Saskia Laroodiscography
In 1994 Saskia founded her own record label: Laroo Records.
The debut album from Dutch female trumpet master combines the hippest elements of jazz & acid jazz with beefy, bottom heavy hip hop breakbeats, trancy house grooves, latin flavors, R&B & the rapping talents of Poetic Voice, Mac Maestro & QF Da Funkee P - flute (Ronald Snijders), sax (Hans Dulfer & Benjamin Herman), keys (Rob Gaasterland, also co production, recording& editing) & vocals (Johnny Kelvin) round out the mix.
The second album from Dutch female trumpet virtuoso continues her amazing funky streak, combining hip jazz/acid jazz with dance music styles such as drum ‘n bass, speed garage & big beat on all original cuts (except one tribute to Miles Davis) - she uses acoustic instruments in a unique way, soaking them with hip hop beats & booty shakin’ dance grooves. Guest appearances by a.o. Rosa King (vocals) and Candy Dulfer (sax).
Dutch female trumpet phenom Saskia Laroo presents a straight-ahead acoustic jazz album of standards & originals in the Miles Davis mode - she mostly plays a muted trumpet while the heavy grooving rhythm section lays down a sweet & steady foundation for Saskia’s slithery solos. Line up: Albert Sarko - piano, Jos Machtel - acoustic bass, Martin van Duynhoven - drums.
Dutch female trumpet goddess is at it again with this straight-ahead jazz album that features two living treasures of the American jazz & blues scene - tenor player Teddy Edwards & blues singer Ernie Andrews; the album, recorded in LA,has cool, grooving standards & newly arranged compositions by Edwards - also featured is Art Hillary, Wendell Williams & Gerrick King.
Saskia ’s fifth release, presenting a melange of Funk, Dance, and Jazz using instrumental themes, vocals, rap, beatbox, and improvisation over hip grooves. Really Jazzy features Saskia Laroo playing trumpet, saxophone, upright bass & vocals. With Keyboardist/ singer/co-arranger Warren Byrd (USA), trombonist/vocalist Frank Lacey; drummers Gene Jackson and Ronald Wright; rappers Stewlocks, Firestorm and Phantom, beatboxer Eyesful.