WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE 2019 | GUIDE

AMERSFOORT

WORLD JAZZ

CONFERENCE 2019 GUIDE

INDEX

3 ‘Welcome!‘

• Cees Schrama

4 - 5 ‘The next step in talent development’

• Michel Peek 6 - 8

World Jazz Conference participants program

9

10 - 20

Sena Performers International Jazz Laureate Festival

21

Laureate concerts at Amersfoort Jazz festival

22 - 33

Amersfoort Jazz festival

34 - 35

Focus on World Jazz from Israel

36

‘An Israeli take on Jazz’ • Barry Davis (Jerusalem Post)

40 - 43

World Jazz Conference participants

44

Vacat page

45

46 - 47

Practical info | Colofon

Sena Performers International Jazz Laureates

Amersfoort City Map

WELCOME!

It is the third edition of this unique ‘triangle event’ and together, we have worked with great commitment to realize the event in accordance with our original aim and intention. That is: to help build an eco-system of strong jazz professionals from all over the globe, who share visions and enhance collaboration on an international level. The conference hosts key-note speeches, multi-lateral meetings, round table discussions, network drinks and -of course- concerts by the Sena Performers International Jazz Laureates.

We encourage all participants to attend other great concerts at the 41th edition of the Amersfoort Jazz festival. The lineup contains some of the finest current World Jazz acts from The Netherlands and abroad, young and old, big and small. In this booklet there is more information on the festival and the artists.

Enjoy!

Cees Schrama Chairman Foundation JazzNL

photo: Sjoerd Mouissie

The purpose of this event is to foster international careers by creating an environment for talented finalists from music competitions worldwide. Besides performing live in front of festival directors from around the globe as well as a jazz minded audience, these laureates establish global connections and start meaningful collaborations through the exchange of talents and networking behind the scenes.

photo: Hans Speekenbrink

On behalf of the JazzNL team I’d hereby like to welcome you in the beautiful city of Amersfoort. We are very pleased you decided to come over and visit the World Jazz Conference and the Sena Performers International Jazz Laureate Festival, hosted by Foundation JazzNL parallelly to the 41th edition of the festival Rabobank Amersfoort Jazz (May 23-26).

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THE NEXT STEP IN TALENT DEVELOPMENT Parallelly to the Amersfoort Jazz festival 2019, the World Jazz Conference takes place. This 2019 edition will be the fifth edition, taking place from May 24th to May 26th in the conference center De Observant in Amersfoort. Initially, the World Jazz Conference was set up as a get-together for international jazz professionals in the sideline of the Amersfoort Jazz festival, but it has now grown to a fixed item in the agenda of international professionals acting in the field of jazz and world music. This is evidenced by the fact that most of them return annually and new professionals continue to join.

Parallelly to the Amersfoort Jazz festival 2019, the World Jazz Conference takes place. This 2019 edition will be the fifth edition, taking place from May 24th to May 26th in the conference center De Observant in Amersfoort. Initially, the World Jazz Conference was set up as a get-together for international jazz professionals in the sideline of the Amersfoort Jazz festival, but it has now grown to a fixed item in the agenda of international professionals acting in the field of jazz and world music. This is evidenced by the fact that most of them return annually and new professionals continue to join.

The explanation for its success is simple: things get done in Amersfoort. This is mainly due to the participants, who show a great eagerness to work and clearly want to achieve results. They want to collaborate and develop new initiatives, help the creative sector and continue to show the dynamics of the genre.

After all, if you win an important prize as a musician in your home country, this is usually already the ‘end’ of success, in the sense that there’s no system to connect these national laureates with an international audience of decision-makers. Hence, in 2016 the conference participants shared the idea that an international palette of laureate talent would be desirable.

The idea was immediately supported by the conference visitors and the Dutch neighbouring rights society Sena Performers promptly adopted the concept. This allowed the International Jazz Laureate Festival to grow into a strong showcase program that helps ambitious musicians and bands to take the next step into an international career.

The 2019 edition

Achieving proper results is of great importance to the conference participants. One of the most striking results of the past few years is the Sena Performers International Jazz Laureate Festival.

Over the years the conference participants have streamlined the Laureate Festival by installing a program committee and introducing the partnership program. Artists are only eligible to perform and subject to selection by the program committee if they are endorsed by a festival from their home country and, of course, if they have participated or won a relevant competition recently.

In 2016, the conference delegates concluded that it was often difficult for award-winning artists and musicians to take the next step: an international career.

Representatives from festivals who were participating at the conference were offered the option to enter into a partnership with the JazzNL Foundation, which would

Birth of the Int. Jazz Laureate Festival

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result in having a guaranteed slot at the Laureate Festival for the artist they are endorsing. In return the festival promises to invite an artist or band to their own festival, which they’ve seen performing in Amersfoort. The partnership program received a high amount of interest and as a result almost all performances at the Laureate Festival 2019 issued from a partnership program, which – per definition of the partnership program – will result in a large amount of invitations to play at other festivals for artists that are performing in Amersfoort during this year’s festival weekend.

The Next Step in Talent Development The board of the JazzNL Foundation and its sponsors and partners are extremely proud to see the World Jazz Conference grow into a platform which contributes to the development of talent. Every year the conference participants manage to come up with more ideas and initiatives which are adopted by the group, a group which shares a vision: the vision that festivals play a crucial role in the international development of talent and that collaborating is one of the most important aspects in achieving results.

