COUSIN X
'Buckshot LeFonque now has a Groningen nephew: Cousin X' wrote the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant in 1997 about their debut CD Pay The Price. In Cousin X band leader and bassist Floris Vermeulen offers his own slant on a mixture of jazz, hiphop, fun..
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Cousin X' first cd entitled Pay the Price (CX9701) was released December 1997 and presented in the Amsterdam Rock Arena, Paradiso. The concert was broadcast by Dutch radio station, VPRO. Pay the Price contains a variety of music, from Jazz to Hip Hop, from Hard-Bop to Rock. October 1998, the band released X-Cuse Me! (CX9802). This release was the start of a tour that was initiated by Dutch premier venues: VIP Tour. Some of the venues visited where: BIM Huis - Amsterdam, SJU-Jazzstage - Utrecht, Paradox Tilburg and NightTown Theatre Rotterdam.
Summer of 1995 Cousin X was invited to do a series of concerts in Morocco during the 16th International World Music Festival of Saïdia. Moreover, Cousin X was featured at the 1999 edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
BART MARIS (B) trumpet
ANDY LASTER (US) alto & baritone sax
JOOP van der LINDEN (Nl) trombone
JANFIE van STRIEN (Nl) tenor sax
HJ VERMEULEN (Nl) guitar
HARRY ARLING (Nl) drums
FLORIS VERMEULEN (Nl) bass
Your musical influences
Electric Barbarian
Anything else?
2 CD's on the EXCO label
Pay the Price (CX 9701)
X-Cuse Me! (CX 9802)
