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Jan Akkerman

Person · male · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Amsterdam · born 1946 · recording since 1968

Dutch guitarist

jazz fusion progressive rock blues rock jazz

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Also known as Jan Akkermann · M. Muleta · ヤン・アッカーマン

Debut: 1968
Recording span: 57 years
Release groups: 44
Awards: 2
Timeline events: 28
Wiki language versions: 21

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Timeline

28 events▣ Album 26◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1940s
1. 24 December 1946 · Birth
  Born 1946-12-24
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1968 · Debut release
  Debut release: Talent for Sale
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1968 · Album
  Album: Talent for Sale
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1972 · Album
  Album: Profile
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1973 · Album
  Album: Tabernakel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1976 · Album
  Album: Eli
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1977 · Album
  Album: Jan Akkerman
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1978 · Album
  Album: Sunshower
  Album
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6. 1978 · Album
  Album: Aranjuez
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1979 · Album
  Album: 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: Transparental
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1981 · Album
  Album: Oil in the Family
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1982 · Album
  Album: It Could Happen to You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1983 · Album
  Album: Can't Stand Noise
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1 January 1984 · Album
  Album: From the Basement
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1985 · Album
  Album: Focus
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1986 · Album
  Album: The Complete Guitarist
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1987 · Album
  Album: Heartware
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1987 · Album
  Album: Pleasure Point
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: The Noise of Art
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1993 · Album
  Album: Puccini's Cafe
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: Blues Hearts
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1996 · Album
  Album: Focus in Time
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1998 · Album
  Album: Blues Root
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2003 · Album
  Album: C.U.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2008 · Album
  Album: Thunder From the Blue Sky
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2011 · Album
  Album: Minor Details
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 25 October 2019 · Album
  Album: Close Beauty
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography586 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363552224

Biography

Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding jazz rock influences.

Biography

The son of a scrap iron trader, Akkerman was born in Amsterdam. He started playing the accordion before turning to the guitar. Around age ten he took guitar lessons and his first single, with the Friendship Sextet, was released in 1960, when he was thirteen years old. Akkerman won a scholarship to study at the Amsterdam Music Lyceum for five years, developing his composition and arranging skills.
At fourteen he was in the rock band Johnny and his Cellar Rockers with his friend Pierre van der Linden. Both then joined The Hunters. After seeing a performance by classical guitarist Julian Bream, he became interested in renaissance music and the lute. He started the band Brainbox with Van der Linden, Kaz Lux, and André Reijnen. They recorded for Parlophone.
Akkerman joined the Thijs van Leer Trio in late 1969 which, as the nascent band Focus, was the pit band for the Dutch theatrical production of Hair (recorded as an album in 1969). Under the name Focus, the band explored progressive rock, an amalgam of classical, jazz, and rock music, and had hits in the seventies such as "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia". The band's albums FocusFocus1985 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracks1Russian Roulette5:532King Kong3:453Le Tango4:574Indian Summer5:495Beethoven's Revenge18:536Olé Judy3:507Who's Calling?16:14 II (1971) and Focus 3 (1972) were certified gold by the RIAA in 1973 for selling 500,000 copies each. The live album At the Rainbow (1973) and the band's fourth outing, Hamburger Concerto (1974), were certified silver by the BPI for selling 60,000 copies each.
In late 1973 Akkerman was voted Best Guitar by readers of UK weekly Melody Maker, beating favorites such as John McLaughlin, Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore. Akkerman and Focus were the only ones to challenge the bias toward American and British pop artists. He placed in third a year later in Melody Maker's polls, after Eric Clapton (#1) and Steve Howe (#2) from Yes. With manufacturer Framus he helped produce one of the first signature guitar models.
Atlantic released his solo album TabernakelTabernakel1973 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Britannia by John Dowland3:55A2Coranto for Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington1:26A3The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland1:36A4House of the King2:23A5A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne2:10A6A Galliard by John Dowland1:11A7A Pavane by Thomas Morley3:03A8Javeh3:22B1A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome3:17B2Lammy14:06, on which he plays lute. His concept album Eli, recorded with Kaz Lux on vocals, won the Dutch Edison Award for best album in 1976. On the album, Akkerman experimented with a 12-string guitar tuned in parallel fifths. In the early 1980s he began to experiment with a guitar synthesizer, as on the album Oil in the FamilyOil in the Family1981 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracksA1Oil in the Family6:22A2Formula N-One9:40B1Disc-O-Asis7:05B2No Doubt About It5:45B3Family (reprise)1:03B4Blue in the Shadow3:52. In 1985, he reunited Focus with Van Leer for an album and accompanying concert. The band reunited again in 1990 for the Dutch television program Goud van Oud (Old Gold). During the 1990s and in the 2000s he continued playing with his own band, and also as a solo musician, accompanied by pre-recorded computer-generated background (Roland synthesizers and Linn drums).
Akkerman was a session musician with André Hazes and worked with Alan Price, Herman Brood, Peter Banks, Jack Bruce, Charlie Byrd, Phil Collins, Paco de Lucía, Tony Scott, Ice-T, and B.B. King.
In 1992, he was involved in a serious car accident, but he resumed playing in 1993. In the late 1990s, after an absence of nearly 20 years, he was persuaded to tour the UK again. He wrote for the Dutch magazine GitaarPlus. In 2013, Akkerman released the album North Sea Jazz.