World Jazz Conference theme We’ve created this great showcase of highly potential international talents and set up fruitful partnerships, but what’s the next step? What can we do more? How can we provide opportunities for artists on an international scale? How should we collaborate as festivals in order to contribute to the careers of talented musicians? This will be the topic of this year’s conference.

Like every year we have exciting round table talks and work group discussions during which we hope to ignite new initiatives and stimulate bilateral collaborations.

All in favour of the commonly shared goal of the network: helping talent to break

through internationally. To give you an example, one of the planned sessions during the conference will consist of festivals within the EU investigating the possibilities of issuing a joined application for subsidy from the European Union under the name: Laureates on Tour.

What can I do to contribute?

Therefore, the central question directed at the conference participants of this year is basically: “What can you and your organization do in your home country to facilitate international growth of talent?

What would you need from other participants in achieving this common goal? Can you stimulate your own national network of relevant players to join you in facilitating initiatives?”

These are difficult questions which are not easily answered, but as we’ve seen over the relatively short 5 year history of the World Jazz Conference: things get done in Amersfoort, and although steps are small and taken cautiously, we’re definitely moving forward, visible in the fact that the conference participants have already had a positive effect on the international chances of jazz musicians.

It is satifying to see that the World Jazz Conference, Amersfoort Jazz and the Laureate Festival has an effect on the conference participants and stirs their interest and ambition. We are convinced that the 2019 edition will add a new chapter to this book written by the frontrunners of the international world jazz scene.

We hope you’ll have a great conference and enjoy an exciting festival, and we greatly look forward to your input in the sessions.

Michel Peek, World Jazz Conference director

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WORLD JAZZ

CONFERENCE 2019 DAY 1 WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE

FRIDAY • MAY 24

TIME WHAT

LOCATION

16:00 17:00

EU Festival Meeting (invitation only) Roundtable discussion

De Observant Room: Mathilde

17:30 18:00

Welcome drinks for international delegates Hosted by SENA Performers

De Observant Room: Schutter

18:00 19:45

Dinner for international delegates Hosted by SENA Performers

De Observant Room: Schutter

19.50 >

Guided walk to De Lieve Vrouw

SENA PERFORMERS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATE FESTIVAL (SPIJLF) SPIJLF: Alex Hirlian’s Arcing Wires (AUS) Endorsed by: Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues (AUS)

De Lieve Vrouw

21.45 – 22.45

SPIJLF: Wanda Baloyi (SAF) Endorsed by: Joy of Jazz Festival (SAF)

De Lieve Vrouw

23.15 – 00.15

SPIJLF: SaXPackGirl (THA) Endorsed by: Hua Hin Jazz (THA)

De Lieve Vrouw

photo: Sjoerd Mouissie

20.15 – 21.15

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WORLD JAZZ

CONFERENCE 2019 DAY 2 WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE

SATURDAY • MAY 25

TIME WHAT

LOCATION

08.30 – 11.00

Breakfast

De Observant Room: Galerij

11:00 13:00

World Jazz Conference Work group discussion Theme: “The Next Step in Talent Development” • More information on page 4 - 5 of this booklet

De Observant Room: Leicester

13.15 – 14.00

Panel Presentation “Collaborating with the Israeli jazz scene”.

Speakers: Dubi Lenz (ISR), Barry Davis (ISR), Yoav Eshed (ISR) • More information on page 36 - 39 of this booklet

De Observant Room: Mathilde

14.15 – 15.15

Speed dates (invitation only)

De Observant Room: Galerij

17.30 – 19.45

Drinks & dinner Hosted by: Foundation JazzNL

De Observant Room: Schutter

19.50 >

Guided walk to Sint Aegtenkapel

SENA PERFORMERS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATE FESTIVAL (SPIJLF) 20.00 – 21.00

SPIJLF: Arthur Endo (BRA) Endorsed by: Assad Festival (BRA

21:05 >

Guided walk to Observant

21.15 – 22.15

SPIJLF: Dmitry Iludgin Trio (RUS) Endorsed by: Usadba Jazz Festival (RUS)

De Observant Room: Schutter

22.15 – 23.15

SPIJLF: Sun-Mi Hong Quartet (KOR/NLD) Endorsed by: Amersfoort Jazz (NLD)

De Observant Room: Café

23.15 – 00.15

SPIJLF: Ákos Fekecs Quartet (HUN) Endorsed by: Babel Sound Fesztivál (HUN)

De Observant Room: Schutter

23.15 – ??.??

Jam Sessions

De Observant Room: Café

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Sint Aegtenkapel

WORLD JAZZ

CONFERENCE 2019 DAY 3 WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE

SUNDAY • MAY 26

TIME WHAT

LOCATION

08.30 – 11.00

De Observant Room: Galerij

Breakfast

SENA PERFORMERS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATE FESTIVAL (SPIJLF) 12.00 – 13.00

SPIJLF: Jason Eduwaiti (SUR) meets DelMontis (NLD) Endorsed by: Suriname Jazz (SUR)

De Lieve Vrouw

19:45 20:00

SPIJLF: JazzyBIT (ROU) Endorsed by: Brasov Jazz & Blues Festival (ROU)

De Lieve Vrouw

20:15 00:15

SPIJLF: Cazzip Project (TUR) Endorsed by: Yeldegirmeni Caz Bahari (TUR)

De Lieve Vrouw

20.15 – 21.15

SPIJLF: Claire Parsons & Eran Har Even (LUX/ISR) Endorsed by: Luxembourg Jazz Meeting (LUX)

De Lieve Vrouw

DE OBSERVANT

De Observant is a fully restored monastery, originally dating from the 15th century. Its name derives from the monastic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (also known as Trappists), that settled in Amersfoort, a cultural city with medieval roots and a strong relation to clerical civilization. Over the last years De Observant has evolved into a full fledged modern cultural info centre, a place for meetings and events, with conference rooms, a courtyard and a grand café, suitable for sessions and concerts. De Observant is the hub for press and artists during the festival, including the conference and the Sena Performers International Jazz Laureate Festival.

