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Jan Akkerman (24 Dec 1946 - )

Male Person - Netherlands

 Also known as (1)

Releases (32)

Official

Album

  1. Talent for Sale 1968
  2. Profile 1972
  3. Tabernakel 1973
  4. Jan Akkerman 1977
  5. Aranjuez 1978
  6. 3 1979
  7. Oil in the Family 1981
  8. Can't Stand Noise 1983
  9. From the Basement 01 Jan 1984
  10. The Complete Guitarist 1986
  11. Heartware 1987
  12. Pleasure Point 1987
  13. The Noise of Art 1990
  14. Puccini's Cafe 1993
  15. Blues Hearts 1994
  16. Focus in Time 1996
  17. Focus in Time 1996
  18. C.U. 2003
  19. Minor Details 2011
  20. Close Beauty 25 Oct 2019

Album - Live

  1. Live: Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 1978
  2. 10.000 Clowns on a Rainy Day 1997
  3. Passion 1999
  4. Fromage a Trois - Live Recorded 2006 2006
  5. Live at Alexander's

Album - Compilation

  1. A Phenomenon 1979
  2. A Talent's Profile 1988
  3. Guitar Special 1991
  4. Tabernakel / Eli (with Kaz Lux) 23 Oct 2015
  5. The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music - Solo & Groups 07 Apr 2017
  6. The Complete Jan Akkerman 20 Jul 2018

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Focus (1969 - 1990) original, lute, percussion, bass, guitar
  2. The Hunters (1965 - 1968)
  3. Normaal
  4. Johnny and His Cellar Rockers
  5. Brainbox

Recordings by (360)

  1. Bags Groove 2:41 (1968)
  2. Revival of the Cat 2:53 (1968)
  3. Moonbeam 3:06 (1968)
  4. Mercy Mercy Mercy 3:24 (1968)
  5. On the Green Light 2:54 (1968)
  6. What I’d Say 2:38 (1968)
  7. Slim Jenkin’s Place 3:21 (1968)
  8. Hineimatov 3:19 (1968)
  9. Green Onions 3:16 (1968)
  10. Ode to Billy Joe 5:31 (1968)
  11. Comin’ Home Baby 2:23 (1968)
  12. Fresh Air 19:55 (1972)
  13. Kemps Jig 1:34 (1972)
  14. Etude 1:32 (1972)
  15. Blue Boy 2:25 (1972)
  16. Andante Sostenuto 4:08 (1972)
  17. Maybe Just A Dream 2:34 (1972)
  18. Minstrel/Farmers Dance 1:46 (1972)
  19. Stick 3:38 (1972)
  20. Britannia by John Dowland 3:59 (1973)
  21. Coranto For Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington 1:30 (1973)
  22. The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland 2:00 (1973)
  23. House of the King 2:25 (1973)
  24. A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne 2:13 (1973)
  25. A Galliard by John Dowland 1:35 (1973)
  26. A Pavane by Thomas Morley 3:07 (1973)
  27. Javeh 3:24 (1973)
  28. A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome 3:22 (1973)
  29. Lammy 14:05 (1973)
  30. Hocus Pocus ?:?? (1973)
  31. Crackers 4:26 (1977)
  32. Pavane 5:34 (1977)
  33. Streetwalker 7:00 (1977)
  34. Skydancer 5:17 (1977)
  35. Floatin' 5:15 (1977)
  36. Gate to Europe 3:06 (1977)
  37. Angel Watch 10:12 (1977)
  38. Transitory 2:15 (1978) live, 1978-02-07: Montreux Jazz Festival
  39. Tommy 3:36 (1978) live, 1978-02-07: Montreux Jazz Festival
  40. Azimuth 5:42 (1978) live, 1978-02-07: Montreux Jazz Festival
  41. Adagio from 'Concierto de Aranjuez' 5:58 (1978)
  42. Nightwings 4:53 (1978)
  43. Mondinha 5:36 (1978)
  44. Españoleta 5:07 (1978)
  45. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6:47 (1978)
  46. Love Remembered 3:37 (1978)
  47. The Seed of God 5:39 (1978)
  48. Bachianas Brasileiras 5:46 (1978)
  49. Time Out of Mind 1:20 (1979)
  50. Mercy Mercy 3:23 (1979)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. A Pavane by Thomas Morley 3:07 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  2. Britannia by John Dowland 3:59 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  3. A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome 3:22 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  4. Lammy 14:05 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  5. A Galliard by John Dowland 1:35 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  6. Coranto for Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington 1:30 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  7. The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland 2:00 Jan Akkerman (1973)
  8. A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne 2:13 Jan Akkerman (1973)

