YVONNE WALTER songwriter SINGER jazzistique contact info@ywako.com
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Yvonne Walter was born in Eindhoven, a town in the southern part of the Netherlands. She started studying piano at the age of seven and in her teens, she performed as a singer in high school bands. At that time she started to compose songs After singing jazz standards for more than two decades as Yvonne de Kok, accompanied by among others, the Mary Hehuat trio, she changed her artist name into Yvonne Walter and decided to record her own compositions. On stage she merges jazz standards with her own songs and with the work of contemporary composers like Ivan Lins, Johnny Mandel, Blossom Dearie, Jack van Poll, Hein Van de Geyn and Bert Joris Yvonne Walter likes to work with different accompanists to keep the real jazz spirit high. Although she will not avoid arrangements, which are necessary for a larger band, Yvonne prefers the challenge of a fresh rendition in duo, trio or quartet in which her only demands are tempo, rhythm and key In a broad range of repertoire Yvonne Walter always seeks for the right atmosphere to touch the soul of the song with deep respect for the composer and the lyricist. With this ability she reaches for true synergy with musicians and audience, where words set to music find love.
REMINISCINGS AND STILL COOPERATING MUSICIANS
Willem Kühne  • Rob Van den Broeck • Michel Herr • JEF NEVE  • ERIK VERMEULEN • Wout Hendriks  • HARRY HAPPEL • BART VAN CAENEGHEM • ARNE VAN COILLIE • ERNST VRANCKX • ALANO GRUARIN • PIM BERGMAN • JOAN MIJNLIEFF • JACK VAN POLL • DON GOMES • ROGER KELLAWAY • REMBRANDT FRERICHS • MARK MURPHY • CONNY NEEFS • EDWIN RUTTEN • GREGORY FRATEUR • SOFIE • CHANTAL WILLY • PETER DORTMOND • JOOP HENDRIKS • BEN VRAUWDEUNT • PIM DIJKSTRA • Kurt Van Herck • DIN BINKHORST • Frits Bayens • Gerard Kleijn • ERIK BAKKER • JELLE VAN DER ZEE • WILLEM OUWERKERK • TOOTS THIELEMANS • WIM DIJKGRAAF • KEES VAN HOFFEN • Peter Mingaars • PAOLO RADONI • FRANK PEETERS • HENK SPRENGER • VINCENT KONING • BART QUARTIER • PASCAL SCHUMACHER • ARTURO SERRA • JAAP SCHUTTEVAER • HARRY EMMERY • Mary Hehuat • Hein Van De Geyn(b/arr) • JOJO MARTINEZ • CHRISTOPHE DEVISSCHER • Jean Louis Rassinfosse (b) • Henk DeLaat (b) • Bas Cooymans (b) BRICE SONIANO (b) • JANOS BRUNEEL (b) • GULLI GUDMUNDSON (b) • THEO DE JONG • ERIC HEIJNSDEIJK • NICOLAS ROMBOUTS • Marc Gratama (dr) • MAX BOLLEMAN • FRITS VAN GEYTENBEEK • ERIC INEKE • JOHN ENGELS • Hans van Oosterhout (dr) • Felix Simtaine (dr) • LOUIS SOLIANO • STEVE CLOVER • JOKE HAMMINGA • CHRIS JORIS (pc) • AND  ......     TO:   TOP OF CURICCULUM   /    HOMEPAGE
Discography
THRILLS (1997) Mons Records MR 874-805      Songs by Yvonne Walter arranged by Hein Van de Geyn • Yvonne Walter, vocals     • Willem Ouwerkerk, trumpet & flugelhorn    • Kurt Van Herck, tenor saxophone    • Rob van den Broeck, piano    • Peter Mingaars, guitar    • Hein Van de Geyn, bass    • Hans van Oosterhout, drums Confusion - Splash - Hopper Blues - When Love Grows Old - Hate To Be Late -  I've Got A Smile - Summer Sunday - Like A Fairy Tale - Do It - Being On Trial Again - Bebop Bizznizz - The New Year's Song BUY AT:  - Distributed in Germany by Sunny Moon                  - the web: www.amazon.de HOMEPAGE
CLOSE ENOUGH new release 2007 - YW 73008 distr: AMG-records   • Yvonne Walter, vocals    • Michel Herr, piano, synthesizer   • Hein Van de Geyn, bass    • Peter Mingaars, guitar    • Joke Hamminga, percussion North Sea Night - You Can Let Me Go - Quiet Now - The Day You Left -     The Island  - Born To Be Blue - Being Green - Winchester In Appleblossom Time -     Sails(Velas) - People Will Try Again - You Turned The Tables On Me -     Spring In Manhattan - Inside A Silent Tear - Close Enough For Love  TO:    NEXT   /   TOP OF DISCOGRAPHY   /    HOMEPAGE
