Klein Orkest (Small Orchestra) is a Dutch group, founded in 1978. The members of the band were Harrie Jekkers , Niek Nieuwenhuijsen, Chris Prins and Leon Smith.
The band was born out of a failed cabaret programme "Groot Orkest" (Large Orchestra). Apart from producing albums about "serious" matters (the popular song "Over de muur", across the wall, is an example of this: it concerns the differences between eastern and western Berlin during the times of the Wall). The bigger picture is that it describes the differences between the 'democratic' west and the 'communist' states in Europe in those days....
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