Arlia de Ruiter, Vera Laporeva, Denis Koenders, David Peijnenborgh, Pauline Terlouw, Polina Cekov, Erik Kromhout, Ruben Margarita - 1st violin |
Merijn Rombout, Herman van Haaren, Wim Kok, Elizabeth Liefkes-Cats, Vera van der Bie, Marianne van den Heuvel, Laurie Vreeken-Bos - 2nd violin |
Mieke Honingh, Norman Jansen,J ulia Jowett, Iris Schut, Isabella Petersen- viola | Emile Visser, Annie Tangberg, Wim Grin, Jascha Albracht - cello |
Erik Winkelmann - contrabass | Joke Schonewille - harp | Martin de Ruiter - oboe / English horn | Hans Vroomans - Piano | Frans van Geest - bass | Marcel Serierse - drums.

Piet Noordijk has the ability to play jazz in such an unexpected way that he is always recognisable in his work in a way nobody else does. His improvisations never superficial and never dull, are surprisingly lucid. Many great and well known jazz musicians are always willing to play with him.On his 75th birthday Piet Noordijk was invited to play his favourite pieces with the string- and rhythm section of The Metropole Orchestra, the band in which he had been the main alto player for more than a decade. This album is the recording of the live performance of that birthdayconcert at the Bimhuis Amsterdam The Netherlands, both in audio (CD) and video (DVD).

Piet Noordijk, Jahrgang 1932, ist in Holland eine lebende Legende unter den Jazzmusikern. Er studierte in den 50ern Klarinette und brachte sich - sein Vorbild war Charlie Parker - das Saxophonspiel selbst bei. Bald schon hatte er Engagements, um die man ihn beneidete: bei Nina Simone und Betty Carter u.a. Aber er war immer offen für Neues, wie seine Engagements bei Willem Breuker und von 78 bis 92 beim Metropole Orchestra beweisen. Letzteres begleitet ihn jetzt in einer feinen 'Sax and Strings'-Aufnahme.