Jaap Sombroek

Dutch drummer from Volendam, the Netherlands. Born on 17-02-1952, Died 11-03-2011. He played drums at age 14, in one of the first incarnations of BZN, from 10-01-1967 until 17-10-1969. He replaced Gerrit Woestenburg who had only played live with BZN in 1965-66, and was replaced by Jan Keizer in 1969. Jaap went to Left Side (1970-1972) and played in De Dekker Band and Bzn '66 (1997-2000). Jaap plays on the first four BZN Polydor singles Maybe Someday / I Don't Want To Give Myself, Waiting For You / Mor'een, Coming To My Dreams / Every Day I Have To Cry and Gonna Take My Mind Off Maria / (I'm Gonna Be) Your Man. For the sixth Polydor single This Is What I Feel, an old bandphoto was used with Jaap and Evert Woestenburg, but at that time they were already replaced by Jan Keizer and Thomas Tol. Jaap plays on 3 Left Side singles Johnny, Woman In My Life and See You Crying / Feeling Allright.