A performance by in AVRO's TopPop changed the life of a young . Roxy sounded like nothing else and opened doors to a completely different world than the raked Rotterdam suburb where he lived. Ritsema later founded several groups of which the best known. Although the music of Roxy was never audible in Ritsema's music, the love for these British art rockers has always remained. When Ritsema was
… asked in 2015 for the weekly session in the Rotterdam jazz cafĂ© Dizzy, he suggested that Roxy Music should be tackled. Although his fellow musicians hardly knew the music of Roxy Music, Roxy's music turned out to fit well within the jazz pattern. Especially saxophonist can blow around freely, while Ritsema croonts just as convincingly as in his heyday. All in all, a nice tribute to this special, sometimes underestimated group. (PdK)more