Jos Jansen - Bass Trombone Soloist & Entertainer

^{Jos Jansen was born in Westervoort near Arnhem, the Netherlands. Like many professional trombone players, his musical development started at the local Wind band, St. Gregorius, where also his father and brother played.

At the age of 21 he started his academic study at the Academy of Music of Twente with Gerrit Boomsma. After a nice period he decided to carry his study through in Zwolle with the teachers Paul Woesthuis and Ben van Dijk, where he thereupon graduated in 1989 as teaching musician. During this period Jos was hired as trombonist in the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he until this moment still plays.}

^{In 1991 he got his Master Degree in Hilversum with Ben van Dijk and Erik van Lier. After doing a lot of free-lance work, Jos decided to concentrate on his career as soloist. This resulted in his first solo CD Blue Topaz, released in 1993 during the Brass Band Championships with the British Tuba Quartet with Steven Mead.

Since 1993 he has a long record of service, which made him work together with many orchestras. As a soloplayer and specialist on his instrument he is an (internationally) wanted musician.}

Various Highlights:

European premiere 'Concert for Basstrombone' from Vaclav Nelybel in Prague with the windband "Westwind" under the leadership of Heinz Friesen, 1993
Recorded a solo CD "Blue Topaz", 1993
Playing solo during the Dutch Brassband Championships with the "British Tuba Quartet", 1993
Recorded the CD "Rhapsody for Basstrombone and Windband" from Frigyes Hidas with the orchestra "Symphonic Band of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest", 1995
Premiere "Typical Jay Jay" composed by Peter Kleine Schaars with the orchestra Pieter Aafjes from Culemborg, 1995
Playing solo during the "Dutch open championships Concert-department" with the "Gelders Fanfare Orkest", 1995
Playing solo in the Unites States of America with the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1996
Recorded the CD "Typical Jay Jay" with the "Gelders Fanfare Orkest", 1996 - Playing solo during the concerts in "De Doelen" in Rotterdam with the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1997
Playing solo with "l'Orchestre de la Police Nationale" in France,1998 - Made various radio- and television recordings including for the KRO, NOS, NCRV, RTL4 and Broadcast Gelderland