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Kikker heeft de blues (Frog’s got the blues) is the follow up of the album Kikker Swingt (Frog swings): aproject for children presented by the Tony Overwater Quintet in collaboration with Max Velthuijs, the author of the well known children books of Kikker (Frog). On this CD six new stories with again great music are featured. This time the stories are red out by actor Nico de Vries. The album is dedicated to Max Velthuijs who passed away in 2005 at the age of 82. |
A special project Several years ago Tony Overwater started a collaboration with Max Velthuijs, writer of children’s books and creator of the world famous Kikker (Frog). In front of an audience of curious children, Velthuijs red out the adventures of Kikker, while Overwater accompanied the text with his quintet. Kikker swingt (Frog swings), the first CD, was a huge success. So far 10.000 albums have been sold. New: Kikker site www.kikkerheeftdeblues.nl |
Velthuijs’ touching stories, narrated by Nico de Vries, plus the melancholy music of the Tony Overwater Quintet, prove to be a perfect match Great stories, fine music They put music to Kikker’s experiences omitting any use of acoustic clichés The second Kikker-CD is good news for those parents who sometimes yearn for earplugs in order to endure their children’s taste for music Een fascinerend spel van vertelstem en jazz - Straatjournaal The band doesn’t play ‘children’s jazz’, instead it takes them seriously by playing mature, contemporary jazz Mooi om de jonge kinderen op een speelse manier met jazz in aanraking te laten komen - Tubantia/Twentsche Courant Narrated stories of author of children’s books, Max Velthuijs, accompanied by excellent musicians De muziek maakt wezenlijk onderdeel uit van de voorgelezen teksten - Nederlands Dagblad |