THE SINGAPORE CONNECTION Featuring Yvonne Walter & Pim Dijkstra (1995) A-Records ARP 73046 • Yvonne Walter, vocals     • Pim Dijkstra, bariton saxophone & flute • Terry Undag, trumpet & flugelhorn     • Don Gomes, piano • Jojo Martinez, electric bass      • Louis Soliano, drums & percussion How Long Has This Been Going On - A Weaver Of Dreams - In Summer(Estate) -        But Not for Me - When Sunny Gets Blue - Come Raine Or Come Shine -        A Time For Love - Joy Spring - I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance - If I Should Lose You - I Wish You Love - Too Late Now - I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before   BUY AT: sorry, sold out TO:    NEXT   /   TOP OF DISCOGRAPHY   /    HOMEPAGE
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR (VINYL) Mary Hehuat Trio featuring Yvonne de Kok (1984) Mercy Records MR 0184 • Yvonne Walter de Kok, vocals     • Wout Hendriks, piano • Mary Hehuat, bass     • Hans Eykenaar, drums      Side A (instrumental) Seven Steps To Heaven - Sompin' At The Savoy - I'll Remenber April Side B (with vocals) It Could Happen to You - The Boy Next Door - I'm Old Fashioned -       Some Other Tme - Triste BUY AT:  sorry, sold out TO:    NEXT   /   TOP OF DISCOGRAPHY   /    HOMEPAGE
WIVES AND LOVERS (1997) Feel The Jazz FTJ CD45 Frits Bayens Big Band featuring Yvonne Walter*, Henk DeLaat, Bert Joris     • HANS BLOEMEN - BART VAN DER VEN -  HANS VERLAAK - MARC VAN DEN BRûLE          TONY SAVERY, trumpets       • HAN KLEEMANS - WILLEM VAN EWIJK - STAN HOUBEN - THEO ROMIJN, trombones       • PETER DEN OTTER - LEO MEIJER - ARIE VAN 'T HOFF - TEUN DIELEN -          ARIE BREDERODE, saxophones       • WOUT HENDRIKS, piano       • HENK DELAAT, bass, vocals       • PAUL HEEREN, drums       • FRITS BAYENS, leader, arranger       • BERT JORIS, special guest, arranger, trumpet & flugelhorn Wives And Lovers* - I'll Remember April - Mr. Lucky - Walkin' Tipt -      You've Changed - I didn't Know What Time It Was* -  The Game - I'll Remember You - Taking A Chance On Love*     BUY AT:  -Spronk Breda NL TO:    NEXT   /   TOP OF DISCOGRAPHY   /    HOMEPAGE
SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS New release 2006 IPROD 1634 distr: AMG records      • Yvonne Walter, vocals      • Harry Happel, piano & synthesizers The Christmas Song (listen) - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (listen) -       A Child Is Born (listen) - My Favorite Things -       Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Let It Snow -       Hark The Angels Sing - Silent Night! Holy Night! - A Song For Christmas -       The X-mas Blues - White Christmas   Yvonne Walter / Harry Happel - Songs for Christmas Een mooie cd voor de tijd van het jaar is Songs for Christmas, duetten van vocaliste Yvonne Walter en pianist Harry Happel. De zangeres die haar woonark in Weesp verruilde voor een appartement in Antwerpen, interpreteert klassieke kerstliedjes als Holy Night en Let it Snow, combineert die met passende jazzstandards als A Child is Born en My Favorite Things, en voegt daar haar eigen indrukwekkende compositie The X-mas Blues aan toe. In totaal elf songs die ook als het geen kerst is zeer de moeite waard zijn. Haarkrachtige stem, tegelijk teder en doorleefd, en de begeleiding van Harry Happel sluiten naadloos op elkaar aan. Beiden zijn op zoek naar de muziek in de liedjes, meer dan naar de symboliek ervan. Het inpassen van de eigen compositie The X-mas Blues is wat dat betreft niet alleen een persoonlijke toevoeging aan het repertoire, maar ook een referentiekader dat verheldert waarom hun beider versie van de klassieker White Christmas de mooiste is die ik ooit hoorde. © Jan Rensen. TO:   TOP OF DISCOGRAPHY   /    HOMEPAGE
