Swing Companions

,Born into a very musical family and only four years old, piano-/keyboardplayer Patrick Van Helsdingen could not stay away from the piano and since then the piano has always played a major part in his life. At the age of thirteen he had formed his own trio which used to play during schoolconcerts. Soon Patrick preferred jazz to popmusic. He was inspired by Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Gene Harris, Jack Mcduff and Jimmy Smith. The stiles of these piano- and organplayers can be recognized in his performance today. In the years after Patrick played with many renowned and talanted new Jazz musicians in many different settings. He has accompanied celebraties such as Scott Hamilton, Al Grey and Buddy Tate and has often performed at many jazz festivals around the world. Moreover, he has played regularly at the Dutch North Sea Jazzfestival. Patrick is known to be a musician whose style is often described as 'characteristic', 'passionate', 'rhythmical'and very ' swinging'. He has developed a large repertoire which fits any occasion or festivity.
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