JASPER VAN 'T HOF

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JASPER VAN'T HOF was born in Enschede, Holland on June 30, 1947. The child of a jazz trumpeter and a classically trained singer and pianist, his great interest in music became evident at an early age. The groundwork was laid with private piano lessons. At the age of fourteen he wrote his first compositions and became increasingly interested in jazz. His parents would have liked to send him to a conservatory, but JASPER VAN'T HOF preferred to play live. At nineteen he was already participating in various jazz festivals and raking in prizes.

He celebrated his first great European success with the band ASSOCIATION P. C., founded in 1969 by VAN'T HOF along with the Dutch drummer Pierre Courbois and the German guitarist Toto Blanke. The bassist was sometimes the Dutchman Peter Krijnen, sometimes the German Sigi Busch. The band produced a synthesis of jazz and rock never before heard in
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JASPER VAN 'T HOF Eye-Ball album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Eye-Ball
Fusion 1974
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie  Feat. Charly Mariano : Transitory album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie Feat. Charly Mariano : Transitory
Fusion 1974
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie : The Door Is Open album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie : The Door Is Open
Fusion 1976
JASPER VAN 'T HOF The Selfkicker album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Selfkicker
Fusion 1977
JASPER VAN 'T HOF However album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
However
Fusion 1978
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Flowers Allover album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Flowers Allover
Post Bop 1978
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, George Gruntz ‎: Fairytale album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, George Gruntz ‎: Fairytale
Fusion 1979
JASPER VAN 'T HOF The Wink To My Female Slave album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Wink To My Female Slave
Post Bop 1979
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Eyeball album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eyeball
Fusion 1980
JASPER VAN 'T HOF My World Of Music - Solo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My World Of Music - Solo
Post Bop 1981
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Visitors (aka Crystal Bells) album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Visitors (aka Crystal Bells)
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1982
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof / Joachim Kühn : Balloons album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof / Joachim Kühn : Balloons
Fusion 1983
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1984
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof's Pili-Pili : Hoomba-Hoomba album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof's Pili-Pili : Hoomba-Hoomba
African Fusion 1985
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof's Pili Pili : Jakko album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof's Pili Pili : Jakko
African Fusion 1987
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili ‎: Be In Two Minds album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili ‎: Be In Two Minds
African Fusion 1988
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Solo Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Piano
Post Bop 1989
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili ‎: Hotel Babo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili ‎: Hotel Babo
Fusion 1990
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, Bob Malach : Dinner For Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, Bob Malach : Dinner For Two
Post Bop 1990
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof Quartet : Get Down album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof Quartet : Get Down
Post Bop 1992
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili-Pili : Stolen Moments album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili-Pili : Stolen Moments
African Fusion 1992
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Just Friends : Nevertheless album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Friends : Nevertheless
Fusion 1992
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Blau (aka Blue Corner) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blau (aka Blue Corner)
Post Bop 1992
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof's Face To Face album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof's Face To Face
Post Bop 1994
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili-Pili : Boogaloo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili-Pili : Boogaloo
Fusion 1994
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Face To Face album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Face To Face
Post Bop 1994
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pork Pie ‎: Operanoia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pork Pie ‎: Operanoia
Fusion 1996
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Tomorrowland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tomorrowland
Post Bop 1996
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hofs Pili-Pili : Nomansland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hofs Pili-Pili : Nomansland
African Fusion 1997
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Face To Face : Canossa album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Face To Face : Canossa
Post Bop 1998
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof 's Pili-Pili Meets Phikelela Sakhula Zulu Choir : Incwadi Yothando (Love Letter) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof 's Pili-Pili Meets Phikelela Sakhula Zulu Choir : Incwadi Yothando (Love Letter)
World Fusion 2000
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper van't Hof / Joey Baron ‎: Un Incontro Illusorio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper van't Hof / Joey Baron ‎: Un Incontro Illusorio
Post Bop 2001
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, Charlie Mariano With Steve Swallow ‎: Brutto Tempo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, Charlie Mariano With Steve Swallow ‎: Brutto Tempo
Post Bop 2001
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hofs Pili-Pili : Ballads Of Timbuktu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hofs Pili-Pili : Ballads Of Timbuktu
World Fusion 2002
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Axioma album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Axioma
Post Bop 2003
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof Hotlips : NeverNeverLand album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof Hotlips : NeverNeverLand
Fusion 2005
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, Fredy Studer ‎: Pangramm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, Fredy Studer ‎: Pangramm
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof 's Pili Pili ‎: Ukuba Noma Unkungabi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof 's Pili Pili ‎: Ukuba Noma Unkungabi
World Fusion 2011
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Whybecause album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Whybecause
Post Bop 2012
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Oeuvre album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Oeuvre
Post Bop 2012
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, Tony Lakatos : Go With The Wind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, Tony Lakatos : Go With The Wind
Post Bop 2014
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof 1/4tet : No Hard Shoulder album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof 1/4tet : No Hard Shoulder
Fusion 2016
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof, Reto Weber : Featuring album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof, Reto Weber : Featuring
Post Bop 2017
JASPER VAN 'T HOF B.E.Trio : Three of a Kind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
B.E.Trio : Three of a Kind
Fusion 2019
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Conversations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Conversations
Post Bop 2022

