Jan Schelhaas

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

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

Jan started his career playing bass for several progrock bands in the Canterbury area before he finally started the softrock band "National Head Band" in 1970 and turned to playing keyboard. They released the album Albert One in 1971, but without any success. Next stop for Schelhaas was Gary Moore's band and the recording of the album Grinding Stone from 1973. After the recording, he left Moore to do solo projects.

July, 1975 he 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]

References

↑ http://calyx.perso.neuf.fr/mus/schelhaas_jan.html Bio

v t e Camel

Andrew Latimer Colin Bass Guy LeBlanc Denis Clement Andy Ward Peter Bardens Doug Ferguson Mel Collins Richard Sinclair Jan Schelhaas Dave Sinclair Kit Watkins Paul Burgess Dave Stewart Ton Scherpenzeel

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 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"

v t e 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 Travelling Man Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions

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

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

Persondata
Name	Schelhaas, Jan
Alternative names
Short description	British musician
Date of birth	11 March 1948
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