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Nothing more appropriate than a statue of a trumpet player on the Glenn Millerhof, named after the famous American jazz musician and orchestra leader. The 1982 bronze "Jazz Musician," which stands at the entrance to Loosduinse Hof senior citizens' home, is by sculptor Jits Bakker. Coarse forms and little detailing are characteristic of this sculpture. The construction with chunks of easily moldable clay is visible and tangible in the bronze. But the trumpeter swings. He sinks slightly through his elastic legs and enthusiastically plays his jazz music.

The reason for commissioning Jits Bakker was the new construction of the Loosduinse Hof retirement home. The Stichting Katholieke Verpleeg- en Verzorgingshuizen 's-Gravenhage e.o. asked Bakker to make a sculpture. A few months after the opening of the home in October 1981, 'Jazz musician' could be placed.