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INTERNATIONAL

JAZZ LAUREATE FESTIVAL FRIDAY, MAY 24 DE LIEVE VROUW ALEX HIRLIAN’S ARCING WIRES (AUS) ENDORSED BY WANGARATTA FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA

WANDA BALOYI (SAF) ENDORSED BY JOY OF JAZZ FESTIVAL, SOUTH AFRICA

SAXPACKGIRL (THA) . ENDORSED BY HUAHIN JAZZ FESTIVAL, THAILAND

SATURDAY, MAY 25 SINT AEGTENKAPEL ARTHUR ENDO (BRA) ENDORSED BY ASSAD FESTIVAL, BRAZILAZIL

DE OBSERVANT DMITRY ILUGDIN TRIO (RUS) ENDORSED BY USADBA JAZZ FESTIVAL, RUSSIA

SUN-MI HONG (KOR/NLD) ENDORSED BY AMERSFOORT JAZZ, THE NETHERLANDS

ÁKOS FEKECS PROJECT (HUN) ENDORSED BY BABEL SOUND FESZTIVÁL, HUNGARY HUNGARY

SUNDAY, MAY 26 DE LIEVE VROUW JASON EDUWAITI (SUR) ENDORSED BY SURINAME JAZZ FESTIVAL, SURINAME

JAZZYBIT (ROU) ENDORSED BY BRAȘOV JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL, ROMANIA

CAZZIP PROJECT (TUR) ENDORSED BY YELDEGIRMENI SPRING JAZZ FESTIVAL, TURKEY

CLAIRE PARSONS & ERAN HAR EVEN DUO (LUX/ISR)LUX/ISR) ENDORSED BY LUXEMBOURG JAZZ MEETING, LUXEMBOURG

Photo: Ho-Sung Joo WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE 2019 GUIDE• page 9

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

ALEX HIRLIAN

Performance Name: Alex Hirlian Date: Friday, May 24, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 20:15 - 21:15 Website www.facebook.com/Alex.Hirlian About Hirlian is a versatile drummer having studied across contemporary and classical strands, and performed with many of Australia’s most renown musicians such as James Muller, Sean Wayland and Mike Nock. He currently performs in a variety of groups around Sydney pushing the boundaries of modern jazz with his inventive rhythmic approach and ability to combine a fluid mix of styles. Alex represents the forefront of young modern jazz from Australia.

Alex was the youngest participant (and winner) of the prestigious National Jazz Awards competition in Wangaratta, Victoria 2018. His band Arcing Wires is a modern jazzrock group formed by five high energy players and much requested sidemen from Sydney. They play their own compositions influenced by Kneebody, Avishai Cohen and Donny McCaslin. Guitarist Felix Lalanne received “Equal 2nd” during the Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition. The first album of this promising group will be released in August this year at Bali’s Ubud Village Jazz Festival.

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Photo: Alex Hirlian PR

Quote Out of the 46 entrants, there were 10 finalists, with Hirlian’s winning performance demonstrating his skill across areas of technical control, musicianship, improvisational presence, and overall performance effectiveness.

Wangaratta Festival

Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues

(AUS) The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues is endorsing Alex Hirlian as Alex is the Winner of the 2018 National Jazz Awards. The awards have been a central feature of the festival since 1990, and are considered Australia’s most prestigious jazz competition.

Each year a different instrument is featured, in 2018 it was drums.

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

WANDA BALOYI

Performance Name: Wanda Baloyi Date: Friday, May 24, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 21:45 - 22:45 Website www.wandabaloyi.co.za About Wanda Baloyi started her musical journey as a member of the all girl group, Ghetto-Luv in the 1990s. She would later recreate herself as a solo vocalist. She released her first album produced by award winning jazz guitarist Jimmy Dludlu, ‘Voices’ in 2003. For this album she received a KORA Award for Best African Arrangement 2004, along with two SAMA nominations. These accolades opened up doors that saw her work with creatives such as Moreira Chonguiça and Thembi Seete, among many others. Wanda followed it up in 2005 with ‘So Amazing’. The release was followed by a three-year hiatus out of which the new album ‘Love & Life’. The album features a rich host of notable collaborations that help to tell Wanda’s beautiful tales. The album marked a new creative approach for Wanda. For the first time in her career, she has enlisted the talents of another creative to put pen to her entire lyric.

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Photo: Wanda Baloyi PR

Quote “We have invested to ensure that South African/Continental musicians collaborate with international counterparts and thereby build friendships, bridges and achieve cross-cultural exchanges. Wanda Baloyi is amongst many of the artists that we believe will represent our vision at the Amersfoort Jazz Festival.”

