Leo van Mook's Page

I play these instruments...

Bb Trumpet, Flugelhorn

I perform...

Contemporary Jazz, Big Band/Swing, High Notes are my thing!

Playing Level:

Great player with a day job

My preferred equipment:

Modified/Custom Horn

I started playing trumpet:

August 10, 1978

My most memorable trumpet experience:

playing in the best coverband of holland, Big Shampoo and the Hairstylers

Personal trumpet aspiration:

going up a step every year

About Me:

Just an amateur, playing his brains out. Lead horn on de Nieuwe Veste Bigband, lead horn on Big Shampoo and the Hairstylers. I've owned a Schilke, Calicchio, Zeus Olympus, but went back to my old Besson 600, which has been modified by Jason Harrelson. Great guy, great horns. Playing with Enthusiasm again.

Interests:

Trying to play with the topplayers in Holland, meeting more and more international heroes. Starting a bed and breakfast in France someday soon. My Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 v6, 240 BHP.

Heroes:

Jelle Schouten, Jan Oosthof, Roger Ingram, Dan Miller, Willy Murillo, Brian Setzer, Ronnie O'Sullivan

Hope to find___________ in Trumpet City...

Roger Ingram......

Check out my Website:

http://www.bigshampoo.nl