{{Short description|Dutch jazz band founded in 1945}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} [[Image:Dutch Swing College Band photo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Dutch Swing College Band performing at the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]] in 1976 or 1979.]]
The '''Dutch Swing College Band''' ('''DSCB''') is a traditional [[dixieland]] band founded on 5 May 1945 by [[bandleader]] and [[clarinettist]]/[[saxophonist]] [[Peter Schilperoort]].<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=116}}</ref>
Highly successful in their native home of the [[Netherlands]], the band quickly found an international following. It has featured such musicians as [[Huub Janssen]] (drums), [[Henk Bosch van Drakestein]] (double bass), [[Kees van Dorser]] (trumpet),<ref name="Larkin50"/> [[Dim Kesber]] (saxes), [[Jan Morks]] (clarinet),<ref name="Larkin50"/> [[Wout Steenhuis]] (guitar),<ref name="Larkin50"/> [[Arie Ligthart]] (banjo/guitar), [[Jaap van Kempen]] (banjo/guitar), [[Oscar Klein]] (trumpet),<ref name="Larkin50"/> [[Dick Kaart]] (trombone), [[Ray Kaart]] (trumpet), [[Bert de Kort]] (cornet), [[Bert Boeren]] (trombone), [[Rod Mason (musician)|Rod Mason]],<ref name="Larkin50"/> [[Rob Agerbeek]] (piano), and [[Emmericus Carel Willem Adriaan Geuze|Emmericus Geuze]] ([[saxophone]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burland |first=J.B. |author-link=John Burland |date=2008 |title=The founders of Géotechnique |url=https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/geot.2008.58.5.327 |journal=Géotechnique |language=en |volume=58 |issue=5 |pages=327–341 |doi=10.1680/geot.2008.58.5.327 |issn=0016-8505 |access-date=20 December 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> - among many others.
The band provided the interval act for the ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1976]]'' presented live from Den Haag.
The band continues to tour extensively, mainly in Europe and Scandinavia, and record directed by [[Bob Kaper]], himself a member since 1967, following the former leader, [[Peter Schilperoort]]'s death on 17 November 1990. Schilperoort had led the band for more than 45 years, albeit with a five-year sabbatical from 13 September 1955, when he left to pursue an engineering career before returning to lead the band again officially on 1 January 1960.<ref>''The Dutch Swing College Band Story'', Philips, H72BG205</ref>
== Line-up ==
=== Current === As of January 2022, the line-up is: * [https://dsc.nl/keesjan-hoogeboom/ Keesjan Hoogeboom], trumpet, vocals * [https://dsc.nl/bert-boeren/ Bert Boeren], trombone * [https://dsc.nl/david-lukacs/ David Lukàcs], clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone * [https://dsc.nl/adrie-braat/ Adrie Braat], musical director, double bass * [https://dsc.nl/frits-landesbergen/ Frits Landesbergen], drums * [https://dsc.nl/peter-kanters/ Peter Kanters], banjo, guitar
=== Previous === As of January 2012, the line-up is: * [[Bob Kaper]] musical director, clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals * [[Ton van Bergeijk]] banjo, guitar, vocals * [[Keesjan Hoogeboom]] trumpet, vocals * [[Maurits Woudenberg]] trombone * [[Frits Kaatee]] clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone * [[Adrie Braat]] double bass * [[Onno de Bruijn]] drums
=== Early === As of the end of 1945, the line-up was:<ref>''Back In Time'' - Philips CD 842 045-2/ track 21 - ''Hodge Podge''</ref><ref name=jubilee>Liner notes from LP of ''Jubilee Concert 1980'', Philips 6601 003</ref> * [[Frans Vink Jr]] leader, piano * [[Peter Schilperoort]] clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone * [[Joost van Os]] trumpet * [[Bill Brant]] trombone * [[Otto Gobius]] guitar * [[Henry Frohwein]] double bass * [[Tony Nüsser]] drums
=== Other key line-ups ===
{| class="wikitable" |+ Other key line-ups |- ! Year(s) !! Ref !! Line-up or change |- | 1948-1952 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Kees van Dorsser]] trumpet; [[Wim Kolstee]] trombone; [[Dim Kesber]] clarinet; [[Joop Schrier]] piano; Dick Bakker banjo; [[Chris Bender (bassist)|Chris Bender]] double bass; [[Arie Merkt]] drums.
