1. Candy Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 and is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist.
15 Facts About Candy Dulfer
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Candy Dulfer is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer.
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Candy Dulfer began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen.
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Candy Dulfer has performed and recorded with her dad Hans, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, Angie Stone, Maceo Parker and Rick Braun and has performed live with Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, and Tower of Power.
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Candy Dulfer began playing the drums at the age of five.
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Candy Dulfer played her first solo on stage with her father's band De Perikels.
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Candy Dulfer is mostly a self-taught musician except for some training in a concert band and a few months of music lessons.
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Candy Dulfer's band performed throughout the Netherlands and in 1987 was the opening act for two of Madonna's European concerts.
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Candy Dulfer performed session work with Eurythmics guitarist and producer Dave Stewart, duetting with him on the worldwide hit single "Lily Was Here" and contributing to the soundtrack of the same name.
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Candy Dulfer was a guest musician for Pink Floyd during the band's performance at Knebworth in 1990, from which several tracks were released on a multi-artist live album and video, Live at Knebworth '90.
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Candy Dulfer was the featured saxophonist on Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco, an album in 1993, and performed with Alan Parsons and his band at the World Liberty Concert in 1995.
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Candy Dulfer joined Prince's band in 2004 for his Musicology Live 2004ever tour.
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Until 2010, Candy Dulfer played a Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone, which is visible in the majority of early photographs.
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On 13 August 2017, Candy Dulfer was granted the honorary citizenship of the Serbian city of Nis, for continuously promoting the city through appearances in the national media in the Netherlands and throughout the world during her tour and festival performances on all continents since her first performance at since at Nisville Jazz Festival in 2009.
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On 26 August 2022, Candy Dulfer announced her new album We Never Stop, which released on 28 October.