Nick Oosterhuis

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Born (1952-04-04) April 4, 1952 (age 71)
Amsterdam
Genres
  • Pop music
  • Blues
  • Pop rock
  • Modern R&B
  • Blues rock
  • Soul music
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • Keyboard player
  • Guitarist
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Keyboards/Piano
  • Guitar
  • Western concert flute
  • Flute
Websitehttps://www.nickoosterhuis.com/

Nick Oosterhuis (Amsterdam, April 4th 1952), as Nicolaas Oosterhuis, is a Netherlands multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, flute), songwriter, producer and singer. He has lived in Germany since the early 1990s and runs the Eject Music publishing company with an attached recording studio near Hamburg. Oosterhuis has contributed to numerous international stage and studio productions, including for Bobby Kimball (Toto (band)), Wanda Jackson, Tony Christie, Vicky Leandros, Andrew Strong (The Commitments (film)) en Matthias Reim.[1][2]

Career

Nick Oosterhuis picks up the guitar at the age of seven, and teaches himself how to play the piano three years later. As a young teenager he forms the jazz group Banshee with which he makes music that is an extension of progressive rock bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Soft Machine. In the late 1960s, Oosterhuis joins Galaxis, touring Europe and performing on stage at the famous The Cavern Club in Liverpool. In Liverpool Oosterhuis also records music with Albie Donnelly's Supercharge (band).[1]

In the 1970s he makes several recordings and TV appearances with the Dutch rock band The Lemming and singer Geo. In the early 1980s he took part in various album recordings in Germany with, among others, Spacebus, Mónica Chen (Herman Brood) and Michael Eschauzier (Shocking Blue). Nick also collaborates with guitarist Hugo de Bruin (Diesel (band), Time Bandits (band)), bass player Guus Willemse (Solution (band)), Kim Weemhof (Candy Dulfer). In 2015 some of these songs are re-released in a remastered version.[3][4]

In 1982 Oosterhuis releases his first solo album We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This (as Chris Garner), which was re-released in 2011 under his own name and titled: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Mr. Garner. Projects with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and exceptional musicians like Peter Weihe and Werner Becker followed.[1]

Between 1989 and 1991 he is a member of the heavy rock band Lone Age. They release the album Mama, Just Look At Me Now.[1]

In 1992, Nick Oosterhuis founds the Eject Music Publishing Company with an attached recording studio and label. He produces three instrumental albums for EMI in 2003, 2004 and 2007.[1]

In 2006 he forms The Brotherhood Of Rock & Soul with Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, in 2009 and 2010 he produces two albums for the German singer/songwriter Jasper. Apart from writing songs in English (for Tony Christie), he also writes in German for various artists like =Truck Stop, Markus en Matthias Reim.[2]

Appreciation

In the ranking of the Greatest Keyboard Players of All-Time, Nick Oosterhuis was ranked 16th (in November 2020) and 22nd in the ranking of the Greatest Rock Keyboardists.[5][6]

Personal

Nick Oosterhuis is the son of Dutch writer Ton Oosterhuis.[7]

Albums

Album Year Remarks
We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This 1982 as Chris Garner
Kickstarting 1991 with Keith Ellis
Mama, Just Look At Me Now! 1991 as a member of Lone Age
Barfüßige Bilder 1995 with Ferdinand Blume-Werry
Landscape Impressions 2002
Spheres Of The Universe 2003
The Netherlands 2008
Kingsize Taylor With Brotherhood Of Rock N Soul 2008 as a member of Brotherhood Of Rock N Soul
The Mysterious Disappearance Of Mr. Garner 2011
From The Dutchbin 2011
The Shoobie Doo Philosophy 2011
Solo Piano Improvisations 2013
Sessions 1983 2015 with Guus Willemse, Kim Weemhoff en Hugo de Bruin
The Procrastination Tracks 2016
Beneath The Water 2017 Dunrott feat. Ian Cussick
Anthology 1982-1992 2019


Singles

Single Year Remarks
Lady, We Can 1985 als Chris Garner

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Muziekencyclopedie - Nick Oosterhuis". nl.muziekencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Nick Oosterhuis". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. "Muziekencyclopedie - Galaxis". nl.muziekencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. Guus Willemse, Kim Weemhoff, Hugo De Bruin, Nick Oosterhuis – Sessions 1983 (2015, File), retrieved 2021-05-29
  5. "Greatest Keyboard Players of All-Time". TheTopTens. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  6. "10 Greatest Rock Keyboardists / Pianists". TheTopTens. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  7. "Biografie". Ton Oosterhuis (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-05-29.

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