Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch

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pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in

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, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 was playing at jazz festivals with drummer

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band Association P.C., with German guitarist Toto Blanke. As part of Piano Conclave he played with pianists

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, Wolfgang Dauner, and

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(guitar),

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(saxophone), Aldo Romano (drums), and Jean-François Jenny Clark (bass guitar). He joined the band Eyeball with saxophonist Bob Malach and violinist Zbigniew Seifert. He had two bands: ''Face to Face'' with Danish bassist Bo Stief and saxophonist

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and ''Pili Pili'', featuring African singer

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. He played keyboards with

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, although he is best known for his solo piano playing. For

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, John Kelman wrote: "''Transitory''s high point is the two-part title track. Orchestral in scope despite limited instrumentation, Van't Hof's strength as a textural player, comfortably blending impressionistic writing with freer concerns, is in full force."

Discography

As leader

* ''Eye Ball'' (Keytone, 1974) * ''The Door Is Open'' (MPS, 1976) * ''The Selfkicker'' (MPS, 1977) * ''However'' (MPS, 1978) * ''Flowers Allover'' (MPS, 1978) * ''Fairytale'' (MPS, 1979) * ''The Wink to My Female Slave'' (Fleet, 1979) * ''Live in Montreux'' (MPS, 1980) * ''Visitors'' (Pop Eye, 1982) * ''Balloons'' (MPS, 1983) * ''Pili-Pili'' (Keytone, 1984) * ''Hoomba-Hoomba'' (Virgin, 1985) * ''Jakko'' (Jaro, 1987) * ''Meditation'' (Keytone, 1987) * ''Be in Two Minds'' (Jaro, 1988) * ''Solo Piano'' (Timeless, 1989) * ''Live 88'' (Jaro, 1989) * ''Hotel Babo'' (Jaro, 1990) * ''Jazzbuhne Berlin '80'' (Repertoire, 1990) * ''Dinner for Two'' (MA Music, 1990) * ''Blau'' (ACT, 1992) * ''Stolen Moments'' (Jaro, 1992) * ''Get Down'' (Hill Street, 1992) * ''The Prague Concert'' (P&J Music, 1992) * ''At the Concertgebouw'' (Challenge, 1994) * ''Boogaloo'' (Jaro, 1994) * ''Dance Jazz Live 95'' (Jaro, 1995) * ''Face to Face'' (Intuition, 1995) * ''Blue Corner'' (ACT, 1996) * ''Freezing Screens'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Tomorrowland'' (Challenge, 1996) * ''Nomansland'' (Jaro, 1997) * ''Un Mondo Illusorio'' (Challenge, 1998) * ''Incwadi Yothando'' (Jaro, 2000) * ''Un Incontro Illusorio'' (Challenge, 2001) * ''Brutto Tempo'' (Intuition, 2001) * ''Ballads of Timbuktu'' (Jaro, 2002) * ''Axioma'' (Jaro, 2003) * ''NeverNeverLand'' (Jaro, 2005) * ''The Yellow House'' (Connecting Cultures, 2006) * ''Live at Quasimodo'' (Jaro, 2007) * ''Pseudopodia'' (In+Out, 2008) * ''Pangramm'' (FMR, 2008) * ''Ukuba Noma Unkungabi'' (Jaro, 2011) * ''Whybecause'' (Hote Marge, 2012) * ''OEuvre'' (Q-rious Music, 2012) * ''On the Move'' (Intuition, 2015) * ''No Hard Shoulder'' (Very Open Jazz, 2016) * ''Three of a Kind'' (Jaro, 2019)

As sideman

With

* ''Tea for Four'' (Leo, 1984) * ''Plum Island'' (Mood, 1985) * ''Innuendo'' (Lipstick, 1992) * ''The Great Concert'' (Enja, 2009) With others * Uli Beckerhoff, ''Camporondo'' (Nabel, 1987) *

, ''Sleep My Love'' (CMP, 1979) *

, ''Perpetuum Mobile'' (Varajazz, 1981) * Lol Coxhill, ''Toverbal'' (Sweet Mushroom, 1972) * David Friedman, ''Birds of a Feather'' (Traumton, 1999) * Joachim Kuhn, ''Solo's and Duo's'' (Keytone, 1981) * John Lee, ''Infinite Jones'' (Keytone, 1981) * Heinz Sauer, ''Europaischer Jazz 2016'' (Infraserv Hochst, 2016) * Heinz Sauer, ''Hamburg Episode Live at Fabrik'' (Art of Groove, 2015) *

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, ''Total Musik'' (Keytone, 1982) * Sigi Schwab, ''Solo's, Duo's and Trio's'' (Keytone, 1982) *

, '' Mama Rose'' (SteepleChase, 1982) * Archie Shepp, ''The Fifth of May'' (L+R, 1987) *

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, ''Aqua Sansa'' (Fran, 1980) *

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, ''Greenhouse Fables'' (Sentemo, 1992) *

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, ''Pleasure Point'' (WEA, 1982)

References

External links

Official site
* Biography at AllMusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Hof, Jasper 1947 births Living people Post-bop pianists Dutch jazz pianists Dutch jazz keyboardists Dutch jazz bandleaders ACT Music artists People from Enschede 21st-century Dutch pianists MPS Records artists Challenge Records (1994) artists FMR Records artists Timeless Records artists