{"id":90167,"date":"2025-04-28T23:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redlightjazz.com\/artiesten\/dj-phil-horneman\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:11:56","slug":"clous-van-mechelen-co","status":"publish","type":"artiesten","link":"https:\/\/redlightjazz.com\/en\/artists\/clous-van-mechelen-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Clous van Mechelen &#038; Co"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90167\" class=\"elementor elementor-90167 elementor-86918\" data-elementor-post-type=\"artiesten\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e60971 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e60971\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8ec83 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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             class=\"program-hm-sc-loc-link\">\n                                    Mascini Caf\u00e9                                <\/a>\n                                                    <\/span>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"program-hm-sc-address\">\n                                Zeedijk 24-A | 1012 AZ Amsterdam                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <!-- TICKET -->\n                <div class=\"program-hm-sc-ticket\">\n\n                    \n                        <span class=\"program-hm-sc-ticket-button\"\n                              style=\"background-color:green;color:white;\">\n                            Free Admission                        <\/span>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f4418f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f4418f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e923f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10e923f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f187ab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f187ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clous van Mechelen &amp; C0<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762cb6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"762cb6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Saturday afternoon, June 6, Clous van Mechelen will be warming up at Caf\u00e9 Mascini ahead of the evening show!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b6719d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6b6719d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce9311b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce9311b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A versatile musical career<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c632ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c632ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Van Mechelen was already performing with Hans Dulfer in the Amsterdam Quintet at the age of sixteen. He studied clarinet at the conservatory, with piano as a secondary subject, and toured across Europe with jazz and Latin groups. For a time, he also performed as a saxophonist with the Amsterdam-based rock band The Sharks, which also featured Tol Hansse. In 1978, Van Mechelen received the Zilveren Harp, a Dutch music prize awarded annually to emerging talent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f67d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4f67d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From jazz stages to Red Light Jazz<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1a967 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a1a967\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the first edition of Red Light Jazz in 2014, Clous performed at Casa Rosso alongside the much-missed singer Lils 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caf\u00e9 Mascini<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f33e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f33e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeedijk 24-A<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6abc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6a6abc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button 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