Biography:

Gerry Arling ( Emmen , October 25 , 1961 – February 2025 ) was a Dutch jazz and pop musician .

Life course

Originally from Emmer-Compascuum, he studied Light Music (Jazz) in Hilversum . From 1983 onwards he made a name for himself in the pop circuit in and around the city of Groningen . He played bass guitar in many local bands , often together with his brother Harry Arling on drums .

In later years he increasingly focused on jazz and, together with Richard Cameron in the duo Arling & Cameron , electronic jazz-rock. They won the Popprijs for this in 2000. [ 1 ]

In 1997 he mixed the album Talking Talking Talking for Fay Lovsky .

In May 2005 he presented De Tijd 1.1 in the Grand Theatre in Groningen , a trance-jazz-fusion-live-remix of the Louis Andriessen composition De Tijd . This was supported by electronic musician Jan Klug and singer Vera van der Poel and was introduced by the composer.

In the 2005/2006 season, together with his brother Harry Arling, he created the musical children’s show The Astronaut and the Star, in which two actors (Harry Arling and Nynke Heeg ) shared the role with animated characters projected on a large screen. The character voices were provided by Bert Visscher , Meindert Talma , Mads Wittermans and Arno van der Heyden , among others . The Astronaut and the Star had approximately 60 performances from the autumn of 2006 to the spring of 2007.

Gerry Arling died in February 2025 at the age of 63. [ 1 ]

Bands

• AA & The Doctors– bass guitar
• Human Electric– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
• State of Soul– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
• Van Binsbergen– bass guitar
• VOLVO– drum machine, sampler, synthesizer
• Van As & Arling– electronic instruments, guitar, keyboard instruments
• Popcorn (II)– drum machine, sampler, synthesizer
• Arling & Cameron– bass guitar, composer, producer
• Gerry and Harry’s Grand Multimedia Spectacle Show– guitar, vocals
• Artless3– Bass and vocals
• Arling’s Bombay Connection– arrangement, guitar and bass guitar

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