In 2007 Candy Dulfer was the presenter and interviewer in Candy meets., her own television program for public broadcaster NPS. 1 position in Smooth Jazz National Airplay charts in the United States.ĭulfer is mostly a self-taught musician except for some training in a concert band and a few months of music lessons. 2 position in Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts. In 2007, she released her ninth studio album Candy Store. Though Dulfer has had smooth jazz chart hits such as "For The Love Of You" and "Finsbury Park, Cafe 67".ĭulfer was also the featured saxophonist on Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco, an album in 1993, and performed with Alan Parsons and his band at the World Liberty Concert in 1995.ĭulfer collaborated with her father Hans Dulfer on the duet album Dulfer Dulfer in 2001. 11 on American the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1989 Dulfer appeared in Prince's "Partyman" video.ĭulfer performed session work with Eurythmics guitarist and producer Dave Stewart and was a guest musician for Pink Floyd at the band's performance at Knebworth in 1990.ĭulfer's debut album, Saxuality, was released in 1990 and was nominated for a Grammy and certified gold for worldwide sales in excess of half a million. In 1988 Prince invited Dulfer on stage to play an improvised solo during one of his European shows. In 1984, at the age of fourteen, Dulfer started her own band Funky Stuff.ĭulfer's band performed throughout the Netherlands and in 1987 was the opening act for two of Madonna's European concerts. According to Dulfer, King encouraged her to become a band leader herself. In 1982, when she was twelve years old, she played as a member of Rosa King's Ladies Horn section at the North Sea Jazz Festival. At the age of eleven, she made her first recordings for the album I Didn't Ask (1981) of De Perikels. At the age of seven she switched to alto saxophone and later began playing in a local concert band Jeugd Doet Leven (English translation: "Youth Brings Life") in Zuiderwoude.ĭulfer played her first solo on stage with her father's band De Perikels ("The Perils"). As a six-year-old she started to play the soprano saxophone. She began playing the drums at the age of five. In 2013 she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of The X Factor.Ĭandy Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, as the daughter of saxophonist Hans Dulfer. (2007), in which she interviews fellow musicians.
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She hosted the Dutch television series Candy meets. She has performed and recorded songs with musicians including her father Hans Dulfer, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, and Maceo Parker, and has performed live with Alan Parsons (1995) and Pink Floyd (1990). Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation album. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy Award nomination. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. (2007), in which she inter Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch smooth jazz and funk alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six.
Description: Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch smooth jazz and funk alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six.
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