Hein van de Geyn (NL)
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Hein van de Geyn has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on November 15, 2026 at Stadsfabriek, Alkmaar.
About
Also known as: Hein Van de Geyn
Hein van de Geyn is a Dutch double bassist who spent the second half of the 1980s in some of jazz's most demanding rhythm sections. He toured with Chet Baker between 1985 and 1988, including a trip to Japan in 1987, and worked with Philip Catherine, Lee Konitz and, for eight years, Dee Dee Bridgewater. Along the way he picked up a Prins Bernhard Music Award in 1996 and a Bird Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1998. In 1994 he formed the band Baseline with John Abercrombie and Joe LaBarbera, and the same year co founded Challenge Records, where he handled artists and repertoire. That label put out records by Eric Vloeimans, Enrico Pieranunzi, Clark Terry and many others, with Van de Geyn often producing. He has also led the bass section of the jazz department at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague since 1996, and his own albums include meetings with Lee Konitz and a duo record with Jean Michel Pilc.
