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Maurice Rugebregt

About Me

Maurice plays jazz, Brazilian jazz, latin jazz, funk and blues. He performs with his band Riboet, a catchy Cuban jazz group as well as with the fabulous jazz singer Mirjam Verheem and with the great flamenco guitarist Arturo Ramon. Maurice also plays intimate jazz with different trio's with tenor saxophone and double bass. He has recorded with Zuco 103, toured with Laura Fygi in Thailand, Taiwan and Russia and gave a magnificent concert with Tony Monaco on the Hammond organ and Harvey Mason on drums at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. In addition to performing, Maurice teaches Brazilian guitar at the Rotterdam Conservatory and Brazilian ensembles at the Conservatory in Amsterdam. As an actor he appeared in the movie 'Ver Van Familie', written and directed by Marion Bloem where the score was produced by Maurice and fellow guitarist Patrick Drabe. In may 2009 ‘Ver Van Familie’ was released on dvd including the soundtrack on cd. Besides being a musician, Maurice is also known as DJ JAZZdad. As a DJ, he specializes in spinning jazz and bossanova vinyl records on vintage record players and speakers.

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Member Since: 26/03/2007
Band Website: djjazzdad.com
Band Members: Maurice Rugebregt (Delft, The Netherlands 1969) was hooked on his father’s jazz records like 'So Much Guitar' from Wes Montgomery and 'Au Privave' from Cannonball Adderley from the day he was born. At the age of 12 he started playing guitar and was mostly inspired by guitarists like Kenny Burrell and the early George Benson. After completing high school Maurice studied music and main subject jazz guitar, at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Here he also took classes from the well known Joe Pass and Bob Brookmeyer. In 1994 Maurice headed to New York City to take private lessons from Jim Hall, Peter Leitch and Peter Bernstein. After graduating in 1995, he worked with a variety of bands both as a leader and sideman. During his studies, Maurice developed a great interest in Brazilian music and ended up working with famous Brazilian musicians, such as vocalist Lilian Vieira from reputable Brazilectro band Zuco 103. In order to improve his skills in Brazilian music, Maurice studied Brazilian jazz in Rio de Janeiro with Ricardo Silveira and Nelson Faria in 2003. Maurice has also played at famous international jazzfestivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Jazz à Vienne in France and Java Jazz in Jakarta. With one of his bands, the Boptale Trio, he won a prestigious jazz-award in 1997. Maurice then recorded his first solo album 'Sioh Maluku' which was produced by Radio Netherlands Music. Sioh Maluku was a hugely successful cross-over project which combined his tasteful arrangements of Moluccan traditional and Brazilian music. The cd was released in 2003 by Munich Records and after touring throughout Europe, Maurice was honored to be able to go back to his roots and tour with Sioh Maluku in Indonesia and Ambon in 2007. Maurice considers this tour as the highlight of his career.
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Sounds Like: TRACK 1: "Agua" (composed by Magda Mendes and Maurice Rugebregt, lyrics written by Magda Mendes) Magda Mendes (vocal), Udo Demandt (percussion), Maurice Rugebregt (guitar) TRACK 2: "Despertando" (composed by Magda Mendes and Maurice Rugebregt, lyrics written by Magda Mendes) Magda Mendes (vocal), Udo Demandt (percussion), Maurice Rugebregt (guitar, cavaquinho) TRACK 3: "Aqui como alla": Maurice Rugebregt (guitar), Arno Krijger (hammondorgan), Mick Paauwe (babybass), Anil Sharma (congas), Soeshiel Sharma (timbales) TRACK 4: "Hela hela rotan é": Bert van den Brink (hammond organ), Hans van Oosterhout (drums), Maurice Rugebregt (guitar)
Record Label: photo Zomerzondagen made by Jaap Reedijk
Type of Label: Major