Big Girl (Candy Dulfer album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Big Girl

| type = studio

| artist = Candy Dulfer

| cover = Candy_Dulfer_Big_Girl_cover.jpg

| released = {{Start date|1996|2}}

| recorded =

| studio = Bananas Studios, Cruise Control, Studio 150, The Powerstation, Zeezicht Studio

| genre = Jazz, smooth jazz, easy listening

| length = 68:40

| label = RCA

| producer = Thomas Bank, Ulco Bed, Candy Dulfer

| prev_title = Sax-a-Go-Go

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = For the Love of You

| next_year = 1997

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Big Girl |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-girl-mw0000742297 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=6 March 2019}}

}}

Big Girl is the third album by Dutch alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer. Before its release, she had been working mainly with Ulco Bed. But she was impressed by keyboard player Thomas Bank. This album marks the transition between the two producers and has a funkier style that tries to incorporate rap and hip hop into contemporary jazz. The album includes a collaboration with Trijntje Oosterhuis on "Funkyness" before Oosterhuis became widely known as a singer. The album is mainly instrumental.

According to her official biography, the title of the album was an inside joke, referring to her father Hans Dulfer's album Big Boy and indicating that she had grown up and was in charge of her career.[http://candydulfer.nl/bio.htm Official biography of Candy Dulfer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929102808/http://candydulfer.nl/bio.htm |date=2006-09-29 }} (Accessed: Aug 8, 2006) The album peaked at No. 28 on the Dutch album chart.