The great Ack van Rooyen (85) was a guest soloist last year with the WDR Big Band and they just uploaded the concert on YouTube.
I always enjoyed playing together with Ack in the past as he was very often a guest soloist with the Dutch Jazz Orchestra (directed by his brother Jerry). We played some Billy Strayhorn, Rob Madna and Jerry van Rooyen repertoire together with the band which was great fun. I also play his signature model van Laar flugelhorn for many years now. Let’s hope he will play for many years as great as he did on this concert!
Click here for nice jazz portrait of Ack (in dutch) by the NPO.