|- | 1953-1955 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Wybe Buma]] trumpet; [[Wim Kolstee]] trombone; [[Dim Kesber]] clarinet; [[Joop Schrier]] piano; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Bob van Oven]] double bass; [[Andre Westendorp]] drums, trumpet.
|- | 1956-1959 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Joop Schrier]] leader, piano; [[Wybe Buma]] trumpet; [[Wim Kolstee]] trombone; [[Dim Kesber]] clarinet, soprano sax; [[Jan Morks]] clarinet; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Bob van Oven]] double bass; [[Martin Beenen]] drums.
|- | 1959-1961 | <ref name="jubilee"/><ref name=tour>Liner notes from LP ''DSC on Tour'', Philips 9279 368</ref> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Oscar Klein]] cornet, trumpet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Jan Morks]] clarinet; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Bob van Oven]] double bass; [[Martin Beenen]] drums.
|- | 1962 | | [[Louis de Lussanet]] replaces Martin Beenen on drums and Jan Morks departs)
|- | 1963-1964 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Ray Kaart]] trumpet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Koos Serierse]] double bass; [[Louis de Lussanet]] drums.
|- | 1965-1967 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Ray Kaart]] trumpet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Bob van Oven]] double bass; [[Peter Ypma]] drums.
|- | 1968-1969 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Bert de Kort]] cornet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Chris Smildiger]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1969 | | Bob Kaper added
|- | 1970-1974 | <ref name="jubilee"/> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Bert de Kort]] cornet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Bob Kaper]] clarinet; [[Arie Ligthart]] banjo, guitar; [[Henk Bosch van Drakestein]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1974-1978 | <ref name="live">Liner notes from ''DSC Live 1974'', DSC PA1013</ref> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Bert de Kort]] cornet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Bob Kaper]] clarinet; [[Jaap van Kempen]] banjo, guitar; [[Henk Bosch van Drakestein]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1978-1980 | <ref name="strong">Liner notes from ''Still Blowing Strong'', DSC PA1022</ref> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone; [[Ray Kaart]] trumpet; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone; [[Bob Kaper]] clarinet; [[Jaap van Kempen]] banjo, guitar; [[Henk Bosch van Drakestein]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1980-1982 | <ref name=digital>Liner notes from ''Digital Dixie'', Philips 6423 472</ref> | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Rod Mason (musician)|Rod Mason]] trumpet, sousaphone; [[Dick Kaart]] trombone, B-horn; [[Bob Kaper]] clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Fred McMurray (Dutch pianist)|Fred McMurray]] piano; [[Henk Bosch van Drakestein]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1988-1990 | | [[Peter Schilperoort]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone; [[Sytze van Duin]] trumpet; [[Bob Kaper]] clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Bert Boeren]] trombone; [[Fred McMurray (Dutch pianist)|Fred McMurray]] piano; [[Adrie Braat]] double bass; [[Huub Janssen]] drums.
|- | 1993 | <ref name=joint>Liner notes from CD ''The Joint Is Jumpin' Timeless'', TTD594</ref> | [[Bob Kaper]] – leader, clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Klaas Wit]] trumpet, Flugelhorn; [[Bert Boeren]] trombone; [[Fred McMurray (Dutch pianist)|Fred McMurray]] piano; [[Adrie Braat]] double bass; [[Bob Dekker]] drums.
|- | 1996-1998 | <ref name=plenty>Liner notes from CD ''That's A Plenty! The Dixieland Top 30'', Quintessence QS 900.880-2</ref> | [[Bob Kaper]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Michael Varekamp]] trumpet; [[Bert Boeren]] trombone; [[Fred McMurray (Dutch pianist)|Fred McMurray]] piano; [[Adrie Braat]] double bass; [[Bob Dekker]] drums.
|- | 2000-2004 | <ref name=timeless>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timelessjazz.com/|title=Jazz is Timeless Records|website=Timelessjazz.com|accessdate=23 October 2019}}</ref> | [[Bob Kaper]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Bert de Kort]] cornet; [[Frits Kaatee]] clarinet, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone; [[George Kaatee]] trombone; [[Rob Agerbeek]] piano; [[Ton van Bergeijk]] banjo, guitar; [[Adrie Braat]] double bass; [[Bob Dekker]] drums.
|- | 2004-2010 | | [[Bob Kaper]] leader, clarinet, alto saxophone; [[Bert de Kort]] cornet; [[Frits Kaatee]] clarinet, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone; [[George Kaatee]] trombone; [[Marcel Hendriks]] piano; [[Ton van Bergeijk]] banjo, guitar; [[Adrie Braat]] double bass; [[Han Brink]] drums. |}
== Discography == With a recording history from 1945 to the present day in 2012 many albums and singles have been recorded. Recording media from 78 rpm discs, 33 and 45 rpm records and CDs and DVDs on variety of labels, including Philips and the band's own DSC production label.
