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The Ramblers
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The Ramblers was a Dutch jazz and dance orchestra, active from 1926 to 1964 and, with a different line-up, again from 1974 to 1998. The orchestra was founded on 1 September 1926 as a cabaret orchestra for the Amsterdam cabaret La Gaîté and, under the leadership of Theo Uden Masman, grew into the best-known dance orchestra in the Netherlands. It had the full instrumentation of a big band and played a mixture of jazz and light entertainment music.
Music and breakthrough
In the 1930s and 1940s it was a popular radio orchestra and played an important part in spreading jazz in the Low Countries. The Christian broadcasters KRO and NCRV at first did not want this kind of music, but in 1933 the orchestra gave its first radio concert for the VARA, and from 1936 it was that broadcaster's regular house orchestra. More than two thousand radio concerts followed. The Ramblers brought swing to the Netherlands. Jack Bulterman was the driving force behind Dutch-language hit songs such as Wie is Loesje, Meneer de baron is niet thuis and Weet je nog wel die avond in de regen?, and in 1941 the orchestra made Dag Schatteboutje.
Influence
Because the orchestra had played for the Germans during the German occupation, Uden Masman was not allowed to lead his orchestra for a year after the war. The last performance of the original orchestra was on 11 April 1964. Jack Bulterman and Marcel Thielemans started The Ramblers again in 1974. In 1998 the band gave its last concert. Dag Schatteboutje was heard in the 2016 film Riphagen.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1964Als de tros wordt losgesmeten
- 1973At the Ramblers’ Ball: Ondertitel: De beste orkestnummer van the Ramblers in stereo
- 1983Vaarwel en adieu
- ?Het Ramblers Dansorkest: Nederlands fabrikaat 1936-1940
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Jazz in the Netherlands Genre
In 1926 Theo Uden Masman founded The Ramblers, the best-known Dutch dance orchestra of the pre-war years.