Ekseption

Ekseption  was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock.  The central character in the changing list of members, the only band member present on every album, was conservatory-trained trumpeter Rein van den Broek (10 September 1945 - 11 May 2015).  The band knew some commercial success in the 1970’s, having Dutch top ten hit singles with their adaptations of Beethoven’s “Fifth” and Bach’s (Celebrated) “Air”.  The second album, Beggar Julia’s Time Trip (1969), won the Dutch Edison Award for album of the year, and the first five albums all went gold.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

As I have mentioned many times before, I am a major fan of Dutch rock music from both the 1960’s and 1970’s.  Some of the bands have non-English names, like Ekseption (which is not the Dutch word for “exception” as I had always assumed), Groep 1850 (also known as Group 1850) and Bintangs (which means “stars” in Arabic, I'm told) – the latter band being a future UARB (as it turns out, I waited too long; Bintangs have a nice Wikipedia article now) – but most have English names (or just initials) and perform in English also, with some of the biggest being Golden Earring, Shocking Blue, Focus, Q65, and the Outsiders. 

(April 2013)