Festival

Standard Bank Joy of Jazz

(ZAF) The Joy of Jazz is South Africa’s oldest jazz festival. We have been entertaining Nations for twenty years uninterrupted.

The Joy of Jazz event takes place in Johannesburg, Africa’s greatest city, a bold and pulsating metropolis.

The people work hard and play hard and they immerse themselves in the finest music.

• joyofjazz.co.za

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

SAXPACKGIRL

Performance Name: SaXPackGirl Date: Friday, May 24, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 23:15 - 00:15 Website www.facebook.com/saxpackgirl About SaXPackGirl was established in 2015 by Kwang Nisthanun Thaicharoensri (alto) and Pang Pacharee Sa-guanprasert (tenor).

They have been doing covered songs on YouTube and their Facebook fan page named ‘SaXPackGirl’ which has more than a million viewers now. In 2016 Kwang & Pang released the mini album called ‘SaXPackGirl’ which is in the style of smooth and funky instrumental songs, followed by ‘SaXPackGirl: Dream a night like this’, produced by Koh Mr.Saxman.

SaSPackgirl played at many music events such as Bangkok Jazz Night 2015, Huahin International Jazz Festival 2017, Jody Jazz and P.Mauriat JAZZ Jam in Taipei, Taiwan 2018 and Shanghai Music Expo 2018.

Photo: SaXPackGirl PR

Quote “Kwang and Pang are the most prominent female saxophonists of Thailand!”

Festival

Huahin Jazz Festival

(THA) The Huahin Jazz Festival takes place every year in Hua Hin, Thailand, a beach community located about six hours south of Bangkok. It is known as the most developed Jazz Festival in the entire Thai kingdom and attracts nearly 15,000 spectators a year.

• huahininterjazz.com

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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

ARTHUR ENDO

Performance Name: Arthur Endo Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: SINT AEGTENKAPEL Time: 20:00 - 21:00 Website www.arthurendo.com About Arthur Endo is an award-winning Brazilian composer, arranger and guitarist who dedicates his life to Brazilian music and the classical guitar world. His work represents dissolution of aesthetic boundaries that merge to create a unique atmosphere, filled by the Brazilian rhythm and informality, but also with the expressiveness and virtuosity inherited from his classical music background.

Arthur Endo won the Imagine Brazil Competition 2017 and with the Campinas Guitar Ensemble the 11th International Guitar Competition of Uruguay. He recorded his first album “Brazilian Narratives” in 2019 produced by Ulisses Rocha, one of the most representative Brazilian acoustic guitarists.

At the age of 22, he has already toured in France, the Netherlands and the United States with his solo guitar shows and his plan for the future is to keep introducing relevant musical narratives to the world.

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Photo: Peter Putters

Quote “We met Arthur Endo in 2017, at the Assad Festival, in São João da Boa Vista, Brazil. At the occasion, he attended masterclasses and concerts held by the Festival.

Being aware of his work for quite a while now, the Assad Festival team can confidently say that Arthur expresses the classical music virtuosity, without letting the Brazilian rhythm and informality aside. He is definitely a musician of great value! It is both an honor and a joy for us to represent him!”

Festival

Assad Festival

(BRA) Annual festival since 2012, named after the famous Assad family, Brazil virtuoso guitarists with international careers, awards and welldeserved recognition.

• www.festivalassad.com.br

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

DMITRY ILUGDIN TRIO

Performance Name: Dmitry Ilugdin Trio Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: OBSERVANT (Schutter) Time: 21:15 - 22:15 Website http://ilugdin.ru About Led by the prominent Russian pianist and composer Dmitry Ilugdin, the trio belongs to the so-called Russian musical elite. It includes, besides Dmitry, the just as profound musicians Peter Ivshin (drums) and Victor Shestak (double bass).

Dmitry Ilugdin has rich cultural and educational background. Son of a well-known Russian filmmaker, he graduated from the prestigious Gnesin’s Russian Academy of Music, got awarded the ‘Triumph’ prize at music contest for youth, whereafter he worked for a decade in the band of the guru of Russian jazz and philosopher Aleksei Kozlov. Beyond touring and recording, Dmitry is much engaged in writing film scores, having created music for more than 10 pictures.

The debut album named ‘Nikitskiy Boulevard’ was released by ArtBeat Music and qualified as one of the best works of Russian jazz musicians recorded over recent years. The second album ‘Reflection’ entered Europe Jazz Media Chart in January 2018. In 2018 Dmitry Ilugdin Trio appeared with a showcase at Jazz Ahead (Bremen) and the Jazz Across Borders conference (Saint Petersburg), on which occasions the trio impressed the audiences with great verve.

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Photo: Ilugdin PR

Quote “Ilugdin Trio has become a real gem of the Russian jazz scene of the recent years. The vigor, unexpected improvisations and melodiousness are the features that make the trio so special. Their music takes you away into the world of dreams and cinematographic images. The deep but at the same time soft sound of the piano combined with virtuosity of the performance fascinates the audience. All the members are equally contributing to creating the unique world of their music, and you can feel their unity in it...”

Festival

Usadba Jazz Festival

(RUS) The biggest Russian open-air festival joining jazz, blues, soul, funk, fusion, world music and other directions of contemporary improvised music. In 2019 in Moscow.