Instruments

  1. Black Beauty 3:05 Focus (1970) guitar
  2. Why Dream 3:57 Focus (1970) guitar
  3. Focus (instrumental) 9:45 Focus (1970) guitar
  4. Sugar Island 3:05 Focus (1970) guitar
  5. Sunset ?:?? Ramses Shaffy (1970) guitar
  6. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) 3:58 Focus (1970) guitar
  7. Focus (vocal) 2:44 Focus (1970) guitar
  8. Round Goes the Gossip… 5:12 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  9. Love Remembered 2:49 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  10. Carnival Fugue 6:08 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  11. Focus III 6:07 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  12. Elspeth of Nottingham 3:06 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  13. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 13:55 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  14. Sylvia 3:30 Focus (Nov 1972) guitar
  15. Kemps Jig 1:34 Jan Akkerman (1972) lute
  16. Fresh Air 19:55 Jan Akkerman (1972) electric piano, bass
  17. Minstrel/Farmers Dance 1:46 Jan Akkerman (1972) lute
  18. Etude 1:32 Jan Akkerman (1972) lute
  19. Andante Sostenuto 4:08 Jan Akkerman (1972) classical guitar
  20. A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome 3:22 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  21. Lammy 14:05 Jan Akkerman (1973) percussion, strings, electric guitar
  22. Britannia by John Dowland 3:59 Jan Akkerman (1973) bass guitar, strings
  23. The Earl of Derby His Galliard by John Dowland 2:00 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  24. Javeh 3:24 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings, acoustic guitar
  25. House of the King 2:25 Jan Akkerman (1973) percussion, electric guitar
  26. A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne 2:13 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  27. A Galliard by John Dowland 1:35 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  28. Coranto for Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington 1:30 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  29. A Pavane by Thomas Morley 3:07 Jan Akkerman (1973) strings
  30. Early Birth 2:55 Focus (May 1974) guitar
  31. La Cathédrale de Strasbourg 4:59 Focus (May 1974) guitar
  32. Hamburger Concerto 20:19 Focus (May 1974) guitar
  33. Delitæ Musicæ 1:13 Focus (May 1974) classical guitar
  34. Birth 7:45 Focus (May 1974) guitar
  35. Harem Scarem 5:52 Focus (May 1974) guitar
  36. P’s March 4:49 Focus (1976)
  37. Out of Vesuvius 5:50 Focus (1976)
  38. Can’t Believe My Eyes 5:22 Focus (1976)
  39. Crackers 2:43 Focus (1976) acoustic guitar
  40. Glider 4:40 Focus (1976) electric sitar, guitar
  41. Spoke the Lord Creator 2:33 Focus (1976)
  42. Red Sky at Night 5:49 Focus (1976)

Credited as (23)

  1. Jan Akkerman
  2. Jan Akkerman & Ice‐T
  3. Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer
  4. Vlatko Stefanovski Trio feat. Jan Akkerman and Damir Imeri
  5. Jan Akkerman & Curtis Knight
  6. Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux
  7. Joachim Kühn Band featuring Jan Akkerman & Ray Gomez
  8. Jan Akkerman feat. B.B. Queen
  9. Jan Akkerman with Kaz Lux
  10. Eamonn McCormack feat. Jan Akkerman
  11. Jan Akkerman, Kaz Lux
  12. Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer
  13. The Rosenberg Trio feat. Jan Akkerman
  14. Jan Akkerman Y La Orchesta De Claus Ogerman
  15. Kaz Lux & Jan Akkerman
  16. Eamonn McCormack with Jan Akkerman guesting
  17. Joachim Kühn & Jan Akkerman
  18. Arthur Brown, Rick Wakeman, Jan Akkerman, David J & Carmine Appice
  19. Tony Scott feat. Jan Akkerman
  20. Tony Scott featuring Jan Akkerman
  21. Jan Akkerman & Ice T
  22. B.B. QueenJan Akkerman
  23. Joachim Kühn Band feat. Jan Akkerman & Ray Gomez

Works (68)

Arranged

  1. Avondrood
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Wrote

  1. The Bridge
  2. Eruption
  3. Fresh Air (excerpt)
  4. Burger's Blues
  5. Your Eyes in the Whiskey
  6. Spanish Roads
  7. Key to the Highway
  8. It Comes & Goes
  9. Blue Train
  10. Love is Uneven
  11. Puccini's Cafe
  12. Wake Up!
  13. Dark Rose
  14. Janosh (And His Big White Poodle)
  15. Blues Route '94
  16. Red Pool House Blues
  17. No Gossip
  18. Virgin Mary
  19. Traffic Jam
  20. Soft Focus
  21. Spring
  22. Anonymus
  23. House of the King
  24. Amsterdam the First Days
  25. Mother Focus
  26. Someone’s Crying… What!
  27. All Together… Oh That!
  28. My Sweetheart
  29. Le Clochard (“Bread”)
  30. Janis
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Composed

  1. Love Remembered
  2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
  3. Elspeth of Nottingham
  4. Anonymus Two
  5. Oil in the Family
  6. Formula n-one
  7. Disc-o-asis
  8. No Doubt About It
  9. Family Reprise
  10. Blue in the Shadow
  11. Pavane
  12. Streetwalker
  13. Skydancer
  14. Floatin’
  15. Gate to Europe
  16. Angel Watch
  17. Birth
  18. Anne Mia
  19. Avondrood
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Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. Das Fest 1988 (14 Aug 1988)
  2. The Hague Jazz

Links (21)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.janakkerman.nl/
  2. http://www.janakkerman.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91030657
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91030657
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jan_akkerman
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13931089k
  5. https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2091
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134311914
  7. https://www.45cat.com/artist/jan-akkerman

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/349738

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/256972

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000808250

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132147/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/54335476

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943804

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/16228

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/66042
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JeTATqIkiHIjyrdOyr68t

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/14910880

Biographies

  1. https://www.mascotlabelgroup.com/jan-akkerman/biography/

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan%20Akkerman%20-%20TopPop%201974%2007.png