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Jan Halsema, son of Dutch composer Piet Halsema, started his musical
career at 15, playing the clarinet, and quickly fell in love with the spirit
and flavor of American traditional (Dixieland) jazz. While Jan toured
Europe with a Dutch Band called "the Ted Easton Combo", he was introduced
to mainstream Jazz (Bebop).
He arrived in the US in 1961, where he started a family, making
San Antonio, Texas his homebase.
In the mid 60's, Jan became a pioneer in the new pitch-to-voltage
electronic music technology by outfitting his Alto sax with a electronic
pickup and a pitch-to-voltage interface. Today (2001), he uses a PC computer
for MIDI and AUDIO, and also uses an EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument
by AKAI), and of course his alto saxophone.
With all of the above, he is able to weave his musical wizardry
into a unique and hauntingly beautiful experience.
In the 80's by combining acoustical instruments with the latest in
electronic technology, Jan produced a recording, "The Glass Mirage" (tape),
with his group "MUSIMAGERY", which will soon be reissued on CD.
The 90's have been an experimental time of mixing medias, technology,
and the old with the new.
Mainstream Jazz intertwined with New Age Jazz - MIDI/computer compositions
driving visual arts - reinterpreting and improvising upon past Jazz masters
via the Internet.
| -Title- | Cover | format | Style of Jazz |
| "Glass Mirage" | "The Glass Mirage" | Real Audio | New Age |
| "Easy Rhythm" | "The Glass Mirage" | Real Audio | New Age |
| "A Walk" | "The Glass Mirage" | Real Audio | New Age |
| "The Christmas Song" | "HolidayJazz" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Merry Little Xmas" | "HolidayJazz" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Oh Tannenbaum" | "HolidayJazz" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Bells" | "HolidayJazz" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Take 5" | "Take 5 from the Riverwalk" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Round Midnight" | "Take 5 from the Riverwalk" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Georgia" | "Take 5 from the Riverwalk" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
| "Girl from Ipanema" | "Take 5 from the Riverwalk" | Real Audio | Mainstream |
Holiday
Jazz
Jan Halsema: Alto Sax and EWI with MIDI orchestrations
Glass
Mirage/Musimagery
Style:
New Age Jazz
Jan Halsema: Alto Sax and
EWI with MIDI orchestrations
David Underwood: Acoustic
Guitar
Glass Mirage - Flight - Sylvan Enchantment - Mantra - Scene - A Walk - Fresh - Easy Rhythm - Flowers - Double Take - Shimmering Strings
"Take
Five!" from the Riverwalk
Style:
Mainstream Jazz
Jan Halsema: Alto Sax and EWI with MIDI orchestrations
Latest CD out ! ! !
"Stepping Out"Jan
Halsema on Alto Sax, Keil Keener on Drums,
Darrel
Tidaback on Upright Bass, and Ralph Duran on Piano.
Recorded
in San Antonio, Texas, US, by Luvine Elias at his sound recording studio.
The
above is a mainstream Jazz CD. "Enjoy!"
