Curacao North Sea Jazz 2014

CURAÇAO NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2014

29 & 30 AUGUST 2014

Dear music lovers, visitors, and friends,

This year, we celebrate the fifth edition of Curaçao North Sea Jazz!

The concept and idea to initiate this unique festival was to promote and put the isle of Curaçao, in all its cultural diversity, in front of a world audience. Looking back after five years, we have accomplished this in a very nice way.

Offering the best in pop, soul, R&B, jazz, and everything in between, Curaçao North Sea Jazz has become a true happening that continues to attract a great amount of visitors to Curaçao each year. According to visitors’ satisfaction surveys conducted by The Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Florida in previous years, this event has scored extremely high in various areas of visitors’ satisfaction.

No wonder Curaçao North Sea Jazz has grown into the biggest festival of its kind in the entire Caribbean region and the many surrounding Latin-American countries. A success Curaçao can be proud of!

We have been able to achieve the above only thanks to you and your continued support. We truly hope you will also enjoy this year’s event.

Fundashon Bon Intenshon & Mojo Concerts 2

WELCOME TO CURAÇAO NORTH SEA JAZZ!

TABLE OF CONTENTS BOZ SCAGGS BRUNO MARS CHAKA KHAN DIANNE REEVES DR. JOHN & THE NITE TRIPPERS HENRY BUTLER, STEVEN BERNSTEIN & THE HOT 9 JANELLE MONÁE JOSS STONE

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JOSÉ JAMES TRIBUTE TO DOBLE-R

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FESTIVAL INFORMATION Curaรงao North Sea Jazz takes place at the site of the World Trade Center Piscadera Bay near Willemstad. The festival is organised by Fundashon Bon Intenshon and Mojo Concerts.

Tickets are $ 195.00 or ANG 354.90 per day including tax and are available at the following ticket outlets: Mensing Caminada Mobile Planet Tik-Tak (credit card and Maestro only) 24 Uur uit de Muur (credit card, Maestro and cash) Phone: (599-9) 522-JAZZ Web: www.ticketmaster.com Payment in installments is possible via (599-9) 522-JAZZ, with an additional cost of ANG 15.00.

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BOZ SCAGGS

SATURDAY CELIA STAGE

William Royce “Boz” Scaggs made his name as a guitarist and sometimes lead singer of the Steve Miller Band in the 1960s.

In the following decade he scored several Top 20 hit singles in the United States as a solo artist, including the well-known hits Lowdown, What Can I Say, and Lido Shuffle from the critically acclaimed album Silk Degrees, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Scaggs continues to write, record music, and tour; his latest album Memphis dates from 2013. It was recorded in that same city and contains covers of some of his favourite compositions from other artists. Last year he also did a tour with Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald called ‘Dukes of September Rhythm Revue’.

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BRUNO MARS

SATURDAY SAM COOKE STAGE His performance during the Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year proved yet again that Bruno Mars is an artist to be reckoned with. Born Peter Gene Hernandez and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a musical family, Mars started performing in his family’s band The Love Notes at age four and became known as a young Elvis impersonator. His international breakthrough came in 2010 with hitsingle Just The Way You Are and his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, both reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as did his second album Unorthodox Jukebox. Within three years, Mars sold over 10 million albums and 58 singles worldwide. He is known for his eclectic stage presence, which incorporates throwback styles from the ’70s & ’80s, vocally, musically, and choreographically.

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CHAKA KHAN

SATURDAY SIR DUKE STAGE Singer-songwriter Chaka Khan’s career has so far spanned four decades in which she won ten Grammys and sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide. Born Yvette Marie Stevens, she attributes her love of music to her grandmother, who introduced her to jazz music as a child. Having formed her first group, The Crystalettes, at age eleven, she first became known in the ’70s as the frontwoman of funk band Rufus, before becoming a solo star. Her debut album Chaka was released in 1978 and featured the smash hit I’m Every Woman, later followed by other hit singles such as I Feel For You and Ain’t Nobody (with Rufus). She was part of numerous collaborations throughout the years and in the ’90s toured with Prince as a co-headlining act.

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DIANNE REEVES

FRIDAY CELIA STAGE

Dianne Reeves has been considered one of the best female jazz singers in the world since the late ’80s; a worthy ‘successor’ to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae. She grew up around music: her father was a singer and her mother a trumpeter. As a child, Reeves started playing piano and eventually developed into a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer.

She also explored areas outside of jazz, working with Sergio Mendes and touring with Harry Belafonte. Her latest album Beautiful Life was released earlier this year. Produced by Terri Lynne Carrington, the album features an all-star cast of, among others, Esperanza Spalding, Sheila E., and Robert Glasper.

