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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Ack van Rooyen
Person · male · Kingdom of the Netherlands · The Hague · born 1930 · died 2021 · recording since 1967
Dutch trumpeter (1930–2021)
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Also known as アック・ヴァン・ルーイエン
Timeline
11 events▣ Album 7◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1930s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Man lebt nur zweimal
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography188 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1336425105
Biography
Ack van Rooyen (1 January 1930, The Hague – 18 November 2021) was a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was the brother of Jerry van Rooyen, also a trumpeter-composer.
Van Rooyen began playing with a military band as a teenager, touring bases in Indonesia. He then studied music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1950, then worked with Ernst van 't Hoff and his brother. He played with The Ramblers in 1955–1957, then moved to France in 1957, where he worked with Aime Barelli, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thompson, and Barney Wilen. In 1960, he relocated to Germany, playing in a big band at Sender Freies Berlin with his brother, in addition to side work with Hans Koller, Bert Kaempfert, and Åke Persson. He settled in Stuttgart in 1967 and worked with musicians such as Volker Kriegel, Charly Antolini, Friedrich Gulda, Slide Hampton, and Eberhard Weber. He also toured widely during this time.
In 1980, he returned to the Netherlands, eventually taking a position as an educator at his alma mater, the Royal Conservatory.
He died on 18 November 2021, at the age of 91.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (12 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:19
A1Inventio 133:03A2Inventio 93:27A3Inventio 23:05A4Inventio 153:56A5Inventio 12:02B1Inventio 85:23B2Fuga in A3:25B3Air3:48B4Fuga in D4:40B5Fuga in E3:301995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:04:31
1Blues for Burgess5:462Waltz for Alexandra7:493Scetches of Konitz4:174Contemplation8:065Bates' Blues6:586Song for Bea8:097The Touch of Your Lips9:008Soft Shoulders7:269Transada7:001998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
1Et Altera Pars2Flashbacks3My Man's Gone Now4Voices & Choices5Peace6Turnaround7Shortcut8Andantino2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:07
1My Ideal7:172Chasing Shadows5:413One For Griff6:274Cat & Mouse5:375Crossover4:156Autumn Bugle5:357Short Cut5:158Close Encounters4:319Another Waltz5:5610Last Minute Blues3:4611Reprise1:472014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 2:08:08
1I’ve Never Been in Love Before7:102Angel Eyes7:123Sometime Ago7:594How Deep Is the Ocean7:125Old Folks4:196Like Someone in Love10:357Oleo3:548Wounded Love4:559All the Things You Are6:3910Tenor Madness / Blue Monk / Now’s the Time5:1811Because I Love You6:1912Reunion7:5113Song for Lost Friends5:0114The Hague Shuffle4:2915Commencar de Novo3:2116Blues for Four6:2017Mood Indigo29:342020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 44:11
1Canter6:172Everything I Love4:223White Noise6:494But Beautiful5:015The Dream7:206Autumn Bugle5:117A Genius And A Saint4:548I Fall In Love Too Easily4:172021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
1Canter No.12D'r Lange Jan3Papa Can You Hear Me4Brush It Up5Pra Dizer Adeus6The Things We Did Last Summer7En Yndig Og Frydefuld Sommertid8The Hague Shuffle9All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:32
1Django6:262The Touch of Your Lips3:013The Ballad of the Sad Ypong Man6:384Sometime Ago5:055Pra Dizer Adeus4:476Shadow and Light5:287Zingaro4:528Emily3:469My Ideal4:1710Colores7:12Pictures from my Album of Friends, Vol. I
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:12:20
1Caprice4:532Ballad of the Sad Young Man6:373Sketches of Konitz4:194Pra Dizer Adeus4:455Bluesland8:156Autumn Bugle4:247Mister Pacman5:218Twilight6:379An evening with Vincent van Ritz5:5010Ballad for A Friend9:0011Marathon5:0412Colores7:15— · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 39:21
1Eleganza6:322Brass2:503Tailspinning4:074Sunrise, Sunset5:365Israel4:566Pisces6:307Homeward8:50
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Man lebt nur zweimalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:58AMan lebt nur zweimal (You Only live Twice)2:54 BAll3:04 | 1967 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Music for Piano and FluegelhornSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 49:161When the Sun Lights Up the Future7:02 2Leaving7:49 3The Ballad of the Sad Young Man7:34 4Caprice4:49 5Autumn Bugle6:21 6Mr. Pacman5:10 7Soft Shoulders5:05 8On My Way Home5:26 | Live | 1991 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ack van Rooyen head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | won | |
| 2020 | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jazz + Rock Ensemble(band) | — | present | |
| Chris Reynolds Dixie Seven(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ack_van_Rooyen_2924.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c7eb9af5-c970-49dc-aab3-9a85002cec85discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c7eb9af5-c970-49dc-aab3-9a85002cec85core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q341499genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q341499seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ack_van_Rooyenbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ack_van_Rooyen
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: T.Voekler · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q341499 · MusicBrainz: c7eb9af5-c970-49dc-aab3-9a85002cec85
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