• usadba-jazz.com

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

SUN-MI HONG QUINTET

Performance Name: Sun-Mi Hong Quintet Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: OBSERVANT (Stadscafé) Time: 22:15 - 23:15 Website sunmihong.com Biography Amsterdam based South-Korean drummer Sun-Mi Hong got her breakthrough in 2016, winning the International Jazz Award in Getxo (ESP) with the Daahoud Salim Quintet, followed by the B-Jazz Award in Leuven (BEL) the year after. Already during her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Martijn Vink, Marcel Serierse and Lucas van Merwijk, Sun’s extraordinary talent became evident and led her to tour intensely with Karel Boehlee, Benjamin Herman and Jasper Blom. She graduated from the master’s programme in jazz drums in 2017.

In 2017 she released her first album, containing compositions influenced by the ICP Orchestra, Ambrose Akinmusire and Maurice Ravel. The Sun-Mi Hong Quintet is the winner of the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2018. Subsequently, she was selected Young VIP 2019 and also the winner of the Sena Performers Gouden Slifje 2019, an award for the most promising young jazz drummer of the moment. Sun-Mi Hong currently plays with her quintet and with Sanne Rambags, at festivals like North Sea Jazz, Transition, Foot Prints and Amersfoort Jazz.

Line-up: Sun-Mi Hong (drums), Alistair Payne (trumpet), Nicolo Ricci (sax), Young-Woo Lee (piano) and Alessandro Fongaro (bass).

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Photo: Walter Goyen

Quote “Sun marks dramatic and emotional variation, from sensitivity and minimalism, to wildness and groove. With a signature of rooted groove in combination with well tempered outbursts, she has placed herself strongly in the Dutch jazz scene. By approaching the moment in a somewhat meditative fashion, she achieves the ability to bring something entirely original to the band stand.

Festival

Rabobank Amersfoort Jazz

Annual festival held in the historic inner city of Amersfoort, visited by about 80.000 people who enjoy four days of World Jazz, an eclectic variety of jazz and related genres and cultural traditions from all over the world.

• www.amersfoortjazz.nl

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

ÁKOS FEKECS PROJECT

Performance Name: Ákos Fekecs Project Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: OBSERVANT (Schutter) Time: 23:15 - 00:15 Website www.akosfekecs.com About The Ákos Fekecs Project was formed in July 2017. Ákos started the band with the objective to realize his musical ideas together with his friends and bandmates. The program they will perform is part of the material from the solo disc Ákos Fekecs – Reverse to be released soon.

Everything from the softest jazz harmonies and elements of world music through fusion beats and unparalleled rhythms to aggressive sounds can be found in the band’s music.

Therefore, the classification of their music in terms of genre is greatly diverse! The band’s sound is mostly determined by the electronic timbre, wide scaled range of dynamics and their open, energetic style of playing.

In 2018 the Ákos Fekecs Project achieved the second place at the Jazz in the Park international competition. In 2019 the Akos Fekecs Project won the Laureate World-Jazz International Competition.

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Photo: Ákos Feceks PR

Quote Quote by Babel Jazz Festival: “Fekecs Ákos Project represents the young generation of Hungarian jazz musicians. They have a background of strong experience and they implement a new dynamism in jazz. The band was awarded by a jury of the most acknowledged Hungarian jazz experts in the Laureate Jazz Competition in Hungary, which likely predestines them to make a deep impression on the international scene of jazz as well.”

Babel Jazz Festival

Babel Sound Fesztivál

Babel Sound is a world music event and an artist residency, that aims to be the interactive meeting point for various cultures and various branches of art.

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

JASON EDUWAITI

Performance Name: Jason Eduwaiti meets DelMontis Date: Sunday, May 26, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 12:00 - 13:00 Website www.facebook.com/jasoneduwaiti About Jason Eduwaiti comes from the village of Futunakaba, Sipaliwini Suriname. He was inspired by his family’s love of music, who was at the cradle of Saramaccan Gospel.

At the Conservatory of Suriname, Jason, inspired by Richard Bona, decided to merge his Saramaccan roots with jazz and funk.

Jason Eduwaiti is one of Suriname’s most diverse musicians who has contributed to the growth of Suriname Jazz Festival through his participation during several editions. He has been part of backing bands for international artist, performed with his own band ‘Haika’, supported many jazz jams, and finally during the Suriname Jazz Festival in October 2018 he presented his original Maroon-Jazz concept under the name Jason Eduwaiti. The Surinamese Maroon culture tells a pivotal part of Surinamese history. Jason has been able to blend this music with modern day jazz to create a unique and very distinctive sound.

The spontaneous combination with the Dutch souljazz formation DelMontis, at the invitation of Amersfoort Jazz, is very promising. This band -formed by notable Dutch musicians Rolf Delfos (sax) and Frank Montis (Hammond organ/vocals)-, is all about “fat grooves” and Jason has an innate, unstoppable sense of rhythm from his Saramaccan background.

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Photo: Jason Eduwaiti PR

Quote “We can proudly say that Jason is an artist who has been consistent in enhancing his musical talent. From participating in many music projects to studying at the Surinamese Conservatory, graduating with a 9 in 2017 and now bearing the title Bachelor of Music, we have been able to observe his journey. Not only during his participation at our festival but his overall contribution to artistic expression of Surinamese Culture. Jason has reached a very high level of technical and artistic excellence, which we believe qualifies for international recognition.”

