Rick van der Linden

From the later 1960s with the mid-’70s, Rick van der Linden bid fair to become Holland’s response to Keith Emerson, because the head and keyboard participant within the classical rock-band Ekseption. Delivered near Amsterdam, he was elevated in Rotterdam, and used the piano at age group seven — following a break of four years along with a proceed to Haarlem, he resumed learning under Piet Vincent in the Haarlem College of Music. He signed up for the Haarlem Conservatory of Music at age group 17 — his personal musical flavor was incredibly eclectic, which range from Baroque music to modern rock & move, especially following the start of the English beat boom. Vehicle der Linden joined the Hague’s Royal SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL of Music when he was 19 and became among the school’s best students, earning multiple honours. By age 20, Rick vehicle der Linden was composing music for ballet businesses and playing like a visitor soloist with numerous orchestras, carrying out music by Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, et. al, but was also playing rock and roll & move, and jazz piano and body organ, with numerous ensembles, including his personal trio. He finally resolved in to the lineup of the music group known as the Occasional Golf swing Combo, and it had been while using this group that he crossed pathways having a jazz-oriented music group referred to as the Incrowd. He later on established a companionship making use of their trumpet participant, Rein vehicle der Broek, and was asked to become listed on the group in 1967, changing organist Johan Timmers. That group later on transformed its name to Ekseption, and in 1968 all of a sudden reached an impasse — having received a documenting contract with the biggest record label in Holland, Philips, they discovered their selection of a single declined. Earlier that 12 months, Vehicle der Linden experienced seen the Good, a English music group offering Keith Emerson on keyboards, perform in Rotterdam and was riveted by their combining of rock and roll and classical noises within the same tunes. When his group discovered itself with out a potential single, Vehicle der Linden stepped ahead and suggested which they slice a 45 in line with the 1st motion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance. The producing record became popular in Holland along with other countries in European countries, and began the music group in a complete new path, with Truck der Linden as head. He became probably the most prominent key pad participant in Holland, and a genuine rival — a minimum of in the home — to famous brands Emerson and Rick Wakeman on the following four years. In past due 1973, nevertheless, he still left Ekseption to create the trio Ace (afterwards changed to Track, when they discovered that a United kingdom music group acquired the name currently) with drummer Pierre Truck Der Linden (previously of Brainbox and Concentrate, and no relationship), and bassist Jaap truck Eick. A far more jazz-oriented group than Ekseption have been, but nonetheless a progressive rock and roll clothing, the trio trim a debut record that yielded an effective single and gained a silver record in Holland. However, they didn’t last lengthy enough to make best use of that early achievement, only releasing yet another album before contacting it quits. Truck der Linden acquired done one record by himself in 1974, entitled Has Albinoni, Bach, Handel, and through the second half of the ’70s, he was documenting soundtrack albums (Nights Doom), and afterwards began dealing with Rein truck der Broek within a duo known as Cum Laude. In 1981, he released a solo record, and in 1985, he released the LP Aged Friends, New Close friends. 2006 saw the discharge of Wild Cable connections with Blodwyn Pig’s Jack port Lancaster, and an Ekseption best-of Compact disc/DVD, Tale of Ekseption.