As well as recording on its own, recordings were made with a number of notable US solo artists beginning in 1951 with [[Sidney Bechet]] and continuing into the 1970s with the likes of [[Jimmy Witherspoon]] in 1970, [[Joe Venuti]] in 1971,<ref>''DSCB meets Joe Venuti'', EMI PCS 7159</ref> [[Teddy Wilson]] in 1972 and 1973, [[Billy Butterfield]] in 1973, [[Bud Freeman]] in 1975<ref>''Bud and His Buddies'', DSC production, PA1016</ref> and [[Wild Bill Davison]] in 1976.
Tracks recorded over the history of the band include amongst many others "[[Tin Roof Blues]]", "Apex Blues", "Panama", "Shake Rag", "Everything's Wrong, Ain't Nothing Right", "Freeze n' Melt", "Strange Peach", [[Royal Garden Blues]], Jazz Me Blues, [[High Society (band)|High Society]], Out of the Gallion, At the Jazzband Ball, [[That's a Plenty]], [[Nobody Knows When You Are Down and Out]], Annie Street Rock, Figety Feet, "[[Margie (song)|Margie]]".
Note: Decca 846 761-2 The Singles Collection Volume 1, other CDs are available<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dscband.nl/en/discografie.html |title=Jubilee Concert |access-date=2011-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724151729/http://www.dscband.nl/en/discografie.html |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Carr | first = Ian | author2 = Digby Fairweather | author2-link = Digby Fairweather | author3 = Brian Priestley | author3-link = Brian Priestley | title = Jazz: The Rough Guide | publisher = The Rough Guides | year = 1995 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/184 184] | isbn = 1-85828-137-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/184 }}</ref>
;Albums * Dutch Swing College Band HOT ( Opnames van 1951-1956) * Dutch Swing College Band (25 cm LP met 8 nummers, datum onbekend) * Dixieland Goes Dutch (1955) * Dutch Swing College Band with Nelson Williams (1957) * Swing College At Home (1958) * Jazz at the Concertgebouw A'dam feat. Neva Raphaello. (1958) * Swinging Studio Sessions (1959) * The Band's Best (1959, 1960) * 12 Jazz Classics (1961) * Party Favourites (May & June 1961) * At the Jazzband Ball (1961) * Dixie Gone Dutch (1962) * DSC At the European Jazz Festival (Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium 1962) * The Dutch Swing College Band at the Sport Palast Berlin (1962) * The Dutch Swing College Band Meets Teddy Wilson (1964) * Dutch Swing College Band goes Latin (1964) * 20 Years DSC (Live at Sportpalast Berlin (1965) * Live Party (Maart 1965) * Reunion Jazz band (Sept 1966) * When the Swing comes Marching in (1968) * Dutch Swing College Band Meets [[Jimmy Witherspoon]] - Ain't Nobody's Business (1970) * Dutch Swing College Band Meets Joe Venuti (1971) * Johnny Goes Dixie (feat. [[Johnny Meijer]]) (1974} * DSC 'Live' (1974) * Dutch Swing College Band and Bud Freeman (1975) * Dutch Swing College Band (1976) * DSC Hit Collection (1977) * 'Still Blowing Strong' 34 Years (1978) * The Dutch Swing College Band Jubilee Concert (May 1980) * Digital Dixie (1981) * Digital Anniversary (1985) * Live 1974 (1997) * The Real Thing - European City Concerts (2003) * We Double Dare You (2004) * The Swing Code (2005) * Swing that Music (2006) * When You're Smiling - with [[Lils Mackintosh]] (2007) * My Tune - Single (2008) * My Inspiration (2009) * Jubilee Concert - recorded in The Hague on the occasion of the Band celebrating 65 years (2010) * Update (2012) * The Music Goes Round and Round - featuring Margriet Sjordsma (2014) * When the Swing comes marching on (2015) * LIVE! (2015) * Candlenight Blues - Single (2016) * The Dutch Swing College band Plays Royal Compositions of his majesty king Bhumibol Adulyadej (2016)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.dscband.nl Official website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlyS5ctB8M Dutch Swing College Band playing in Germany] ''youtube'' Retrieved 12-10-2007. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxX77e8a7s 'Still Swinging'] - 40 minute documentary (1976).
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