Crew
Roelant Hollander
Project founder, Saxofonist, composer / arranger, producer, beat & bass programming, keys, sampling, recording, mixing.
Miroslav Petkov
Trumpet / Flugelhorn.
Jivko “DJ Jijo” Marinov
Turntablism / Scratching.
Todor “DJ Emotion” Zhelyazkov
Turntablism / Scratching until 02.01.2021 †.
Ivan “Bastardo” aka “Tochka” Boyadzhiev
Recording, mixing and mastering until 16.06.2015 †.
Old crew members and featuring artists:
In the early years (1998-2000), the Dutch live formation featured (besides Roelant Hollander): Olivier “DJ Phaze” Schreuder (turntables), Alexander Hartgers (trumpet), Johan Schipper (Fender Rhodes), Rutger Renden (bass) and Roy Kieftenbelt (percussion).
In 2007 after Roelant Hollander moved to Bulgaria he rebooted DJazz (live formtion) again, this time with: DJ Emotion and DJ Ivo-but-not (turntables), Chavdar Gochev (guitar).
In 2008 DJ Jijo (turntables) replaced DJ Ivo-But-Not and Miroslav Petkov (trumpet) replaced Chavdar Gochev. Ivan “Tochka” Boyadzhiev joined the project as sound engineer. DJazz .OrgOnite became a studio project (no more live performances).
2012: On the released single “Ain’t So Blue Blues”, Dutch Blues, Funk & Rock guitarist Wood and Bulgarian vocalist Neicho “Reggie” Petrov participated.
2021: featuring artists on the “Double ‘O Jazz” EP: Bertolf Lentink (NL) – guitar on “Double ‘O Jazz”. Vito Giacovelli (IT) – percussion on “Duck Dis Drunk Dromedary”. Etienne Lebel (CA) – trombone on “Nu-Frisco-Funk”. Rutger Renden (NL) – bassguitar on “Hip cHops”.