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NEWS
  ALLEEN
DE STAD DEN HAAG HEEFT MIJ NOG NIET BENADERD! .....
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HIER
 Since 1994, René
is playing the bass trombone in "The FRITS
LANDESBERGEN BIG BAND" in Leiden, the Netherlands. The
band was formed in 1969 by the Leiden pianist Frits Landesbergen and
when formed was the only Big Band in the region. René is also
a board member of this Foundation.During the first few years of its existence the band had a mainly jazz repertoire and therefore only played in the regional jazz clubs. As the demand for Big Bands which could play not only jazz but also good dance music developed over the years the band broadened its repertoire accordingly. The style of the band is based on the traditional swing of the famous bands from the fifties and sixties. The repertoire contains many original Count Basie, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Sammy Nestico, Bill Holman, Jos van Bueren (our bass player) arrangements as well as those made Frits Landesbergen himself.  From September, 2005 till
August, 2007 René was the "Program Manager Jazz"
for "De
Regentenkamer" in The Hague, Netherlands. He organized
also some concerts for vatious artists like Toots Thielemans, click
here... 
- renewed ! About
The Trombone Page Of The WorldBased in The Netherlands, the largest content provider of trombone biographies, news, events, releases, profiles and industry links, The Trombone Page Of The World provides a steady supply of information to its ever-growing database on a bi-monthly basis. With over 35,000 visitors monthly, trombonists worldwide can access current information and more than 4000 biographies 24 hours a day.  René's
Dutch Jazz site [www.jazzmasters.nl]
has more than 21.000 visitors each Month!
 Jos
L. Knaepen [http://www.jazzmasters.nl/josknaepen]
site made by René Laanen Belgian born, Jos L. Knaepen, more commonly referred to as "The Jazzman," became interested in jazz at the age of seventeen, after purchasing his first LPs of Django Reinhart and Sidney Bechet in 1961. By the time he was 18, he was a regular attendee at the infamous Comblain La Tour where many jazz giants performed during their European tours. It was also during this period that his interest in photography began. Not having the money to purchase sophisticated photo equipment, it took several years of dedicated saving to be able to call himself a serious photographer. His professional photographic career began in the early seventies Jos' photographic work continued during the early 1980s and his award-winning action photography was exhibited regularly throughout Belgium. By 1985, his professional photography career took a hiatus until 1990 when he began again, this time limiting his photography strictly to jazz, one of the great loves of his life. 
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