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René Laanen, May 2024
Musicians who play high-resistance wind instruments may be predisposed to glaucoma, according to mounting evidence. I have glaucoma at two eyes and I'am not alowed to play anymore.
March 7, 2025 I have a Glaucoma drainage device implant surgery at my left eye. My right eye implant is in May 2025. Glaucoma cannot be cured. This drainage implant can slow or stop glaucoma and try to preserve the visual field. Improving the field of view is not possible. During the operation, the ophthalmologist will insert the drainage implant into my eye. The implant starts working 6 weeks after the operation and transports the aqueous humor out of the eye through the tube. This causes the eye pressure to drop. https://www.aao.org/.../diseases/glaucoma-drainage-implants.

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René Laanen
I was the proud owner of this beautiful handmade trombone by David Butler in Texas, USA.
--Butler C12 carbon fiber bass trombone, cut bell with aluminum bell rings, high luster finish.

My handmade Marcus Bonna case consists of a fiberglass shell with a durable nylon replaceable cover.


A CAR RUN ME DOWN IN NOVEMBER 2020

MY PROJECTS FOR 2021, 2022 and 2023 ARE REHABILITATION
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On November 9, 2020, I took my car to the garage and I waited behind my car for a mechanic.
After three minutes, a mechanic drove his car backwards from the workshop and run me down.
I have injuries to knees, feet and left hand.
The recovery takes several years especially for my left hand and knees.
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MY HEALTH NOW
(some pictures taken in the hospital)

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Residentie Orchestra
Willem Van Otterloo | The Original Recordings 1950 - 1960 | Historical recordings collected in a cardboard box containing 13 CD's in cardboard sleeves. Contains a 100-page booklet.
My father "Theo Laanen" is playing principal trumpet at these 13 CD's.
https://www.jazzmasters.nl/theo.htm |
https://www.discogs.com |



EUROPEAN TOUR WITH PAUL ANKA

Paul Anka

René played with the Paul Anka Band in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Finland & Belgium (2008)



... R.I.P. MY GOOD FRIEND JOS L. kNAEPEN

Jos L. Knaepen

Belgian born, Jos L. Knaepen, René Laanen's best friend, 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.
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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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René's Dutch Jazz site "www.jazzmasters.nl", more than 1.500 visitors monthly.
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