Editing Candy Dulfer

{{Short description|Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Candy Dulfer
| image           = Candy Dulfer - 03-12-2009.jpg
| caption         = Candy Dulfer in 2009
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|9|19}}
| birth_place     = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
| genre           = [[Jazz]], [[Funk music|funk]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| occupation      = Musician
| instrument      = {{hlist|[[Alto saxophone]]|keyboards|[[EWI (musical instrument)|EWI]]}}
| years_active    = 1981–present
| label           = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], [[N-Coded Music|N-Coded]], [[Eagle Records|Eagle]], [[Heads Up International|Heads Up]], [[Mascot Label Group|Mascot]]
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{URL|candydulfer.nl}}
}}

'''Candy Dulfer''' (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist [[Hans Dulfer]]. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut album ''[[Saxuality]]'' (1990) received a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination. She has performed and recorded with her dad Hans, [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Angie Stone]], [[Maceo Parker]] and [[Rick Braun]] and has performed live with [[Alan Parsons]] (1995), [[Pink Floyd]] (1990), and [[Tower of Power]] (2014). She hosted the Dutch television series ''Candy Meets...'' (2007), in which she interviewed musicians. In 2013, she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of ''[[X Factor (Dutch TV series)|X Factor]]''.

==Early life==
[[Image:Candy Dulfer.jpg|thumb|Candy Dulfer in 2002]]
[[Image:Candy Dulfer - Leverkusener Jazztage 2016-AL1608.jpg|thumb|upright=1|right|Candy Dulfer in 2016]]

Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands.<ref name="biohomepage">{{cite web |url=https://candydulfer.nl/biography |title=Candy Dulfer. Bio. Full bio |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627113634/https://candydulfer.nl/biography/ |archive-date=27 June 2022 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She began playing the drums at the age of five.<ref name="biopopinstituut">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/candy_dulfer.878.html Candy Dulfer biografie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222163401/http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/candy_dulfer.878.html# |date=22 December 2007 }}. Retrieved on 27 November 2007.</ref> As a six-year-old, she started to play the soprano saxophone. At age seven, she switched to alto saxophone and later began playing in a local [[concert band]] Jeugd Doet Leven (English translation: "Youth Brings Life") in [[Zuiderwoude]].<ref name="biopopinstituut"/>

Dulfer played her first solo on stage with her father's band De Perikels ("The Perils").<ref name="biohomepage"/> At age 11, she made her first recordings for the album ''I Didn't Ask'' (1981) of De Perikels.<ref name="biopopinstituut"/> In 1982, when she was 12 years old, she played as a member of [[Rosa King]]'s Ladies [[Horn section]] at the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]]. According to Dulfer, King encouraged her to become a band leader. In 1984, at age 14, she started the band Funky Stuff.<ref name="biohomepage"/>

==Career==
Dulfer is mostly a self-taught musician except for some training in a concert band and a few months of [[music lesson]]s.<ref name="biohomepage"/>

===1980s and 1990s===
Dulfer's band performed throughout the Netherlands and in 1987 was the [[opening act]] for two of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's]] European concerts.<ref name="biohomepage"/><ref name="biopopinstituut"/>

In 1988, [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] invited Dulfer on stage to play an improvised solo during one of his European shows.<ref name="biohomepage"/> In 1989 Dulfer appeared in Prince's "[[Partyman]]" video.<ref name="biopopinstituut"/>

Dulfer performed [[session musician|session]] work with [[Eurythmics]] guitarist and producer [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]], duetting with him on the worldwide hit single "[[Lily Was Here]]" and contributing to the [[Lily Was Here (soundtrack)|soundtrack of the same name]]. She was a guest musician for [[Pink Floyd]] during the band's performance at [[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/dvds-videos/live-at-knebworth-1990-with-pink-floyd-2.html |quote=As far as the Floyd selection here...a nice performance of "Shine On", with a lovely solo from the Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer... |title=Live at Knebworth 1990 |access-date=5 September 2008 |work=Live at Knebworth DVD Review |publisher=Pink Floyd News Resource |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204074510/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/dvds-videos/live-at-knebworth-1990-with-pink-floyd-2.html |archive-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> from which several tracks were released on a multi-artist live album and video, ''[[Live at Knebworth '90]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-1-84938-370-7|last=Mabbett|first=Andy|title=Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery|location=London|date=2010}}</ref> The Knebworth show has since been released as part of the Pink Floyd box set ''[[The Later Years 1987–2019]]'' on CD, DVD, and [[Blu-ray]].

