Niels Lettinga

Born in 1938, died on December 18th, 2002 at the age of 64. Lettinga has written many liner notes for Dutch jazz releases; usually signing off with "E.T. Lettinga, MdD." In the international circles of jazz collectors, Niels Lettinga was a well known phenomenon. His collection has been named one of the most complete ever seen and comprised 26,000 records. After his death, the Lettinga collection was bought by famous record store Concerto in The Hague, The Netherlands. Niels Lettinga was a friend of Dutch jazz pianist Rein De Graaff.