is an initiative of the Keep an Eye Foundation: a prize that allows three promising jazz bands to record their own music. They each receive a fully financed album production worth € 10,000.
During The Records in Concert, the winners of 2022 will present their brand new album. In addition, the three winners of 2023 will be announced. They are selected by an independent jury from a total of 95 entries from various Dutch Conservatories. They then have another year to realize their album.
In addition, since three years The Records in Concert has been expanded with The Records on Tour! Through this new collaboration between Keep an Eye and the VNJJ (Vereniging van Nederlandse Jazzpodia en Jazzfestivals), the winners who release their album this year will be invited to play at various renowned jazz venues.
The three bands will each receive an amount of € 10.000 to spend on the production of an album and the associated costs. This includes renting the studio, photos for the cover and the actual printing of the product. The winners also receive coaching regarding the planning of the project and the promotion of the album.
Nefertiti ■ Önder ■ Ambergris Federico Calcagno Octet ■ Ronny deCarlo ■ Spear/Sparrows ■ Introspections Koen Boeijinga’s MOA ■ Martí Mitjavila Trio ■ Tumult
Nefertiti is a jazz quartet formed in 2012. Despite its traditional instrumentation (sax, piano, double bass and drums) the group explores new possibilities to take this music to new places. The colours vary from sweet singable melodies to contemporary texture. The improvisations can be led by any member, not having any predetermined agreements, giving the freedom to the music to go wherever it needs to at that moment.
Pedro Ivo Ferreira (double Bass) ■ Camille Maussion (saxophones) ■ Delphine Deau (piano) Pierre Demange (drums)Jort Terwijn (double bass/guitara portuguesa/synthesizer) ■ Federico Calcagno (bass clarinet) Hristo Goleminov (bass clarinet) ■ Alessandro Mazzieri (bass guitar) ■ Nick Thessalonikefs (drums)
A fresh and rare installation of bass instruments in the context of acousticelectronic instrumental music.
The band creates a new frame of reference where conventions of how to approach, perceive and understand the bass are turned upside down.
Önder’s vol.2 is a retrospective look at the past two years. With songs about (lost) lovers, buleria rhythms, floods, brain hurricanes, failing politicians and ballet. This makes for a reflection of the times and shines a hopeful light on the future.
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Ambergris is a metaphor for the product of the creative process of an artist, who, in the band members’ vision, is someone who has the ability to draw from a stockpile of experiences and emotions, messily accumulated throughout life, and to create preciousness and beauty from them. The compositions performed by the band are a result of that process, they themselves are ambergris, a chaotic mass of stories in constant mutation, digested and reshaped into music.
Nicoló Ricci (tenorsax) ■ Alessandro Fongaro (contrabas) ■ Sun Mi Hong (drums) Emanuele Pellegrini (piano en synths)Programmer, singer. Studied Light Music as a vocalist at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Constantijn Huygens in Zwolle (now known as ArtEZ Conservatory). Has been working for Stichting Jazz in Groningen since 2005.
Programmer. Has been working at TivoliVredenburg since it’s start, active as a programmer since 2019. Responsible for the jazz program and a part of the program team of the annual Transition festival, organized in collaboration with North Sea Jazz.
Bass player. Worked with numerous great artists from both the Netherlands and the international music scene in a wide variety of styles such as Jazz, Funk, Soul, Pop, Rock and Hip Hop. Tours and records with a.o. Anouk, Matt Simons, Frank McComb, Philip Lassiter and Sven Hammond.
Trumpeter, composer. Has attracted the attention of many jazz enthusiasts in a short time with her soulful and energetic playing. Plays with a.o. the Beets Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra, the Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Zack Lober’s No Fill3r, and has her own sextet and ‘Zinder’ ensemble.
Clarinet player. After studying at the New England Conservatory under Jaki Byard, he ends up touring Europe. Settled in Amsterdam where he works with a.o. Misha Mengelberg, Guus Janssen and Han Bennink. Plays Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway and Fred Hersh and his bands -since the 1980s and 1990s- have been viewed to be among the best jazz has to offer at that time.
Andrew was only 17 when he started to stand out in Het (jongeren) Lagerhuis (a VARA tv production) as a cheerful, eloquent boy who was able to convey his perspectives in a nuanced way. Since then he has developed into a versatile presenter and interviewer and has been working for (public) radio and television for 20 years. With two programs on NPO Radio Soul & Jazz and as permanent host of the North Sea Jazz Festival, music plays a leading role in his work!