JASPER VAN 'T HOF EPs & splits

JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili
World Fusion 1984

JASPER VAN 'T HOF live albums

JASPER VAN 'T HOF Live In Montreux album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Live In Montreux
Fusion 1980
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili : Live 88 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili : Live 88
African Fusion 1989
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof + Eyeball : Jazzbühne Berlin '80 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof + Eyeball : Jazzbühne Berlin '80
Fusion 1990
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof & Bob Malach Duo – The Prague Concert (Live At Jazz Art Club) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof & Bob Malach Duo – The Prague Concert (Live At Jazz Art Club)
Post Bop 1992
JASPER VAN 'T HOF At the Concertgebouw-Solo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At the Concertgebouw-Solo
Post Bop 1994
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Dance Jazz Live 1995 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dance Jazz Live 1995
African Fusion 1995
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper van't Hof, Greetje Bijma, Pierre Favre : Freezing Screens album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper van't Hof, Greetje Bijma, Pierre Favre : Freezing Screens
Avant-Garde Jazz 1996
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Un Mondo Illusorio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Un Mondo Illusorio
Post Bop 1998
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Jasper Van't Hof Hotlips : Live At Quasimodo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jasper Van't Hof Hotlips : Live At Quasimodo
Post Bop 2007
JASPER VAN 'T HOF On The Move: Live At Theater Gütersloh album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On The Move: Live At Theater Gütersloh
Post Bop 2015
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pork Pie : Berlin 1974 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pork Pie : Berlin 1974
Fusion 2018

JASPER VAN 'T HOF demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

JASPER VAN 'T HOF re-issues & compilations

JASPER VAN 'T HOF Meditation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Meditation
Post-Fusion Contemporary 1987
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili – Post Scriptum (1984–2003) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pili Pili – Post Scriptum (1984–2003)
World Fusion 2004

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JASPER VAN 'T HOF Eye-Ball

Album · 1974 · Fusion
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Recorded in The Netherlands on March 16 & 17, 1974 (in between the two recording dates of Charlie Mariano's Cascade!!) Six of the songs here are attributed to band leader van't Hof, three to bassist John Lee.

Line-up / Musicians: - Jasper Van't Hof / acoustic piano, keyboards - Zbigniew Seifert / violin - Wim Overgaauw / electric guitar, banjo - John Lee / electric bass - Gerry Brown / drums, percussion

A1. "Bax" (7:50) a truly obnoxious syncopated two-note bass anchoring this otherwise interesting song into hell spoils, for me, the wonderful performances of Gerry Brown (amazing!), Jasper van't Hof, and violinist Zbigniew Seifert. I think Jasper thought he was Herbie Hancock or something. I feel sorry for John Lee (to be held hostage like that). (13.25/15)

A2. "Viber Snake" (5:12) opening with some loose and very sparse piano and bass support to some absolutely wonderful "flamenco jazz" guitar work from Wim Overgaauw. At the very end of the third minute Wim stops and the plaintive notes of Zbigneiw's violin are doubled and backed by Jasper's piano chords and Wim's guitar chords and other frivolous flourishes. Interesting composition. (8.875/10) A3. "Eye-ball 1 (Piano Solo)" (3:37) a jazzified classical piece in the Keith Emerson tradition? Sounds an awful lot like something Keith would do. It sounds a lot like a jazzy rendition of an Aaron Copeland song. (8.75/10)

A4. "Hyrax" (5:55) the first of John Lee's contributions is, unfortunately, another song in which John finds himself trapped into a endless syncopated two-note cycle while everyone around him gets to play, explore, and, hopefully, have fun. There is a bit of a dour, "hard-work" feel to the performances. Some weird, wah-wah-ed synth work from Jasper is the highlight of this otherwise one-dimensional song (at least, one dimensional during the solo-support passages). Luckily, Gerry is allowed enough freedom to display his prodigious talent. Turns out that Zbigniew's violin is also being fed through a distorting wah-effects pedal, as his solo is quite reflective of Jasper's. Wim's syncopated rhythm guitar chord hits provide a distracting accent (almost negatively so), but the main melody is pretty good--and performed in an interesting way. Fade out. (8.875/10)

B1. "Schwester Johanna" (6:15) this fast-paced display of instrumental virtuosity sounds like Jean-Luc Ponty playing with the Pat Metheny Group, but it's not. It's Zbigniew Seifert and Jasper van't Hof. But, man! John Lee, Gerry Brown, and Wim Overgaauw's rhythm guitar are sure smokin' up the joint! This six-minute sprint would be a test of anyone's stamina and concentration! (9.5/10)

B2. "Laur" (4:17) moody volume-controlled bass chords open this with spacey synth single notes notes and whistles and exotic percussion sounds. Then Zbigniew and Jasper enter with violin and Vangelis-like Fender Rhodes. This beautiful little dreamy jazz tune is a John Lee composition! But it's so very mature, multi-dimensional, and polished! Take me to this person (or place), please! (9/10)

B3. "One Leg Missing" (3:06) opens with what sounds like some East Asian percussion and instruments (banjo, violin, and spaced-out plucked eighth notes on the bass) providing what sounds like the cacophony of a small third world village celebration (for a big meal). Gerry's play soon turns to his drum kit, where he puts on quite a display of drum mastery. (8.875/10)

B4. "Eye-ball 2 (Piano Solo)" (4:57) solo Jasper. It's very smooth and melodic, flowing beautifully on top as the left hand chord hits provide some referent points. Nice work from a confident and thoughtful player. I'm not usually much of a fan of solo piano work, but this is the kind of stuff I can enjoy. (8.875/10)

B5. "The Rev" (4:20) the final John Lee composition is another surprisingly loose and more-than-two-dimensionally-constructed tune. Zbigniew and Jasper (on synth) open things up by introducing the kind of loosey-goosey, happy-go-lucky melody before backing off for Wim to take a turn in the lead with an odd-sounding guitar (like it's an elephant being muted inside a milk bottle) mixed very quietly into the near background. Zbigniew gets the next solo before Jasper's electric piano takes a turn. Then the song is faded out. A solid song that presents nothing really great or innovative. (8.75/10)

B/four stars; an excellent acquisition for any lover of jazz-rock fusion.

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