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DR. JOHN & THE NITE TRIPPERS SATURDAY CELIA STAGE

Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack, Jr., better known as Dr. John, started out as a session musician in the late ’50s when he was a teenager. He gained a cult following in the late ’60s and became wider known in the early ’70s, with his wildly theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows, Mardi Gras costumes, and voodoo ceremonies. A skilled boogie and blues pianist with a growly voice, his repertoire ranges from his own brand of “voodoo” music for which he fused New Orleans R&B, rock, and Mardi Gras craziness to traditional blues and R&B. Nowadays, his musical career extends well over five decades in which he released over twenty albums and won six Grammy Awards.

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HENRY BUTLER, STEVEN BERNSTEIN & THE HOT 9 SATURDAY CELIA STAGE From the moment that New Orleans legend Henry Butler took up residence in Brooklyn, it seemed only a matter of time before this gifted singer and pianist from the Mississippi Delta would look to collaborate with New York trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein. Butler, who is blind, is now 64 years old and has been one of the major stewards of the musical tradition of New Orleans, the city of his birth. His compositions are unreservedly modern, his palette is varied – ranging from jazz to Caribbean and blues, and from funk to pop and R&B. Add Bernstein’s Hot 9 band to the mix and the result is steamy music with the brass section taking the lead on top of driving rhythms in a repertoire rich in classic New Orleans numbers. Their album, Viper’s Drag, will be released this summer.

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JANELLE MONÁE

SATURDAY SIR DUKE STAGE Singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe was born in Kansas in 1985, but later moved to Atlanta where she met rapper Big Boi of Outkast. This marked the start of her career. In 2010, her debut album The ArchAndroid was released on Sean Combs’s label Bad Boy Entertainment. Monáe creates highly danceable, funky tunes that are inspired by several sources, ranging from jazz to soul, and from hip hop to world music. Besides being a talented vocalist with both brains and balls, it turns out she is a born performer. Monáe also is a strong-willed young woman, who ignores all dress codes for young female artists. No sexy outfits or long, shiny hair for Monáe. She prefers to appear on stage wearing a tuxedo, flat shoes, and her Little Richard hairdo.

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JOSS STONE

FRIDAY SIR DUKE STAGE In 2003, British soul singer Joss Stone stunned the music world with her much-talked-about debut album of covers, The Soul Sessions. The fact that she was just fifteen when she recorded it seemed incredible: Stone’s voice sounded nothing like a teenager’s but rather is reminiscent of a seasoned singer who has spent years in smoky nightclubs. Her second album, the similarly multi-platinum Mind Body & Soul, topped the UK Albums Chart and spawned the top ten hit You Had Me, Stone’s most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. In 2011, she was part of all-star band SuperHeavy with the likes of Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart; a year later she released The Soul Sessions Vol. 2, her sixth and latest album.

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NILE RODGERS & CHIC SMOKEY ROBINSON

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JUAN LUIS GUERRA

SATURDAY SAM COOKE STAGE

Singer, songwriter and producer Juan Luis Guerra hails from the Dominican Republic, where he is considered a poet and a musician of the people. He is also one of the most recognized Latin artists of the last decades. To date, Guerra has sold over thirty million albums and won numerous awards including fifteen Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. He does not limit himself to one style of music, but incorporates different rhythms like merengue, bolero-bachata, balada, salsa, rock ‘n roll, and even gospel. His nickname at school was el niño de las veladas (‘evening party boy’). He certainly lived up to it when he made his debut at Curaçao North Sea Jazz in 2011 and turned Sam Cooke stage into one huge Latin party.

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MACEO PARKER

FRIDAY SIR DUKE STAGE

“Maceo, blow your horn!” This message alone will suffice to get every auditorium filled to bursting, but for those who don’t know: sax player Maceo Parker was James Brown’s regular sideman. These days, it’s Prince who regularly calls him to the stage that way. Since the ’90s, Parker has been a solo artist, made eleven albums and has blown the roof off at the original North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands many times. 2012 saw the release of a new Parker album, entitled Soul Classics.

On his own albums he immerses his sax in soul, funk, and R&B. In doing so he not only likes to take things from the past, but also to add new songs to an old tradition. Parker always lets others share in the party on stage.

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MANÁ

FRIDAY SAM COOKE STAGE Mexican rockband Maná’s roots go way back, to 1975, when an earlier formation was playing under the name Sombrero Verde. As Maná, they had their first hit in 1991 with Rayando El Sol, from their second album Falta Amor. The band toured extensively and found even bigger success with their third album, 1994’s Donde Jugaran Los Niños?, which turned them into Latin rockstars. From 1997 onwards, their fame spread into the US and the rest of the world, partly due to an MTV Unplugged session and a collaboration with Carlos Santana on his album Supernatural. Meanwhile, the band has put four Grammys, seven Latin Grammys, and five MTV Awards Latin America to their name, among others, and sold over 25 million records so far.

They released their latest, En Toda Libertad, in 2013.