These seven finalists were chosen out of 95 applications from eight different Dutch Conservatories! The jury consisted of pianist Aaron Parks, saxophonist Tineke Postma and programmer Perry Lehman
Federico Calcagno (clarinet, bass clarinet, compositions) ■ José Soares (alto saxophone) Nabou Claerhout (trombone) ■ Adrian Moncada (piano) ■ Aleksander Sever (vibraphone)
Pau Sola Masafrets (cello) ■ Pedro Ivo Ferreira (double bass) ■ Nick Thessalonikefs (drums). Clarinetist/composer Federico Calcagno - defined as “The new bishop of the best Italian and European Jazz” [All About Jazz IT] - presents a special octet formed by international young music pioneers from Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Slovenia and Brasil. This contemporary/avant-garde jazz group will immerse you in a very original and unique sound universe.
Ilia Rayskin (drums, compositions) ■ Hristo Goleminov (tenor saxophone) ■ Aviv Noam (alto saxophone) Máté Lachegyi (piano & synth) ■ Aleksander Sever (vibraphone) ■ Tijs Klaassen (bass)
Introspections is an Amsterdam based sextet formed by drummer Ilia Rayskin, playing impressionistic compositions. Jazz/avant garde with harmonies from contemporary classical music and rhythms from hip hop and traditional music.
Koen Boeijinga (saxophones, wind instruments) ■ Elsa van der Linden (tenor saxophone)
Lucas Kloosterboer (trombone) ■ Max Boeijinga (electric guitar) ■ Pau Sola Masafrets (cello)
Nora Mulder (piano) ■ Esat Ekincioglu (double bass) ■ Mees Siderius (drums, percussion)
Saxophonist and composer Koen Boeijinga presents MOA: an eight-person tribe with a shared love for innovation and freedom. An eclectic and compelling performance through strong emotions brought to life by a full force of musicians, instruments and sounds.
The Martí Mitjavila Trio explores lesser-known material from the American Songbook and own compositions by Martí. Celebrating the jazz tradition but looking into the future, this unusual chord-less clarinet trio wants to bring a new sound to old songs and explore new ideas with their original compositions.
Ronny deCarlo is the project of Colombian/Dutch
Roenik Roa Espinosa. His idiosyncratic instrumental compositions are a lush patchwork of Fusion, Gospel and Latin, with influences from film and video game music and a lead role for guitar. In Ronny’s sound world, boundaries of genres are broken down and tight arrangements and catchy grooves exist alongside interactive moments and cinematic melodies.
Going from furious riffs to sinuous and impressionistic melodies, Spears/Sparrows unfolds like an organic machinery, where genres collide and scatter. Developing soundscapes that oscillate between luxuriant phases and arid territories, where the notes strike, slam and sometimes caress, this dazzling power trio develops an utterly personal approach. The musicians blur the lines between composition and improvisation, risking a balancing act through structures and sound.
Tumult aims to bring a new sound to the Amsterdam scene; a sound fueled by the vast sonic landscapes of post-rock, the propelling grooves of electronic music and the freedom in performance of jazz. Our first record will follow in these footsteps: blending live-playing with different production techniques, allowing the music to take it’s own unique shape and further defining Tumult’s sound.
Martí Mitjavila Casals (clarinet, bass clarinet) ■ Simon Esquivel Osuna (double bass) ■ David Puime Perez (drums)
Roenik Roa Espinosa (guitar) ■ Micah Graves (keys) ■ Misha Voeykov (bass) ■ Max Sergeant (drums)
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Fabien Vuattoux (electric guitar, vocals, compositions) ■ Matteo Mazzù (electric bass) ■ Ilia Rayskin (drums)
Hristo Goleminov (tenor saxophone) ■ Massimo Imperatore (electric guitar) ■ Fabien Vuattoux (electric guitar) Matteo Mazzù (bass, composition) ■ Ilia Rayskin (drums)
The Keep an Eye Foundation is always ‘on the lookout’ for aspiring young talent, such as musicians, artists, photographers, designers, filmmakers, and performing and circus artists.
By providing grants, together with the chance of winning prizes, and by co-organising a number of shows and festivals, we enable the aspiring young talent not just to develop their skills, creating new opportunities, but also to achieve their creative goals. The Keep an Eye Foundation additionally focuses on collaborations between different creative disciplines. This way we encourage students to view their work from a new perspective.
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