Hein van de Geyn


Hein van de Geyn is a jazz double bassist, composer and band leader from the Netherlands. Van de Geyn also teaches double bass and music.

Early life

Hein van de Geyn was born in Schijndel, Netherlands on 18 July 1956. He studied classical violin for 15 years and started on electric bass guitar when a teenager. He studied classical music at a Tilburg conservatory from 1974 to 1979, and then jazz double bass at a Rotterdam conservatory until 1980.

Career

He lived and worked in Seattle in 1980 and San Francisco the following year. He returned to Europe in 1983. He began playing with Philip Catherine in 1985. Van de Geyn toured with Chet Baker between 1985 and 1988, including Japan in 1987. Another multi-year association was with Dee Dee Bridgewater. In 1990 he recorded with Lee Konitz; the two also played as a duo during the following two years. In 1994 he formed the band Baseline with John Abercrombie and Joe LaBarbera.
Also in 1994, Van de Geyn co-founded the jazz label Challenge Records, for which he was in charge of artists and repertoire. Challenge Jazz was spun out from the parent and has been owned since 2005 by Hein van de Geyn. In 2019 the label was acquired by Wigt International that released the catalogue under the name Baseline Jazz Records.
In 1996 he became head of the bass section in the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Awards and honors

Discography

As leader

Hein van de Geyn Meets Lee Konitz Why Really with Baseline Standards with Baseline Returns with Baseline Woodwind Works Deja Vu with Baseline The Long Journey with Jean-Michel Pilc The Guitar Album with Baseline Meeting Again with Lee Konitz

As sideman

With Chet BakerHazy Hugs with Amstel OctetChet's Choice with Philip CatherineMemories Four Almost Blue
With Dee Dee BridgewaterIn Montreux Keeping Tradition Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver
With Deborah BrownEuroboppin with Johnny Griffin International Incident
With Philip CatherineTransparence Oscar September Sky I Remember You Moods Volume I Moods Volume II Live Blue Prince Concert in Cap Breton
With Tete MontoliuCatalonian Rhapsody Music for Ana
With Enrico PieranunziSeaward Don't Forget the Poet Music of Wayne Shorter Improvised Forms Alone Together with Philip Catherine Live in Paris
With Toots ThielemansChez Toots Live
With others

As producer

With John Abercrombie
  • That's for Sure with Kenny Wheeler
  • Brand New with Kenny Wheeler
  • Topics
With Nat Adderley
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Philip Catherine
With Harmen Fraanje
  • Sonatala
  • Ronja
With Denise Jannah
With Rick Margitza
With Enrico Pieranunzi
  • Daedalus' Wings
With Clark Terry
With Jasper van 't Hof
  • Tomorrowland
  • Un Mondo Illusorio
  • Un Incontro Illusorio with Joey Baron
With Eric Vloeimans
  • First Floor
  • Bestarium
  • Bitches and Fairy Tales
  • Umai
  • Hidden History
  • Fujimundi
  • Summersault
  • Gatecrashin'
  • Hyper
  • Heavens Above!
  • Live at Yoshi's