Name          : Jan van Gaalen

Instrument: alto sax

Jan joined the Hurricane Brass Band in 2002. He’s the clarinettist of the in the Netherlands well known Circus Square Jazz Band playing Frisco style jazz. One time the band needed a replacement for Franck and asked Jan to play. First he hesitated because he sad he never played brass band music before. We did the job and it went all well. A few months later our regular tenor player quit and Jan was asked to join the band on alto. Jan hadn’t play the alto for years, but started to play with us. Well now, Jan knows what it is to play in a brass band and actually sometimes he’s really freaking out when playing his alto horn.

New Orleans 2003                                      Roger Lewis

 Jazzfestival Maastricht 2004              Eschweiler 2005                                          Kunstmarkt Roermond 2007

     
                                              Jazz Promenade Maastricht 2008                          Bad Hersfeld 2009

   
Ascona 2009                                                                                        Mondriaan 2009

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