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Bart van der Putten - saxophne

November 28 th 1957, Helmond, the Netherlands. Soprano-, alto-, tenor- and baritone saxophone, clarinet, bluesharp. Composer, arranger. Plays saxophone since 1979, clarinet since 1988. Lessons from Sean Bergin, Paul Termos and Paul Stocker. Studied at workshops given by by Sean Bergin and Arnold Dooyeweerd at CREA (Amsterdam). From 1980 at Arnold Dooyeweerd's workshop at the BIMhouse in Amsterdam. Also played in the big band workshop by Frank Grasso (at CREA). From 1984 a few years on the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Besides giving concerts, he also teaches saxophone, teaches incidentally at the Conservatory of Arnheim and is active as a workshop leader. Since 2000 member of the board of the BIM the Dutch union for jazz musicians, since May 2002 as president.