Festival

Suriname Jazz

The Suriname Jazz Festival (founded in Paramaribo in 2002) is inspired by the popularity of Jazz Music in Suriname, a country that boasts a rich culture, comprising European, African, Asian and Indian cultural elements.

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

JAZZYBIT

Performance Name: JazzyBIT Date: Sunday, May 25, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 13:30 - 14:30 Website jazzybit.ro About JazzyBIT​ is a trio from Timișoara (Romania) consisting of Teodor Pop (piano, keys), Mihai Moldoveanu (bass) and Szabó Csongor-Zsolt (drums). Active since 2012, JazzyBIT offers an energetic combination of jazz and rock, scattered here and there with blues, latin and funk. The group describes its style as being “loud jazz”. It sounds like Hiromi would play with Snarky Puppy, but in a trio. The band released the debut album “​Touch the Sky​” in 2014, followed by the album “​Horizon​” in 2016.

JazzyBIT has a flourishing live activity. The band has played in 9 countries, on 2 continents, participating in some of the world’s biggest jazz festivals (​ Jarasum International Jazz Festival​in South Korea, ​Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival​in Lithuania or B ​ elgrade Jazz Festival​ in Serbia). In addition, they have played in some of the most famous jazz clubs in Europe (​Reduta Jazz Club​in Prague, ​Sunset Sunside​ in Paris and ​Budapest Jazz Club​).

Photo: JazzyBIT PR

Quote “JazzyBIT continues expanding its ‘orizon (which is also the name of their second record) by bringing their jazz to more and more people. Their music is very listenable and this is the reason why their live show is adaptable to any audience.”

Festival

Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival

Since its first edition in 2013 the Brasov Jazz & Blues Festival in the heart of Transylvania was designed as an international event featuring both Romanian and international artists.

• http://brasovjazz.ro

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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

CAZZIP PROJECT

Performance Name: Cazzip Project Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Website: www.cazzipproject.com About Cazzip Project is formed by the 3 musicians Asli Ozer on piano, Erhan Ertetik on bass and Ertuğrul Biber on drums, who came together to play the music they feel in 2012. They have released their debut album ‘Stories” with TMC Music label in March 2018.

Cazzip Project, the winner of the 21st İstanbul Jazz Festival - Young Jazz Contest is known mainly for using complex and different rhythmic changes and melodies in their compositions. Since each of the song has its own story, the band named the album ‘Stories’. The project took five years and was recorded at the Bubinga Records.

Their first song ‘7 Motions’ represents seven different sections and different rhythms which give a dynamic feeling to the listener. The composer Asli Ozer explains that each part of the song has its own story with different feelings and took her one year to finalize the composition.

Photo: Cazzip Project PR

Quote “The winner of 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival - Young Jazz Content has an innovative sound concentrated on using multiple melodies harmonized with odd rhythms embroidered with a contemporary approach. We strongly believe that this creative approach and their energetic, strong bond that they create with the audience whilst they are performing will fit perfectly into the international jazz scene.”

Festival

Yeldegirmeni Jazz Spring Festival

The Yeldeğirmeni Jazz Spring event brings together many artistic genres, such as music, photography, cinema, gastronomy, art and culture.

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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATES

CLAIRE PARSONS

Performance Name: Claire Parsons & Eran Har Even Duo Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019 Venue: THEATER DE LIEVE VROUW Time: 16:30 - 17:30 Website www.parsonsclaire.com About The ‘Claire Parsons & Eran Har Even Duo‘ is a young international project between the British/Luxembourgish jazz singer Claire Parsons and the Israeli guitarist Eran Har Even. The project is a creative connection with the purpose of blending contrasting colours into original compositions. Each one of the musicians brings their unique vision and style to the music and thus they create a very intimate and calm atmosphere with the intention of creating harmony and balance within the existing environment.

Claire Parsons is a jazz vocalist, composer and teacher from Luxembourg. Her interest in music started at an early age where she studied classical piano and guitar. She later studied jazz vocals with the renowned jazz singer David Linx and deepened her knowledge in jazz harmony and composition.

She is a member of the B-Jazz 2019 winning group Aishinka (BEL) and works with multiinstrumentalists Jerome Klein (FRA) and Pol Belardi (LUX). In 2018 she won the price for ‘best upcoming musician’ at the Luxembourg Music Awards.

Eran Har Even is an Edison nominated Israeli guitarist, composer and music teacher currently residing in Amsterdam, recording and performing with some of the finest Jazz musicians on a local and international level.

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Photo: Pepa Niebla

Quote “Calire Parsons is multitalented and plays and composes in various bands, which allows her to play on international and national stages and festivals.”

Festival

Luxembourg Jazz Meeting

(LUX) Every 2 years, music:LX, together with neimënster, host a 3 day event, focused on showcasing Luxembourg’s biggest jazz artists and further exposing the public to the ever growing jazz scene in Luxembourg.