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NILE RODGERS & CHIC FRIDAY SAM COOKE STAGE

The mark that American guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers has made on the music of the past decades is invaluable. He has worked with major artists like Madonna, Duran Duran, and Diana Ross and only last year his characteristic guitar sound made Get Lucky by French dance act Daft Punk the greatest hit of 2013. The single even won three Grammy Awards, and since its success Nile Rodgers’ disco group, CHIC, is in the spotlight again. Hits like Le Freak and Good Times characterize the sound of the seventies; the era of disco. From the original lineup, Tony Thompson and Bernard Edwards have passed away. But Rodgers carries on, fed by the enthusiasm of fans all over the world: since 2003, he has been travelling the globe performing historic songs during his joyful and exuberant shows.

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ROD STEWART

FRIDAY SAM COOKE STAGE

In a career spanning more than five decades, Rod Stewart has amassed sales of more than 150 million albums worldwide, has had countless chart-topping hits, and received many industry accolades including 18 Grammy nominations and two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was bestowed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen of England in 2007 and became a New York Times bestselling author in 2012 with the release of his highly-anticipated autobiography. In 2013, Stewart released Time, his first rock album in a dozen years. During his high-energy shows, Stewart treats his fans to iconic rock and R&B hits such as Maggie May, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, Hot Legs, I Don’t Want To Talk About It and many, many more.

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SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 FRIDAY SIR DUKE STAGE

Being the son of the world famous Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti was raised with Afrobeat. As a nine-year-old boy he wanted to sing and told his father; shortly after, he served as a mascot and would perform a few songs with Egypt 80 as a warm-up act.

The hypnotizing mix of jazz, funk, and African rhythms came naturally, as did the political impact of the music. After Fela died in 1997, Seun, though only 14 years of age then, became the lead singer of Egypt 80. While in school, he had to choose between a career in music and one in African Football, for which he also has an outstanding talent. He released his debut album Many Things in 2008, his latest album, A Long Way To The Beginning, was released earlier this year.

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SIERRA MAESTRA

SATURDAY SIR DUKE STAGE

Sierra Maestra are Cuba’s great survivors. They started out back in the mid-1970s, then a group of engineering students at Havana University who decided to form a band reviving Cuba’s classic son styles. Since then they have just kept going, mixing old material with new songs in the son tradition, with a dash of up-tempo big band guaracha or Afro-Cuban jazz thrown in. There have been changes in personnel over the years but five of the other original musicians are still in place, including percussionist Luis Barzaga, now one of the three lead singers.

The band still uses the classic son line-up of tres, trumpet, bass, and percussion, and the songs are as varied as ever.

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SMOKEY ROBINSON

FRIDAY CELIA STAGE

Smokey Robinson, along with founder Berry Gordy, is known as the main representative of Motown. His career spans no less than seven decades, both as a solo artist and as a member of The Miracles, and totals more than seventy hits in the Billboard Hot 100. With The Miracles, which he was a member of from 1955 until 1972, Robinson scored two US number 1 hits: The Tears Of A Clown and Love Machine, Part 1; The Tracks Of My Tears is another big audience favorite. Robinson also wrote numerous hits for other artists, such as My Girl, which became one of the most-covered songs in the last 50 years. September will see the release of Smokey & Friends, a duets album featuring new versions of Robinson’s signature songs for which he collaborated with the likes of Elton John and James Taylor, among others.

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CONCERTS PRIOR TO THE FESTIVAL

JOSÉ JAMES

WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST BRAKKEPUT MEI MEI American singer José James broke through in 2008 with his album The Dreamer. He is sometimes called “a jazz singer for the hip hop generation” and creates his own unique style by combining jazz, soul, drum ’n bass, and spoken word. He lists John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, and Billie Holiday as his influences.

In 2010, he released his second album, Blackmagic, and also worked together with Belgian pianist Jeff Neve on an album with standards, For All We Know, which was recorded in just one day.

James has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam several times and toured as a headliner through the US, Europe, and Asia. 2013 saw the release of his latest album No Beginning, No End, his first on renowned record label Blue Note.

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TRIBUTE TO DOBLE-R

THURSDAY 28 AUGUST SAM COOKE STAGE, FESTIVAL SITE Doble-R, real name Rignald Recordino, is one of Curaçao’s most prominent composers and musicians. He has been recording and releasing records for over forty years, resulting in hit singles such as E Mundu Ta Lora, Tula Warda, Salomon, and Un Pueblo Mansu.

In the Netherlands he achieved great success with his well-known song Zullen We Maar Weer (Een Potje Dansen).

To honour this Antillean superstar, the Metropole Orkest will be performing his songs with a selection of artists stemming from both the Netherlands and the island itself, among which Izaline Calister, Giovanca, Ompie Stefania, Randal Corsen, and Shirma Rouse. Entrance to this concert is free of charge and a gift from the organisation to the residents of Curaçao. Tickets were handed out on King’s Day, April 30.

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