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JB “ The Hurricane” | |
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J.B. BIESMANS, SAXOPHONE, FLUTE & LEAD VOCALS FROM BELGIUM FORMER AND OTHER BANDS ARE BLUES LEE, THE JITTERBUGS, TEE, THE BLACKBIRDS AND A GREAT DEAL OF OTHER BANDS… PLAYED WITH AL COPLEY, KAY FOSTER JACKSON, ANDY J. FORREST, BILLY BRANCH, PEACHES STATEN, GUY DAVIS, DALLAS HODGE AND MANY OTHERS… FOUNDING FATHER OF THE BIG FOUR IN 2000 GEAR TO CREATE THE BIG FOUR SOUNDS FOR TENOR SAXOPHONE: ’51 Buescher 400 Top Hat and Cane ’60 Buescher Super 400 Selmer Serie III Mouthpieces: Berg Larsen ’60 Scoop Bill 160 M 2, Otto Link 14 Reeds: Vandoren Tenor 3, 3.5 FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE: ’47 Conn Naked Lady 6M Mouthpiece: Berg Larsen 120 SMS 1 Reeds: Vandoren Alto 4 FOR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE: ’27 Buescher True Tone Mouthpiece: Meyer 10M Reeds: Vandoren Sop 4 FOR BARITONE SAXOPHONE: ’55 Buescher Big ‘B’ Aristocrat Mouthpiece: Otto Link Tone Edge 6* Reeds: Vandoren Bari 5 EFFECTS: ’70 Gibson Maestro WIII |
Bird | |
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BIRD STEVENS, DOUBLE BASS & VOCALS FROM BELGIUM FORMER & OTHER BANDS ARE BLUES LEE, THE JITTERBUGS, LAST CALL, THE BLACKBIRDS AND A GREAT GREAT DEAL OF OTHER BANDS… PLAYED WITH AL COPLEY, OTIS GRAND,RJ MISCHO,TEDDY MORGAN SAX GORDON,GENE TAYLOR,ENRICO CRIVELLARO,AND MANY OTHERS… FOUNDING FAHTER OF THE BIG FOUR IN 2000. GEAR TO CREATE THE BIG FOUR SOUNDS. 1900 4/4 Romanian upright Bass ’61 Harmony H22 Electric Bass ’64 Fender Precision Bass ’70 Fender Telecaster Bass ’73 Fender Jazz Bass GK800 Bass Amp Head Bird Stevens plays TEC AMP and VELVET STRINGS exclusively and never leaves home without his SOUNDWARE Upright Bass bag. |
Franky | |
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FRANKY GOMEZ, DRUMS & PERCUSSION FROM THE NETHERLANDS MOST IMPORTANT FORMER BANDS: THE BELLHOPS, THE HARMONY TWO TONES, TEE JOINED THE BIG FOUR IN 2002 GEAR TO CREATE THE BIG FOUR SOUNDS: Gretsch Round Badge set (22”-13”-16”) in marine white pearl Marine white pearl matching 6.5/14” snare Luwig handhammered Black Beauty 6.5/14" snare with tube lugs and millennium strainer Ludwig ’68 Supraphonic 5/14" snare Hollywood 5/14" snare HARDWARE: Premier/Era/Olympic flush-based stands (5x) Ludwig Spurlock hi-hat stand CYMBALS: Agean Ride Jazz master 22” Zildjian Avedis Crash 15” Paiste Ride/Crash 20" Avedis Zildjian Hi Hat 15” Vintage Ufip Crash 14” STICKS: Vic Firth Extreme 5A All kinds of brushes PERCUSSION All kind of noisemakers |
Basie | |
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BASIE J., PIANO, ORGAN, RHODES & VOCALS FROM THE NETHERLANDS MOST IMPORTANT FORMER & OTHER BANDS ARE T-BIRD RHYTHM, THE WILD SPECIALTIES, TEXAN TAIL JOINED THE BIG FOUR IN 2005 GEAR TO CREATE THE BIG FOUR SOUNDS: Piano Fender Rhodes '73 Hammond M3 Hohner Clavinet Motion Sound Pro-145 Leslie Amp Fender Blues Deville Amp |
Mo | |
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MO GOMEZ, GUITAR FROM THE NETHERLANDS MOST IMPORTANT FORMER BANDS ARE THE FLYING LURES & THE HARMONY TWO TONES JOINED THE BIG FOUR IN 2003 GEAR TO CREATE THE BIG FOUR SOUNDS: Guild '56 X-175 Manhattan Silvertone H-62 Espanada Epiphone Emperor II Joe Pass Airline H-44 DLX Stratotone Fender '54 Strat Fender Bassman Amp’59 Ri Fender Vibroking Amp Fender Blues Junior Tweed Amp Epiphone Valve Junior Amp Mo Gomez plays Airline Guitars |