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CONCERTS AT THE FESTIVAL FRIDAY, MAY 24

JASON EDUWAITI MEETS DELMONTIS (SUR/NLD) Hof Tree Stage 19:45 - 21:00

SATURDAY, MAY 25

DMITRY ILUGDIN TRIO (RUS) Groenmarkt 13:15 - 14:30

ARTHUR ENDO (BRA)

Koppelpoort 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

CLAIRE PARSONS & ERAN HAR EVEN DUO (LUX/ISR)L Sint Rochuskapel 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

SAXPACKGIRL MEET KOH MR.SAXMAN (THA) Hof Tree Stage 21:45 - 23:00

WANDA BALOYI (SAF)

Groenmarkt 22:00 - 23:15

ALEX HIRLIAN’S ARCING WIRES (AUS) Mannenzaal 21:30 - 22:30

CAZZIP PROJECT (TUR)

Johanneskerk 21:30 - 22:30

JAZZYBIT (ROU)

Johanneskerk 23:00 - 00:00

SUNDAY MAY 26

ANTAL GABOR TRIO (HUN) Mannenzaal 14:30 - 15:30

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4 DAYS OF WORLD JAZZ AMERSFOORT, THE NETHERLANDS

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AMERSFOORT JAZZ PRESENTS:

ANTONIO

SERRANO

BIG BAND

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photo: Carlos Moreno, Piet Gispen, Carine Bijlsma

BvR FLAMENCO THE

photo: AMKE

NATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

JASPER VAN ‘T HOF

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INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

DEBORAH BROWN

Each year, the festival Amersfoort Jazz invites an International Artist in Residence to perform at the festival.

In 2019 this will be American jazz diva Deborah Brown. She is featured in ‘A Tribute to Dexter Gordon’ by Eric Ineke JazzXPress on Thursday an Friday. Line up: Sjoerd Dijkhuizen (tenor), Gideon Tazalaar (sax), Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (double bass) and Eric Ineke (drums).

Saturday, May 25, Deborah Brown is featured with Peter Beets & the Henk Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra, also featuring the legendary British soul jazz singer Georgie Fame.

Born into a musical family in 1947, Jasper van ’t Hof grew up surrounded by music. Mainly selftaught, Van ‘t Hof opted for a career in improvisation, and was soon acknowledged as an open-minded pioneer and notable innovator in the international scene, roaming between free jazz, jazzrock, also African and electronic music.

Van ‘t Hof played with Archie Shepp, Charlie Mariano, Bob Malach, Ernie Watts, Philip Catherine, Aldo Romano, Airto Moreira, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miroslav Vitous, and many more, next to Dutch artists like Pierre Courbois, Eric Vloeimans, Paul van Kemenade, Yuri Honing and Tineke Postma. Van ‘t Hof has been named ‘the best jazz pianist in Europe’ by various renowned magazines, like DownBeat (USA), Melody Maker (GBR) and Jazz Podium (DEU). In the Netherlands, Van ‘t Hof is a previous recipient of both the Edison Award and the Bird Award.

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THE

NEXT GENERATION OF DUTCH JAZZ

SANNE RAMBAGS

Sanne Rambags is a young and talented, improvising vocalist from The Netherlands.

She is inspired by nordic nature, art and poetry and currently bursting onto the modern jazz scene with several projects.

Sanne tours in The Netherlands and abroad with Under The Surface, Kika Sprangers, Martin Fondse, Jeroen van Vliet, Estafest, Hakon Aase, Basel Rajoub, Sun-Mi Hong and her European Colours Project, inviting special guests like Nuphar Fey from Israel.

MUDITA

With young and gifted Koen Smits (trumpet) and Sjoerd van Eijck (piano), Sanne Rambags gigs at Amersfoort Jazz on Sunday, May 26. The trio successfully released a debut album at ZenneZ Records (Amersfoort), ‘Listen To The Sound Of The Forest’, already nominated for the prestigious Dutch Edison Award (jazz/world). The concert at the Sint Aegtenkapel includes the official debut of Free the Voices.

FREE THE VOICES

Sanne Rambags, Anna Serierse and Marit van der Lei. Three young, talented, headstrong vocalists who met in Kika Sprangers Large Ensemble (2017) and share a love for nature, art and ECM jazz.

On Sunday, May 26, all three perform with several projects at Amersfoort Jazz.

Together they form ‘Free The Voices’, a concept that is hatched together based on textless vocals. Free the Voices play as a special bonus feature with Mudita in De Sint Aegtenkapel on Sunday, May 26.

photo: Hans Speekenbrink

photo: Karin van Gilst

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NEXT GENERATION OF

DUTCH JAZZ

photo: Peter Putters

THE

SUN-MI HONG

Amsterdam based South-Korean drummer Sun-Mi Hong released her first album in 2017. She won several prizes with Dahoud Salim in The Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, before winning the Dutch Jazz Competition 2018 with her own group.

At Amersfoort Jazz this young VIP is endorsed as an International Jazz Laureate on Saturday, May 25. Line-up: Alistair Payne (trumpet), Nicolo Ricci (sax), YoungWoo Lee (piano) and Alessandro Fongaro (bass).

IRENE REIG

KIKA SPRANGERS

Saxophonist/leader Kika Sprangers is the most prominent exponent of the current Next Generation of Dutch Jazz.

She was Young VIP in 2018, touring with both the Kika Sprangers Quintet and Kika Sprangers Large Ensemble, working with the finest jazz masters in The Netherlands like Martin Fondse, Marc Scholten, Corria van Binsbergen and many more. In 2019, Kika performs with her new Quintet but also with other acts and artists.

photo: Fili Pipi

SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL

Sebastiaan van Bavel is the son of the Dutch jazz master pianist Rob van Bavel.

In the last few years Sebastiaan has developed into one of the most notable pianists in the Dutch scene. At Amersfoort Jazz, last years Young VIP returns wit a Quatre-Mains performance with his father.

