Biography
Orkest Arie Ribbens
Members: Arie Ribbens, Jur Eckhardt, Lex Jasper, Jenne Meinema, Edwin Corzilius, Piet Lingbeek
From 1972 to 1981, Arie Ribbens was living in Drachten and played with jazz musicians from Groningen, employing more of a big band sound. Other members were Lex Jasper and Edwin Corzilius. Lex left in 1976 and Edwin in 1978, a year prior to making their only LP. After Arie left in 1981, the band changed its name in The Northstar Showband.