Awards and honours

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands, 28 December 2012)
Eddy Christiani Award (Netherlands, 11 April 2009)
Golden Harp award (Netherlands, January 2005)

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.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	21	82.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	44	93.5th
Studio albums	27	97.8th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	28	96.4th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	7	93th

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Discography (44 release groups · 27 studio albums)

Albums · 27

Talent for Sale
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:26
A1Bags Groove2:41
A2Revival of the Cat2:53
A3Moonbeam3:06
A4Mercy Mercy Mercy3:24
A5On the Green Light2:54
A6What’d I Say2:38
B1Slim Jenkin’s Place3:21
B2Hineimatov3:19
B3Green Onions3:16
B4Ode to Billy Joe5:31
B5Comin’ Home Baby2:23
Profile
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:36
1Fresh Air19:55
2Kemps Jig1:34
3Etude1:33
4Blue Boy2:26
5Andante Sostenuto4:09
6Maybe Just a Dream2:35
7Minstrel/Farmers Dance1:46
8Stick3:38
Tabernakel
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:29
A1Britannia by John Dowland3:55
A2Coranto for Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington1:26
A3The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland1:36
A4House of the King2:23
A5A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne2:10
A6A Galliard by John Dowland1:11
A7A Pavane by Thomas Morley3:03
A8Javeh3:22
B1A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome3:17
B2Lammy14:06
Eli
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 38:36
A1Eli4:25
A2Guardian Angel4:55
A3Tranquillizer4:16
A4Can’t Fake a Good Time5:21
B1There He Still Goes3:44
B2Strindberg3:08
B3Wings of Strings3:18
B4Naked Actress5:44
B5Fairytale3:45
Jan Akkerman
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 40:50
A1Crackers4:26
A2Angel Watch10:12
A3Pavane5:34
B1Streetwalker7:00
B2Skydancer5:17
B3Floatin’5:15
B4Gate to Europe3:06
Sunshower
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:12
A1Orange Drive3:31
A2O.D.5:02
A3Shoreline4:01
A4You're Still On My Mind4:17
B1Midnight Dancer4:28
B2Short Film for Nicki4:13
B3Sunshower4:12
B4Preview6:28
Aranjuez
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Adagio From 'Concierto De Aranjuez'
A2Nightwings
A3Mondinha
A4Españoleta
B1Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
B2Love Remembered
B3The Seed Of God
B4Bachinanas Brasileiras
3
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 33:40
A1Stingray (Get Up with That)4:49
A2Wait and See4:58
A3She's So Divine3:50
B1Funk Me6:56
B2This Is the One6:01
B3Night Prayer5:46
B4Time Out of Mind1:20
Transparental
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:58
A1Inspiration6:20
A2Apocalypso6:35
A3Concentrate, Don’t Hesitate6:53
A4Transparental1:10
B1I Don’t Take It Much Longer3:55
B2Marscha5:20
B3You’re Not the Type6:05
B4The Party Is Over4:40
Oil in the Family
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 33:47
A1Oil in the Family6:22
A2Formula N-One9:40
B1Disc-O-Asis7:05
B2No Doubt About It5:45
B3Family (reprise)1:03
B4Blue in the Shadow3:52
It Could Happen to You
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 36:35
A1Old Tennis Shoes11:30
A2Come Closer7:50
B1Funkology: Baby Start / One Way / Free11:50
B2It Could Happen to You (Free Together)5:25
Can't Stand Noise
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:24
A1Piétons7:57
A2Everything Must Change6:25
A3Back to the Factory7:50
B1Journey (A Real Elegant Gipsy)4:29
B2Heavy Treasure8:53
B3Just Because5:35
B4Who Knows1:15
From the Basement
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 47:52
A1Headbanger6:30
A2All Along the Watchtower14:15
A3Dark Rose2:56
B1Wallenberg6:12
B2From the Basement8:24
B3P.C.B. Chicken6:39
B4Status Quo2:56
Focus
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 59:21
1Russian Roulette5:53
2King Kong3:45
3Le Tango4:57
4Indian Summer5:49
