Name          : Franck van de Wijer

Instrument: Clarinet and vocals

It was in the year 1990 when René and Hugo heard Franck at the local Mardi Gras in Maastricht, playing everything and everywhere he could. So he was asked to join the “King Zulu Brass Band”. Until that time Franck never played some jazz, but in a few months the music was his. From that time he loves it and understands it to play the tears out off your eyes. Later Franck also joined the “New Orleans Dusty Duds”, who after some changes is nowadays called the “Gumbo Jazzband”.

Franck is also the first vocalist of the band.

                  
Fritzel's 1999 New Orleans                             Sitting in with the Tremé Brass Band
                                                                             2003 New Orleans

                               
                           Jazzfestival Maastricht 2004 with                  Eschweiler 2006
                                        colleague clarinetist Thomas L'Etienne

       
Roermond may 2007                     Jazz Promenade                     Bad Hersfeld 2009
                                                          Maastricht 2008


Mondriaan 2009

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