Dutch Sax - Dolf van der Linden & Cees Verschoor

Passion Flower

Dutch Sax
Cees Verschoor's Alto
With Seductive Strings And Orchestra Of Dolf van der Leinden
Photo of Dolf van der Linden on back cover by Paul Huf
Capitol Records T10061
1957

From the back cover: Dolf van der Linden is partially responsible for the remarkable Dutch empathy with North Americans, at least music-wise. As the conductor of the brilliant studio orchestra broadcasting daily over Radio Hilversum, the Netherlands government station an hour's drive from Amsterdam, his influence is powerful. A tall and energetic maestro with the same physique and skilled musicianship as Stan Kenton – and the same age – Dolf is the driving force behind popular music in Holland today.

He made his debut on Capitol in early 1957 on album T-10058, "Ongetrouwd Man Kamer," a daring presentation of American standards that neatly translated into "Music For A Bachelor Apartment." The superb van der Linden strings that performed so sensually in that album are, of course, heard again throughout Dutch Sax. But here, Dolf has augmented the 30 violins with the sexy alto of Mr. Verschoor, the finest soloist in Holland and perhaps all of Europe.

"I chose six of the all-time best Duke Ellington melodies," Dolf says, "because no composer in the world conceives songs so imaginatively, and composes such emotional and sexy melodic lines, as does he. Even Gershwin could never have produced an All Too Soon or a Warm Valley. Vernon White is younger, perhaps less sophisticated and urbane than Ellington, but his Mood Nocturnal in the Ellington manner will surely become a world-wide standard."

The van der Linden orchestra, and the golden Verschoor saxophone, recorded the selections heard here in a large, almost-ancient church in Hilversum with the most modern high fidelity microphones and tape recorders in use. A special crew of E.M.I. engineers, producers and monitors headed by Stanely Stern accomplished the feat in two days. "Dutch Sax" will be released in long-play form in 31 nations throughout the world, so extraordinary are the combined talents of van der Linden, Verschoor, Ellington and White regarded.

I Didn't Know About You
Mood Nocturnal
Passion Flower
Promises
I Never Felt This Way Before
Caress
Lost In Meditation
Kisses
Warm Valley
Passionata
Mood Magenta
All Too Soon