5Beethoven's Revenge18:53
6Olé Judy3:50
7Who's Calling?16:14
The Complete Guitarist
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:06
1Old Tennis Shoes11:38
2Come Closer8:47
3Funkology11:40
4It Could Happen to You5:29
5Pietons8:03
6Journey (A Real Elegant Gipsy)4:29
Heartware
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:47
1My Pleasure8:57
2Just Because5:05
3Lost And Found7:11
4Heartware6:52
5Winterborn lyric5:11
6Lonely street of dreams6:12
7Firenze2:53
8Apollo's Mask [*]0:50
9Dancing in Chains (It's Not an S.M. Act But an Old Greek Proverb About)4:48
10Dompteuse du Serpent (French for Hooker) [*]0:33
11Fire From Heaven3:00
12Almost Dawn5:13
13Agony And Ecstasy6:02
Pleasure Point
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 40:47
1Valdez4:10
2Heavy Pleasure8:43
3Cool in the Shadow7:04
4Visions Of Blue9:52
5C.S.3:54
6Bird Island7:04
The Noise of Art
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:39
1Trojan Horse3:56
2You Cant Keep a Bad Man Up3:07
3Bonnaville4:34
4Shame on You6:45
5Having Fun3:56
6Prima Donna5:28
7Prelude: Friends Always5:19
8Akkermann's Sombrero7:11
9My Pleasure6:41
10Quiet Storm2:42
Puccini's Cafe
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:11
1Burger's Blues4:29
2Your Eyes in the Whiskey6:31
3Spanish Roads2:07
4Key to the Highway5:38
5It Comes & Goes2:55
6Albatros4:27
7Blue Train6:21
8Love is Uneven8:57
9Puccini's Cafe5:46
Blues Hearts
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:58
1Wake Up!3:24
2Blues Route '945:46
3Milestones7:06
4Red Pool House Blues3:03
5No Gossip3:46
6Virgin Mary5:17
7Traffic Jam3:40
8Mercy, Mercy, Mercy7:37
9Soft Focus4:19
Focus in Time
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:12
1Home Voyage - Intro / Where Would I Be / I'll Make It Up to You / Extro8:14
2Saudade5:23
3Nail the Snake3:41
4Aprés un Rêve3:55
5Am I Losing You6:24
6Wildflower3:59
7On the Table3:29
8Elegy4:56
9Laurie Anne2:13
10Leading Me There3:23
11I'll Find My Own Way Home2:35
Focus in Time
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 48:12
1Home Voyage - Intro1:59
2Home Voyage - Where Would I Be3:23
3Home Voyage - I'll Make It Up to You1:59
4Home Voyage - Extro0:53
5Saudade5:23
6Nail the Snake3:41
7Aprés un Rêve3:55
8Am I Losing You6:24
9Wildflower3:59
10On the Table3:29
11Elegy4:56
12Laurie Anne2:13
13Leading Me There3:23
14I'll Find My Own Way Home2:35
Blues Root
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:02
1Flat Back Sue8:17
2Daughter of Misfortune5:31
3Now Is the Time4:50
4Driving Wheel2:40
5Blues Root Blues3:17
6Don't Accuse Me7:34
7Little Wing3:03
8I Would If I Could5:48
9Just Jamming...10:28
10Cross Road Blues3:34
C.U.
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:00:16
1See You7:59
2In Between The Sheets6:19
3I'm In The Mood5:43
4Dance The Blues Away7:56
5Cottonbay10:07
6Kloenk5:57
7Blowing4:50
8Slow Man6:31
9Urbanstring4:54
Thunder From the Blue Sky
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:11:34
1Amazing Grace1:51
2Stormy Monday Blues6:20
3Rock Me Baby5:17
4What I'd Say3:41
5Texas Flood6:49
6Thrill Is Gone4:45
7Hoochie Coochie Man5:55
8Testify3:32
9You Got to Move6:46
10Need Your Love So Bad4:51
11Spider in My Web6:58
12Country2:58
13Dizzy Fingers2:09
14I'm So Glad5:07
15Thunder From the Blue Sky4:35
Minor Details
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:16:37
1Free Wheeling4:31
2Big Sir4:01
3Dinner Time4:47
4Love Train5:14
5Blind Baby6:27
6Minor Details8:04
7Joy8:55
8Fernando's Minibar5:09
9Kharmah Chantalah5:02
10Searchinh for Angela5:47
11As Long as You're Near4:43
12San Frisky4:27
13The Arrogant Frogs5:31
14Mena Muria3:59
Close Beauty
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:05:29
1Spiritual Privacy (Sunset Tango)7:06
2Beyond The Horizon7:10
3Reunion4:43
4Close Beauty3:04
5Retrospection: Emotional Debris / The Power Behind The Throne / Hear The Trees Whistle For The Dog / Euridice6:17
6Passagaglia3:00
7Tommy's Anniversary8:21
8Don Giovanni4:09
9Meanwhile In St. Tropez4:55
10French Pride3:03
11Fromage5:24
12Good Body Every Evening8:17

