is the bandleader and keyboardplayer of the band of the Turkish soul singer Volkan Baydar (www.volkan-baydar.de) Since many years he has his own worldmusicorchestra called 'Aristo and friends' wich he plays concerts with. (www.aristoandfriends.com) He is bandleader, arranger and keyboardplayer of the band 'm.a.a.r.t.' (www.maartjehoutzager.nl) Fred is teaching music-theory at the Rockacademy Tilburg and the pop-conservatory of Alkmaar. Fred plays trumpet in the band of the great Dutch soul singer Boris. (www.borismusic.nl)

  • Members

    AMSTELHORNS: Frans cornelissen: trombone and tuba, Arjan muusz: all saxes, (Fred: trumpet, flugelhorns, piccolotrumpet) EVENTBAND: Maartje Houtzager: leadvocals, Tarah Ouwerkerk: vocals, Raoul Bakker: guitars, Ilse Hofma: drums, Erik Schoonderwoerd: bass (Fred: keys and trumpet) ARISTO and FRIENDS: Volkan Baydar: leadvocals, Rocco Costa: leadvocals, Mathew Simon: trumpet, Jimmy Jenks: saxophone, Nan Mercader: percussion, Roland Cabezas: guitars, Oleg Fateev: bayan (Fred: keys) BORIS: Boris Titulaer: leadvocals, Marcus Machado: guitar, Robert Biesewig: drums, Maarten Helsloot: keys, Leon Taihuttu: bas, Emiel van de Heide: saxofoon (Fred: trumpet)

  • Influences

    MOST BY: my teachers: Rogier van Otterloo, Henk Elkerbout, Jules de Corte Jeff Reynolds and Michael Kamen. Bruce Hornsby, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Dr. John, Quicy Jones, Dave Grusin, Freddy Mercury, Frank Zappa, Earth Wind and Fire, Toto, Herb Alpert, Michel Legrand, Tower of Power, Jerry Hey, Herb Alpert, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninow.

  • Sounds Like

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