I'd say "inspired by": Karol Szymanowski, Lalo Schifrin, Les Baxter, Moondog, David Axelrod, Henri Dutillieux, Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman, Charles Bukowski, Enoch Light, George Russell, Claus Ogerman, J.J.Johnson, Quincy Jones, Boris Vian, Don Ellis, Eddie Palmieri, Gil Evans, Hermeto Pascoal, Perez Prado, Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, John Barry, Cinematic Orchestra, Miles Davis, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, The Meters, Joe Zawinul, Pharaoh Sanders, Dmitri Shostakovich, Burt Bacharach, Wayne Shorter, Jimi Hendrix, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, Jaga Jazzist, Roni Size, Stevie Wonder, Chaquito, Dusty Springfield, Roy Ayers, Henri Mancini, Donald Byrd, Fania All Stars, George Clinton, Tony Allen, Antonio Carlos Jobim, to name but a few.
New Cool Collective - Out Of Office Zuco 103 - After The Carnival Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (June 2008) Marike Jager - New Album (Fall 2008)
Composer / arranger / pianist Willem Friede has studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory: composition with Bob Brookmeyer, Rob Pronk and Klaas de Vries, piano with Jan Laurens Hartong.
He is pianist of New Cool Collective and musical director of New Cool Collective Big Band, with whom he received an Edison (Dutch "Grammy") for the album "BIG". He is responsible for several special New Cool Collective projects, such as the participation in a tribute to Jaco Pastorius, the collaborations with sound/video-sculptor Eboman and the orchestra of Danny Malando and several television events (PARADISOlife, Uitmarkt 2004 and 2005, a.o.).
As a composer/arranger he works in a broad field: ranging from classically oriented music to jazz, latin and "contemporary dance music".
He has written film music and works for (symphony-)orchestra, big band, string quartet, piano etc. He received commissions by (a. o.) the Netherlands Programme Service (Nederlandse Muziekdagen 1995/96, With A Little Help From My Friends), the Dutch Film Museum (Epic of Everest, Samba de Jager), VPRO-television (Cinema Perdu), the Fund for the Creation of Music, the European Jazz Youth Orchestra (tour2001) and "Het Residentie Orkest".
In May of 2001 he was involved, as composer and conductor, in a special Latin-Jazz project of the EBU/Euroradio Big Band.
As an arranger he has worked with the Metropole Orchestra, Vince Mendoza, Pat Metheny, Paul Weller, Chaka Khan, Kenny Barron, Elvis Costello, George Duke, Cliff Richard, Holland Symfonia, Tony Allen, Claudio Roditi, Cindy Blackman, Paul de Leeuw, Nueva Manteca, Zuco 103, Roachford, Michiel Borstlap, Rob van Kreeveld, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Frank Boeijen, the ASKO-ensemble, Georgie Fame, Lamb, Tom Lellis, Ronald Douglas, SFeQ and Venice amongst many others.
Hey Willem, Pracht optreden, en pracht CD! dat brilletje op Frank van Dok zn hoofd maakt het helemaal af (dankzij Anton)... Ik heb alle tips goed onthouden (dacht ik dus), maar ik kan niks over die 'red garden' vinden, dus ik denk dat ik het toch verkeerd heb begrepen... Misschien kan ik dus wel een tip gebruiken Ik hoor het wel, Robert van der Padt (fanatieke jazzpianist :D)
Hi Willem,thanks for the add,i've played some of your arrangements when i was a student in A'dam with the bigband from Erik van Lier!!! I hope to play them again one day! Greetings Tomas
Happy New Year! I'll be coming to the Netherlands next week to play two shows-Leiden (Qbus Jan.24th) and Ospel (Cafe De Prins Jan. 25th). I hope that you can make one!
Happy Trails,
AP