Album · 17

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1978	Live: Montreux Jazz Festival 1978Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 34:09 A1Transitory2:15 A2Skydancer8:09 A3Pavane7:30 B1Crackers6:57 B2Tommy3:36 B3Azimuth5:42	Live	1978
1979	Live! The Kiel Concert - The Stuttgart ConcertSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 35:55 ASanta Barbara - First Dance15:27 BSanta Barbara - Second Dance20:28	Live	1979
1979	A PhenomenonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 45:58 A1Russian Spy and I2:36 A2Mercy Mercy3:23 A3What I'd Say2:32 A4Green Onions2:15 A5Ode to Billy Joe5:05 A6Down Man2:44 A7Dark Rose5:24 B1Summertime4:02 B2House of the King2:15 B3Hocus Pocus3:15 B4Sylvia3:13 B5Fresh Air / Blue Notes for Listening2:45 B6Andante Sostenuto4:05 B7Blue Boy2:24	Compilation	1979
1988	A Talent's ProfileSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:46 1Bags' Groove2:46 2Revival of the Cat2:58 3Moonbeam3:10 4Mercy, Mercy, Mercy3:27 5On the Green Light2:59 6What'd I Say2:40 7Slim Jenkin's Place3:24 8Hineimatov3:22 9Green Onions3:20 10Ode to Billy Joe5:34 11Comin' Home baby2:27 12Kemps Jig1:34 13Etude1:33 14Blue Boy2:26 15Andante Sostenuto4:09 16Maybe Just a Dream2:35 17Minstrel / Farmers Dream1:45 18Stick3:42 19Fresh Air19:55	Compilation	1988
1991	Guitar SpecialSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:42 1Rendezvous4:43 2Lost & Found7:03 3The Talisman5:27 4Heartware6:53 5Tokyo6:00 6Just Because So5:04 7I Lose Again6:25 8Winterborn Lyric5:07	Compilation	1991
1997	10.000 Clowns on a Rainy DaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 2:12:09 Disc 110 tracks · 1:10:25 1Intro (10.000 Clowns)4:57 2Puccini's Café6:29 3Sky Dancer8:20 4Eruptions12:10 5Focus 24:47 6Pre Madonna6:05 7Virgin Mary6:19 8Soft Focus4:11 9Pedestrians10:14 10No Hang Ups6:53 Disc 28 tracks · 1:01:44 1On the Table17:35 2Am I Losing You6:42 3Wake Up3:52 4Focus 36:21 5Weedstalker9:36 6Akkerstones8:03 7Pool House6:58 8Quiet Storm2:37	Live	1997
1998	Live At The PriorySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:09:34 1King Kong / C.S. / Funkology10:19 2Wildflower / All Together... Oh That!12:01 3Heavy Sleep5:45 4Classical Gas8:12 5Tranquillizer8:07 6Hocus Pocus16:59 7Firenze / Autumn Leaves8:11	Live	1998
1999	PassionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:54 1Suite 1: David's Harp Song / Wildflower / Across the Bridge / In Amorata / Always / David's Harp12:23 2Suite 2: Monkey / Sweethearts / Close Enough / Central Park / Ab-so-rocking-lutely / D.Jan.Go / Mary10:57 3Mon Amour3:10 4Tranquiliizer5:55 5Classic Gaz / Gate to Europe4:20 6Fellini's Restaurant3:37 7Passion1:27 8Countess of Pembrook's Paradise1:55 9Muy Linda2:13 10The Knight of the Lute4:11 11Whispering / Liebestraum2:46	Live	1999
2006	Fromage a Trois - Live Recorded 2006Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 57:35 1Hymne à l'amour4:25 2Time After Time5:05 3That Dream11:35 4The Zebrah7:29 5Sweet Sue5:14 6Between the Sheets9:25 7Cottonbay8:45 8Hocus Pocus (US version)5:37	Live	2006
2008	Live in Concert: The Hague 2007Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:00:46 1Answers Questions4:54 2Anonymous3:00 3Palace of the King5:07 4Tranquilizer 5In the Mood8:36 6Dance the Blues Away9:29 7Slowman8:50 8Hocus Pocus4:31 9Sylvia5:32 10Urban String10:47 11You Do Something to Me	Live	2008
