Jan Schelhaas

Jan Schelhaas
Jan Schelhaas (2012)
Background information
Born	(1948-03-11) 11 March 1948 Liverpool, England
Genres	Progressive rock
Instruments	Keyboards
Years active	1960s to present
Associated acts	Caravan, Camel

Jan Russell Schelhaas (born 11 March 1948, Liverpool, England) is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel.

Schelhaas started his career playing bass for several bands in Liverpool releasing a single on Decca's Deram label as the soul band Bernie & the Buzz Band in 1968 before finally turning to keyboards and starting the softrock band "National Head Band" in 1970 with Neil Ford on guitar & Uriah Heap's Lee Kerslake on drums. They released the album Albert One in 1971 produced by 'Yes' producer Eddie Offord, but without any success. Next stop for Schelhaas was the Gary Moore band and the recording of the album Grinding Stone from 1973. After the recording, he left Moore to do solo projects including an organ session on 'Thin Lizzy's Vagabonds album.

In July 1975, Schelhaas was asked to play keyboard in the band Caravan after Dave Sinclair left them. Jan Schelhaas toured the world around with the band and recorded three albums: Blind Dog At St. Dunstans (1976), Better By Far (1977) and Cool Water, which wasn't released until 1994. The summer of 1978, Caravan had a break and Schelhaas accepted an offer to join Camel on their world tour for their album Breathless. At that time, the band also included Richard Sinclair and Dave Sinclair with whom he'd already played in Caravan.

Schelhaas worked with Camel until 1981, when he contributed to "I Can See Your House From Here" from 1979 and the album Nude from 1981.^[1]

In 2002, Schelhaas was once again asked to join Caravan due to Dave Sinclair having left because of musical differences. He recorded The Unauthorised Breakfast Item with them in the same year plus a tour. Although there was a hiatus in the band's activities from 2005-10 (during which he released his first solo album, Dark Ships, in 2008), Jan remains a member of Caravan and appears on their latest album, 2013's Paradise Filter.

References

↑ "Jan Schelhaas". Calyx.perso.neuf.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

Camel

Andrew Latimer Colin Bass Denis Clement Jason Hart Andy Ward Peter Bardens Doug Ferguson Mel Collins Richard Sinclair Jan Schelhaas Dave Sinclair Kit Watkins Chris Rainbow David Paton Ton Scherpenzeel Paul Burgess Mickey Simmonds Dave Stewart Guy LeBlanc

Studio albums	Camel Mirage The Snow Goose Moonmadness Rain Dances Breathless I Can See Your House from Here Nude The Single Factor Stationary Traveller Dust and Dreams Harbour of Tears Rajaz A Nod and a Wink

Live albums	Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall A Live Record Pressure Points: Live in Concert On the Road 1972 Never Let Go On the Road 1982 On the Road 1981 Coming of Age Gods of Light '73-'75 The Paris Collection

Compilations	Chameleon – The Best of Camel The Collection A Compact Compilation Landscapes Echoes: The Retrospective Camel - Master Series Lunar Sea

Singles	"Never Let Go"

Caravan

Pye Hastings Geoffrey Richardson Jan Schelhaas Jim Leverton Mark Walker Richard Coughlan Richard Sinclair Dave Sinclair Steve Miller Derek Austin Stuart Evans John G. Perry Mike Wedgwood Dek Messecar Doug Boyle Simon Bentall Jimmy Hastings

Studio albums	Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You In the Land of Grey and Pink Waterloo Lily For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Cunning Stunts Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Better by Far The Album Back to Front Cool Water The Battle of Hastings The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Paradise Filter

Live albums	Caravan and the New Symphonia Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77 Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions

Compilation albums	The Show of Our Lives The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales Travelling Man All Over You...Too The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975

Related bands	Bruford Camel Delivery Earthworks Egg Gong Hatfield and the North In Cahoots Khan Matching Mole National Health Soft Heap Soft Machine Uriel The Wilde Flowers

Authority control	MusicBrainz: ca9efe5b-8d2b-4bd5-a350-8b35943effc0

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.