Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer is one of those musicians who makes you wonder why the saxophone ever got pigeonholed as a jazz-only instrument. Growing up in Amsterdam with her father Hans Dulfer — himself a serious jazz player — she had the instrument in her hands by age six, which honestly explains a lot. By fourteen she had her own band, and by the late '80s she was opening for Madonna on a European tour, which is a genuinely wild origin story. Her debut album Saxuality landed a Grammy nomination in 1990, and that smooth, funky, effortlessly cool sound she built there became her calling card. Decades on, she's still touring, still releasing records, and still playing with real joy — the kind of artist who reminds you that consistency and craft are underrated virtues.

Name (English)

Candy Dulfer

Name (Japanese)

キャンディ・ダルファー

Reading

きゃんでぃ・だるふぁー

Born

September 19, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

singer / saxophonist / jazz musician / television presenter / musician

Awards & achievements

• Golden Harp

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://candydulfer.nl/
• Xhttps://x.com/candydulfer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

Tags

• North Holland
• singer
• saxophonist
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.