2015	Talent For Sale / ProfileSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks Disc 111 tracks 1Bags Groove 2Revival of the Cat 3Moonbeam 4Mercy Mercy Mercy 5On the Green Light 6What’d I Say 7Slim Jenkin’s Place 8Hineimatov 9Green Onions 10Ode to Billy Joe 11Comin’ Home Baby Disc 28 tracks 1Fresh Air: Must Be My Land / Back Again / Wrestling to Get Out / The Fight / Fresh Air‐Blue Notes for Listening / Water and Skies Are Telling Me / Happy Gabriël 2Kemps Jig 3Etude 4Blue Boy 5Andante Sostenuto 6Maybe Just a Dream 7Minstrel / Farmers Dance 8Stick	Compilation	2015
2015	Tabernakel / Eli (with Kaz Lux)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:16:22 1Britannia by John Dowland4:00 2Coranto for Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington1:30 3The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland2:00 4House of the King2:25 5A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne2:13 6A Galliard by John Dowland1:35 7A Pavane by Thomas Morley3:08 8Javeh3:25 9A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome3:22 10Lammy14:08 11Eli4:24 12Guardian Angel4:55 13Tranquillizer4:16 14Can’t Fake a Good Time5:21 15There He Still Goes3:44 16Strindberg3:08 17Wings of Strings3:18 18Naked Actress5:44 19Fairytale3:46	Compilation	23 October 2015
2017	The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music: Solo & GroupsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 42 tracks · 2:27:34 Disc 123 tracks · 1:15:08 1Exodus2:09 2Blue Tango2:35 3It Ain’t Me Babe3:28 4Russian Spy and I2:39 5Janosh (And His Big White Poodle)2:52 6Lost Money2:05 7Down Man2:37 8Sea of Delight3:04 9Summertime4:21 10Hocus Pocus (Us single version)3:24 11Sylvia3:30 12Blue Boy2:22 13Minstrel/Farmers Dance1:44 14House of the King2:23 15Javeh3:22 16There He Still Goes3:42 17Can’t Fake a Good Time5:19 18Crackers4:19 19Wings of Strings3:15 20She’s So Divine3:48 21Skydancer5:11 22A Child’s Fantasy3:07 23I Don’t Take It Much Longer3:52 Disc 219 tracks · 1:12:26 1Inspiration 2Oil in the Family (Fuel)3:25 3Oil in the Family (Crude)3:21 4No Doubt About It3:46 5Blue in the Shadow3:53 6Pietons3:31 7Just Because5:15 8All Along the Watchtower (Special edit)5:29 9Wallenberg6:09 10Dark Rose2:53 11Beethoven’s Revenge (Back‐One‐Turbo Overdrive) Part 14:04 12Whos’ Calling Part 13:16 13Trojan Horse3:54 14Prima Donna (edit)3:53 15Shame on You (single edit)3:41 16Key to the Highway (edit)3:01 17Where’s Mah Horse?4:29 18Albatross4:25 19Love Is Uneven (edit)4:01	Compilation	7 April 2017
2018	The Complete Jan AkkermanSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	20 July 2018
2025	My Focus: Live Under the RainbowSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:09:34 1Spiritual Privacy9:13 2Answers Questions - Questions Answers5:04 3Focus 24:36 4Focus 17:25 5Palace of the King5:09 6Anonymous4:42 7Big Sur9:47 8Tommy's Anniversary9:10 9Piétons6:45 10Hocus Pocus2:56 11Sylvia4:47	Live	12 December 2025
—	And OthersSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:29:41 1Guardian Angel4:54 2Albatross4:05 3Love Is Uneven8:55 4Streetwalker6:55 5Shame on You6:43 6Journey4:21 7Floating5:07 8Classical Gas4:12 9Red Pool House Blues3:00 10The Knight of the Lute4:06 11Prima Donna5:26 12Just Because5:38 13Indian Summer5:47 14King Kong3:42 15Russian Roulette5:42 16Suite 111:08	Compilation	—
—	Live at Alexander'sSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:11:49 1Hocus Pocus / Pietons11:17 2Crackers8:40 3Mercy Mercy Mercy7:48 4Tommy3:51 5No Hangups6:14 6Pool House Blues8:28 7Sylvia's Grandmother3:56 8My Pleasure16:54 9Interview4:41	Live	—

