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Infobox musical artist | name = Candy Dulfer| image = Candy Dulfer - 03-12-2009.jpg| caption = Candy Dulfer in 2009| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Candy Dulfer| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|9|19|df=yes| death_date =| origin = Amsterdam , Netherlands | instrument = Alto saxophone , Singing|vocals | genre = Smooth jazz , funk , nu jazz | occupation = Saxophonist | years_active = 1981–present| label = BMG , N-coded , Eagle Records , Heads Up International|Heads Up cite web|url= http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|title=Candy Dulfer. Multimedia. Audio|accessdate=2007-10-26| associated_acts = Van Morrison , Prince . Rod Stewart | website = http://www.candydulfer.nl www.candydulfer.nl| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Netherlands|Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophone|alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff , when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio album s, two live album s, and one compilation album . She has performed and recorded songs with other notable musicians, such as her father Hans Dulfer , Prince (musician)|Prince , David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart , Van Morrison , and Maceo Parker . She hosts the Dutch television series Candy meets... (2007), in which she interviews fellow musicians.
Early life
Candy Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands , as the daughter of saxophonist Hans Dulfer .cite web|url= http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|title=Candy Dulfer. Bio. Full bio|accessdate=2007-11-27 She began playing the Drum kit|drums at the age of five.nl icon http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/candy_dulfer.878.html Candy Dulfer biografie. Retrieved on 2007-11-27. As a six-year-old she started to play the soprano saxophone .nl icon http://player.omroep.nl/? aflID=5784170 Candy meets... Hans Dulfer. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. At the age of seven she switched to alto saxophone and later began playing in a local concert band Jeugd Doet Leven ( English language|English translation: "Youth Brings Life") in Zuiderwoude .
Dulfer played her first Solo (music)|solo on stage with her father's band De Perikels ("The Perils"). At the age of eleven, she made her first recordings for the album ''I Didn't Ask'' (1981) of De Perikels. 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 . According to Dulfer, King encouraged her to become a band leader herself. In 1984, at the age of fourteen, Dulfer started her own band Funky Stuff .
Musical career
Dulfer's band performed throughout the Netherlands and in 1987 was the opening act for two of Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's European concerts.
In 1988 Prince (musician)|Prince invited Dulfer on stage to play an improvised solo during one of his European shows. In 1989 Dulfer appeared in Prince's " Partyman " video.
Dulfer performed session musician|session work with Eurythmics guitarist and record producer|producer David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart and was a guest musician for Pink Floyd at the band's performance at Knebworth in 1990.cite web |url= http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/dvds-videos/live-at-knebworth-1990-with-pink-floyd-2.html |quote=As far as the Floyd selection here, not a bad choice - a nice performance of "Shine On", with a lovely solo from the Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer, and "Run Like Hell", which ended the concert. |title=Live at Knebworth 1990 |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work=Live at Knebworth DVD Review |publisher=Pink Floyd News Resourcecite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Knebworth-Elton-John/dp/B000006IFF |title=Live& #33; at Knebworth |accessdate=2008-09-05 |publisher=Studio: Image Entertainment, ASIN: B000006IFF
Dulfer'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. Her song "Lily Was Here" reached #11 on American the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Though Dulfer has had smooth jazz chart chart-topper|hits such as "For The Love Of You" and "Finsbury Park, Cafe 67".Citation needed|date=November 2008 Dulfer was also the featured saxophonist on Van Morrison 's A Night in San Francisco , an album in 1993,cite web|url= http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|title=Candy Dulfer. Bio. Discography|accessdate=2007-12-20 and performed with the Alan Parsons Project at the World Liberty Concert in 1995.
Dulfer collaborated with her father Hans Dulfer on the duet (music)|duet album Dulfer Dulfer in 2001.
In 2007, she released her ninth studio album Candy Store (album)|Candy Store . The album reached a #2 position in Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts.cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=318& cfgn=Albums& cfn=Top+Contemporary+Jazz& ci=3087653& cdi=9473369& cid=11%2F10%2F2007|title=Top Contemporary Jazz. Candy Store|accessdate=2007-12-20 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071222135237/ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=318& cfgn=Albums& cfn=Top+Contemporary+Jazz& ci=3087653& cdi=9473369& cid=11/10/2007 |archivedate = 2007-12-22 Her song Candy Store and the song "L.A. Citylights" reached the #1 position in Smooth Jazz National Airplay charts in the United States.cite web|url= http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Smoothjazz_Chart.asp|title=Smooth Jazz National Airplay|accessdate=2007-12-20
Dulfer is mostly a self taught musician except for some training in a concert band and a few months of music lesson s.
In 2007 Candy Dulfer was the presenter and interviewer in Candy meets... , her own television program for public broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting|NPS . In the series she met with Sheila E. , Maceo Parker , Hans Dulfer , Van Morrison , David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart , and Mavis Staples .nl icon http://www.candymeets.tv/ Candy meets. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
Discography
main|Candy Dulfer discography
Saxuality (1990)
Sax-a-Go-Go (1993)
Big Girl (album)|Big Girl (1995)
For the Love of You (album)|For the Love of You (1997)
The Best of Candy Dulfer (1998)cite web|url= http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|title=Candy Dulfer. Multimedia. Audio|accessdate=2009-10-04
Girls Night Out (Candy Dulfer album)|Girls Night Out (1999)
Dulfer Dulfer (2002)
Right in My Soul (2003)
Candy Store (album)|Candy Store (2007)
Funked Up & Chilled Out (2009)
Crazy (2011)
References
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External links
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http://www.tunearea.com/play/? t=sQRRkZAQR For the Love Of You
nl icon http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LtnYe-GJkmk Candy meets Hans Dulfer at YouTube
http://www.fabchannel.com/candy_dulfer_concert/ Candy Dulfer & Band - live concert video on Fabchannel.com
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3x93l_maceo-parker-candy-dulfer-im-gonna_news Candy plays with Maceo Parker
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