Jan akkerman tour 2024
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'Close Beauty' is the title of Jan Akkerman's new studio album, his debut for Mascot Label Group. The distinctive 'Akkerman-sound' runs like a thread through twelve compositions.
Acoustic, electric, solo performing and accompanied by his own band: 'Close Beauty' can be considered as one of Jan's most varied works, while this record is his first album in almost 30 years that also gets a vinyl release. With 'Close Beauty', Jan proves that he still ranks among the top of Dutch guitarists and composers.
CAREER
For over 55 years, Jan Akkerman (1946) is one of Holland's most respected and influencial guitar players. Besides his work with international acclaimed groups such as Brainbox and Focus he teams up with a variety of international artists. In his musical output Jan combines rock, jazz, blues, classical music and dance into a style of his own.
Jan was born in Amsterdam, in the shadow of the Waterloo square. At the age of 5, he picks a guitar for the first time. The instrument is his dad's, but Jan will never be witness of his father playing. During his adolescence years
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Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman (ur. 24 grudnia1946[1]) – holenderski gitarzysta zaliczany do grona wirtuozów gitary elektrycznej, akustycznej i klasycznej. Akkerman w czasie swej długiej kariery w grupie Focus oraz muzyka solowego grał z wielkim powodzeniem progresywnego rocka, jazz-rock, jazz i muzykę średniowieczną.
Dyskografia
[edytuj | edytuj kod]- 1973 Guitar for Sale
- 1973 Profile
- 1974 Tabernakel
- 1976 Eli (razem z Kazem Luxem)
- 1978 Aranjuez
- 1978 Jan Akkerman
- 1979 Live
- 1979 Talent for Sale
- 1980 3
- 1980 Transparental
- 1981 Oil in the Family
- 1981 Collage
- 1983 Can't Stand Noise
- 1984 From the Basement
- 1985 It Could Happen to You
- 1985 Focus Vertigo
- 1987 Heartware
- 1987 Pleasure Point
- 1988 Heartware
- 1989 The Complete Guitarist
- 1990 The Noise of Art
- 1993 Puccini's Cafe
- 1994 Blues Hearts
- 1996 Focus in Time
- 1996 The Guitar Player
- 1998 Live at the Priory
- 1999 10,000 Clowns on a Rainy Day [live]
- 1999 Passion
- 1999 Live at Alexander's
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Dutch guitarist Jan Akkerman is considered one of the best European jazz-rock guitar players over almost four decades. He is an internationally acclaimed musician who also wrote art-rock history with his band Focus and laid the foundation for today’s progressive rock scene. Akkerman, born in Amsterdam on December 24th 1946, played in many bands in the sixties, among them the legendary band Brainbox, before he joined keyboardist and flutist Thijs van Leer and his band Focus. In 1973 they topped the British pop charts at number four with their instrumental single “Sylvia”. And in the same year Akkerman was voted world’s best guitarist by British magazine Melody Maker. Musically speaking, Akkerman always pushed the envelope, combining jazz, rock, classical music and odd humor - Focus was at the time probably one of the best and most unpredictable bands the European rock scene could offer. Framus created a signature model for Jan during these successful years and the guitar didn’t comply with the current cliches of guitar design: “Framus presents: Jan Akkerman. The world’s leading gu
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