Edward with Tom Parker

In 1990, Edward Reekers was one of the singers in "The Commandments", a successful project of composer, producer, arranger and conductor Tom Parker. Edward was joined by his colleagues Anita Meyer, Rob de Nijs and Amy Vanmeenen. A CD was released, and quite a few TV-performances were given.

Three singles were released featuring Edward's vocals: 'Loving Only You', 'Take Me Home' and 'Sunday, Sunday'.

In Germany, Tom Parker released another CD with Edward as a singer. As a member of the 'European Sound Project', Edward sang 6 songs on the album "Das Europäische Wunschkonzert". Edward sang on Gefühle Der Nacht, Sailing, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Morgen, Michelle and Mull Of Kintyre.

For the Dutch market, the record company simply put a sticker -not in a very professional way- over the front of the booklet, changing the name 'European Sound Project' into 'Tom Parker'...

On YouTube you can find a clip of a performance on German television.

Ton (and many others) on 'Charles Darwin'

If memory serves me right, I think Ton Scherpenzeel already said something about it back in 2010, but the actual album was released in 2012: 'Charles Darwin' by French outfit XII Alfonso. This 3-CD album about... indeed, Charles Darwin features Ton on keyboards in the track 'Mysterious Illness'.

To call the Darwin-project ambitious would be an understatement; the sax in 'Mysterious Illness' is played by John Helliwell, of Supertramp-fame. But Ton and John are just two of an impressive list of guest artists. To give you an impression:

Maggie Reilly (singer with Mike Oldfield), Tim Renwick (Pink Floyd 'in concert'-guitarist), Mickey Simmonds (Fish a.o.), Ian Bairnson (guitar) and David Paton (bass) from The Alan Parsons Project, and Francis Dunnery (ex- It Bites). And many more... Not bad, eh?