Dutch musician Willem Breuker has died

[J.A.W.]

Dutch musician Willem Breuker has died. He was 65.

Obit (in Dutch, with YouTube link)

Obit (in Dutch)

[Van Basten II]

Wow, very sad and sudden news indeed, saw him with his Kollektief once , , very funny and entertaining show , if you find an English news article or can translate it please do so.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Van Basten II

[brownie]

Damn

Bad news. A unique musician and leader!

[AllenLowe]

a shocker.

[Van Basten II]

Here's an English link

http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/jazzblog/archive/2010/07/23/rip-willem-breuker.aspx

[Cyril]

RIP

Edited July 23, 2010 by Cyril

[Man with the Golden Arm]

RIP

I can imagine a Toeterix sendoff instead of bagpipes.

[Aggie87]

RIP, Willem.

[Cyril]

RIP

I can imagine a Toeterix sendoff instead of bagpipes.

This?

[clifford_thornton]

What? Damn!

[Swinger]

Oh no! RIP!

[GA Russell]

About fifteen years ago I was on the phone with Cadence Magazine, ordering a year's subscription. Out of all their LP inventory, the fellow recommended the Breuker album called (if I remember correctly) a Paris, so I bought it.

RIP

[mikeweil]

Truly shocking - was he ill or something like that? Too young ...

RIP, Willem

[clifford_thornton]

I knew he wasn't in the best of health, but 65 is too young to go.

[B. Clugston]

RIP. Way too young. I love his 1975 live albums, particularly Live in Berlin.

[J.A.W.]

Truly shocking - was he ill or something like that? Too young ...

RIP, Willem

He suffered from lung cancer.

[Adam]

This is really sad. I liked a lot of his music, and really loved the Kollektief's. Hoped they might come to Los Angeles again.

The performance that I saw, must have been 8 years ago now, was so incredibly vibrant and joyous.

RIP.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

RIP

I can imagine a Toeterix sendoff instead of bagpipes.

This?

yes ...

:(way too young

[Guest Bill Barton]

Another shocker... I was aware that he had been ill for quite some time, but it's still a shock. Another one of my musical heroes moving on... Sigh. I feel blessed that I had a chance to hear the Kollektief in performance a couple of times. Great fun and incredible musicianship. R.I.P.

[sidewinder]

First Harry Beckett - and now this. What sad news. I was fortunate enough to get to see him the once and that was with his Kollektief (with Misha Mengelberg) in North America. Hope he is now in peace - RIP and thank you for that concert.

[king ubu]

Oh fuck no.

This is so sad.

r.i.p. - and thank you for all to great music!

[bichos]

that´s very sad! i saw him here in germany a few times and loved his humour the way how he played with his kollektief.

keep boppin´

marcel

[medjuck]

That's sad. I loved his recordings but never did get to see him. Guess I never will.

[ep1str0phy]

Ugh. Death is killing me. Breuker was a master at his own table.

[martini]

Terrible news. He was on a short list of performers whom I had always wanted to see, but never had the chance. To say that his music has brought more than a little bit of light into my world would be a severe understatement. He is one of the artists to whom I listen most often.

I like some of his works better than others, but I cannot recall hearing anything that I didn't like. I even adore the album with the barrel organs from his ICP days (ICP 003), which is still in print on CD on BVHaast. I also love those great LPs with Gunter Hampel; his long OOP ICP recordings ("Chocolate Box" 007/008 and The Message 009); the lovely Baal, and my favorite Kollektief recordings: In Holland, A Paris, and the Hunger, Thirst, Misery trilogy. And what about those Bennink duos ('67 and later in '84)? His contribution to Machine Gun? Woah, this one hurts.

I hope BVHaast survives and keeps his work in print. He will always be one of my favorite artists.