Dulfer was also the featured saxophonist on [[Van Morrison]]'s ''[[A Night in San Francisco]]'', an album in 1993,<ref name="homedisco">{{cite web|url=http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|title=Candy Dulfer. Bio. Discography|access-date=20 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219041933/http://www.candydulfer.nl/candy/|archive-date=19 December 2007|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and performed with [[Alan Parsons]] and his band at the [[World Liberty Concert]] in 1995.

===2000 to present===
Dulfer collaborated with her father Hans Dulfer on the duet album ''Dulfer Dulfer'' in 2001.<ref name="homedisco"/> She joined Prince's band in 2004 for his [[Musicology Live 2004ever]] tour.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-sets-musicology-date-20040324|title=Prince Sets "Musicology" Date|author=Andrew Dansby |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=March 24, 2004|access-date=May 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819040520/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-sets-musicology-date-20040324|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2007, she released her ninth studio album ''[[Candy Store (album)|Candy Store]]''. The album reached a No.&nbsp;2 position in [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's]] [[Top Contemporary Jazz]] charts.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=318&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Contemporary+Jazz&ci=3087653&cdi=9473369&cid=11%2F10%2F2007 |title=Top Contemporary Jazz. Candy Store |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=20 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222135237/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=318&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Contemporary+Jazz&ci=3087653&cdi=9473369&cid=11%2F10%2F2007 |archive-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Her songs "Candy Store" and "L.A. Citylights" reached the No.&nbsp;1 position in Smooth Jazz National Airplay charts in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Smoothjazz_Chart.asp|title=Smooth Jazz National Airplay|access-date=20 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818025956/http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Smoothjazz_chart.asp|archive-date=18 August 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Also in 2007, Dulfer became the presenter and interviewer in ''Candy Meets...'', her television program for the Dutch public broadcaster [[Nederlandse Programma Stichting|NPS]]. In the series, she met with [[Sheila E.]], [[Maceo Parker]], Hans Dulfer, Van Morrison, Dave Stewart, and [[Mavis Staples]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.candymeets.tv/ Candy meets] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013025057/http://www.candymeets.tv/ |date=13 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 26 October 2007.</ref>

Until 2010, Dulfer played a [[Selmer Mark VI]] [[alto saxophone]], which is visible in the majority of early photographs. In 2010, she became an endorsee of the Dutch Free Wind saxophone, created by Friso Heidinga, who started building saxophones in Amsterdam in 2009.

On 13 August 2017, Dulfer was granted the [[List of honorary citizens of Niš|honorary citizenship]] of the [[Serbia]]n city of [[Niš]], 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Honorary citizens of the City of Niš|url=https://www.gu.ni.rs/international-cooperation/honorary-citizens-of-the-city-of-nis/|access-date=19 September 2022|work=gu.ni.rs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Candy Dulfer počasni građanin Niša|url=https://jugmedia.rs/candy-dulfer-pocasni-gradjanin-nisa/|access-date=19 September 2022|work=jugmedia.rs|date=10 July 2017| language=Serbian}}</ref>

On 26 August 2022, Dulfer announced her new album ''We Never Stop'', which released on 28 October. The release was the first as a part of her record deal with [[Mascot Label Group]]. The album was preceded by the single "Jammin' Tonight", featuring [[Nile Rodgers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jazz Saxophonist Candy Dulfer to Release New Album "We Never Stop" on Oct. 28th, 2022 |url=http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2022/08/candy-dulfer-to-release-new-album-we-never-stop/ |website=The Urban Music Scene |date=26 August 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Candy Dulfer discography}}
* ''[[Saxuality]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Sax-a-Go-Go]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Big Girl (Candy Dulfer album)|Big Girl]]'' (1995)
* ''For the Love of You'' (1997)
* ''Girls Night Out'' (1999)
* ''What Does It Take'' (1999)
* ''Dulfer Dulfer'' (2002)
* ''Right in My Soul'' (2003)
* ''[[Candy Store (album)|Candy Store]]'' (2007)
* ''Funked Up'' (2009)
* ''Crazy'' (2011)
* ''Together'' (2017)
* ''We Never Stop'' (2022)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website}}
*{{IMDb name|0241319}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6431}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/candydulferofficial Candy Dulfer Channel on YouTube]
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