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At this moment Yvonne Walter works with different programs, every one with  defined character and approach. MELLOW MOODS a project based on the new generation of  European (jazz)composers YVONNE WALTER TRIO  two crazy musicians & one silly singer sharing their fun with the audience HEAT WAVE the modern jazz repertoire presented by only voice and guitars   SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS celebrating the holiday season YVONNE WALTER at HOPPER's LAST SUNDAYS every last sunday of the month MELLOW MOODS (Quintet) With Paolo Radoni guitar, Bart Quartier / Pascal Schumacher vibraphone, Theo de Jong electric bass, Chirs Joris percussion European (Jazz) Songs of Today, some Ballads and lots of  Moody Grooves. See Agenda.  see MELLOW MOODS review YVONNE WALTER TRIO "catchy" club programm with the brilliant Dutch pianist Willem Kühne and one of the wonderful talented bass players of the new generation. Different programs up to the idea of the day: From Monk to Strayhorn to Coltrane to Chaplin to Walter. Definitaly programs with a SMILE HEATWAVE with guitarist Paolo Radoni and bass player Theo de Jong The "small club" program, with standars, ballads and originals to be performed in trio with the tastefull guitarist Paolo Radoni. Here Yvonne and Paolo honour the modern jazz classics and add  their own interpretation of ballads and songs. The unique and refined bassplayerTheo de Jong makes the trio spicy with his fretless bassguitar. SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS (Duo) A cozy short program created for the couple of weeks in December when green and red colors warm up our hearts. Harry Happel on Grand piano and synthesizers creates the support for the warm voice of Yvonne Walter in a forty-five minutes program of Christmas Songs. The CD SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS represents the complete work. This program can also be extended with the American Songbook repertoire to a double set program . see SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS YVONNE WALTER at HOPPER's LAST SUNDAYS A program based on monthly action at  a location where musicians, mostly piano-players and guitarists are invited by Yvonne to join her singing.  This program is already working for years at CAFÉ HOPPER in Antwerpen. Usualy with the superb bassplayer Mary Hehuat. You can find Yvonne there if she is not on tour.   see HOPPER see www.hopperjazz.org TO:   TOP OF BOOKABLE PROGRAMS   /    HOMEPAGE LINKS Contact us: •We will always reply on e-mails send to YWAKO MUSIC, info@ywako.com www.ywako.com CD-SHOP BY E-MAIL: •JAZZWINKEL in Utrecht (NL) is specialized in Jazz music and offers also the small labels. The music of Yvonne Walter is also available in their store and by e-mail on the net.  www.jazzwinkel.nl WEB SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST FOR JAZZ LOVERS •The most up to date Jazz-Concerts in Belgium calender/agenda of  is held by RTBF, Mr. Philippe Baron and is reachable through RTBF Jazz Concert Calender: www.rtbf.be/jazz/dis.cgi?concerts •If your are intersted in Jazz Singers, you should look at the American site  JAZZ SINGERS COM, LEADING THE WAY FOR JAZZ SINGERS, reachable through www.jazzsingers.com •A site bringing you to all musicians, concerts, festivals, clubs, etc...  in Belgium and giving a lot of side information is the site of  JAZZ IN BELGIUM www.jazzinbelgium.com •Other large Jazz Sites are: JAZZ IN FRANCE:            www.jazzfrance.com/jazzartists/asp/ShowInstr.asp JAZZ IN GERMANY:        www.jazzpages.com/main_e.htm JAZZ IN ITALY:                www.jazzitaly.com JAZZ IN NEDERLAND     www.jazzmasters.nl www.draaiomjeoren.nl www.jazzflits.nl www.jazzenzo.nl INTERNATIONAL www.jazzlinks.net FOR MUSIC ON PAPER   www.sheetmusicman.org •The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord - 100 years of jazz records on one CD-ROM  Jazz Discography or Jazz Reference http://www.lordisco.com/ All you need to know about virtually any jazz record ever released. FLEMISH WEB SITES ON MUSIC •Database of the Flemish Community  www.muziekcentrum.be Have fun with Nigel Williams www.nigelwilliams.be