 The young Dutch musician Candy Dulfer is known and loved all over the world by fans and critics alike. Performing since the age of fourteen, she quickly became the world's leading female saxophone player. Now, at age 31, she has performed and recorded with all the big names in the world of jazz, funk and pop, including Dave Stewart, Prince, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, George Duke, David Sanborn, Maceo Parker, Aretha Franklin, Blondie, and many others. Her million-selling debut album "Saxuality" was nominated for a Grammy Award, her duet "Lily was here" with Dave Stewart was a Number One smash hit all over Europe. Her fourth album "For the love of you" stayed in the Billboard charts for over a record-shattering fourty weeks. Despite high profile collaborations with practically all the big names in music, Candy always stayed focused on her own solo career and concentrated on expanding her talents. To this date she released six solo albums which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. She has been a highly requested guest on all the major television shows in Japan (one of her biggest markets), Europe and the USA. She appeared on many famous shows like Jay Leno's "Tonight Show", "Good Morning America", CNN's "Showbiz Today" and The Arsenio Hall Show. From age fourteen she's been performing with her own band Funky Stuff. Together they have toured all over the world: from the Newport Beach Jazz Festival in sunny California to the famous Blue Note club in Tokyo, Japan; from the Beacon Theatre on Broadway, New York to all the major festivals in Europe, including the Montreux Jazz Festival and annual appearances since the age of twelve at the world-famous North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Also, Candy has enjoined tremendous success in eastern Europe, performing to extatic crowds in Poland, Hungary and the Baltic States. This Summer, Candy & Funky Stuff will again bring their highly energetic performances to clubs and festivals all over Europe and Japan to promote her latest release "Live in Amsterdam".
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