Stats & PK

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Jan Akkerman metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	21	82.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	44	93.5th
Studio albums	27	97.8th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	28	96.4th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	7	93th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
—	Golden Harp		won
—	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau		won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Johnny and His Cellar Rockers(band)	—	present
Brainbox(band)	—	present
Normaal(band)	—	present
Normaal(band)	—	present
The Hunters(band)	1965	1968
Focus(band)	1969	1975	bass,guitar,lute,original,percussion
Focus(band)	1985	1985	bass,original
Focus(band)	1990	1990	bass,original

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Akkerman_-_TopPop_1974_07.png
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e36f6749-cf76-469e-9dd9-f9195c326928
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e36f6749-cf76-469e-9dd9-f9195c326928
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943804
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943804
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman

Why this artist is in the database

List of Dutch musicians

Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: AVRO · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q943804 · MusicBrainz: e36f6749-cf76-469e-9dd9-f9195c326928

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Timeline

1940s

Born 1946-12-24

1960s

Debut release: Talent for Sale

Album: Talent for Sale

1970s

Album: Profile

Album: Tabernakel

Album: Eli

Album: Jan Akkerman

Album: Sunshower

Album: Aranjuez

Album: 3

1980s

Album: Transparental

Album: Oil in the Family

Album: It Could Happen to You

Album: Can't Stand Noise

Album: From the Basement

Album: Focus

Album: The Complete Guitarist

Album: Heartware

Album: Pleasure Point

1990s

Album: The Noise of Art

Album: Puccini's Cafe

Album: Blues Hearts

Album: Focus in Time

Album: Blues Root

2000s

Album: C.U.

Album: Thunder From the Blue Sky

2010s

Album: Minor Details

Album: Close Beauty

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Discography (44 release groups · 27 studio albums)

Albums · 27

Album · 17

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