Amsterdam based virtuoso saxophonist, composer and band leader Irene Reig won the Dutch Jazz Competition (Public’s choice) in 2018 with her band The Bop Collective. Reig mixes traditional jazz with traditional music from her home country Catalonia. On invitation by Amersfoort Jazz, Irene returns to the festival with the Bop Collective XL expanded to 12 musicians. ‘Accents in World Jazz from the Balearic Islands & Catalonia’ is a collaborative project established by Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics (Mallorca), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) and Amersfoort Jazz 2019.

photo: FF PR

photo: Jordi Tremosa

THE KING SWINGS FT. FLORENTINA FINDER (AUT) Inspired by the great hard boppers from the 50s, such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, they revive the hard bop genre. Special guest is the Austrian vocalist Florentina Finder.

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FLINT | 20:30-22:30 ROUND MIDNIGHT ORCHESTRA FT. KIKA SPRANGERS SINT AEGTENKAPEL | 20:15-21:15 SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL W/ ROB VAN BAVEL LIEVE VROUWEKERKHOF | 23:15-00:45 NATIONAAL JEUGD JAZZ ORKEST NONNETJE, GROENMARKT | 23:45->>> JAMSESSION W/ IRENE REIG

SINT JORISKERK | 12:00-13:00 JASPER VAN ‘T HOF FT. KIKA SPRANGERS HOF | 13:30-16:15 CODARTS TROMBONE ENSEMBLE FT. KIKA SPRANGERS & ADAM SIMMONS MARIËNHOF | 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00-16:30 NATHALIE OBSERVANT | 16:30 - 18:00 MAARTEN HOGENHUIS TRIO LIEVE VROUWEKERKHOF | 18:00-19:15 IRENE REIG - THE BOP COLLECTIVE XL GROENMARKT | 18:30-19:30 POWER TO THE PIPO LIEVE VROUWEKERKHOF | 19:45-21:00 RAAD VAN TOEZICHT FT. GOUDSMIT GROENMARKT | 20:15-21:30 THE KING SWINGS FT. FLORENTINA FINDER OBSERVANT | 22:15-23:15 SUN-MI HONG QUINTET GROENMARKT | 23:45-01:00 MARUTYRI OBSERVANT | 23:45->>> JAMSESSION W/ THE KING SWINGS photo: Peter Putters

photo: Coco Plooijer

SATURDAY, MAY 25

SUNDAY, MAY 26

GROENMARKT | 13:00-14:00 MARIT VAN DER LEI NEXTET FT. KIKA SPRANGERS GROENMARKT | 14:30-15:30 KIKA SPRANGERS QUINTET FT. ANNA SERIERSE SINT AEGTENKAPEL | 16:00-17:15 SANNE RAMBAGS - MUDITA / FREE THE VOICES MILES, DE HOF | 17:30-22:00 JAMSESSION W/ KIKA SPRANGERS photo: Karin van Gilst WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE 2019 GUIDE• page 27

AMERSFOORT JAZZ 2019 PRESENTS: THE NEXT GENERATION OF DUTCH JAZZ

FRIDAY, MAY 24

FESTIVAL

HIGHLIGHTS

BEETS BROTHERS ELECTRIC BAND FT. RUUD BREULS & KOH SAXMAN (THA)

The famous hard bop brothers Peter, Alexander and Marius, celebrate their 35th anniversary with the jazz fusion repertoire that started it all. Guests are Ruud Breuls (trumpet) and from Thailand Koh Mr.Saxman (saxophone).

SHAKATAK (GBR)

This year, the legendary band Shakatak celebrates their 39th anniversary.

With their many hits in the eighties (like ‘Nightbirds’, ‘Down on the Street’, pianist Bill Sharpe and vocalist Jill Saward are the most important pioneers of popular jazz fusion.

THE PREACHER MEN Efraïm Trujillo, Rob Mostert and Christ Strik... A trio, recently nomineed for an Edison Award, that stands for “ripping saxophone cries, gritty Hammond Organ and exciting back beats”. Recently nominated for the Dutch Edison Award (Jazz/World).

MAARTEN HOGENHUIS TRIO

Virtuoso saxophonist Maarten Hogenhuis (known from BRUUT) presents his new trio at Amersfoort Jazz.

The music is specifically written for his companions Mark Schilders (drums) and Phil Donkin (bass).

PAUL VAN KEMENADE HAMMOND SANDWICH

Grooving soul and jazz with catchy themes, dizzying solos and an inexhaustible drive.

Altist Paul van Kemenade always crosses borders. The organ violence comes from Carlo de Wijs and Arno Krijger.

MARUTYRI

Untamable modern fusion from Rotterdam. Since 2014 they have played at North Sea Jazz Festival and won the prestigious NPO Radio 6 Soul & Jazz Award.

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BATIDA FT. JOSEEKONING

OENE VAN GEEL & JACOB LEKKERKERKER The progressive organist Lekkerkerker has been improvising for years with violinist Oene van Geel (Boy Edgar 2013).

They make full use of the intimate Lutheran Church, with recitation by minister Diederiek van Loo.

The legendary Brazil fusion band from the 1980s, is back again! At Amersfoort Jazz Batida plays in the original line-up (with, among others, Karel Boehlee and Peter Tiehuis), with that typical “red like an ember” Batida sound.

BERT V/D BRINK & BART VAN LIER

Bert van den Brink (VPRO / Boy Edgar Prize 2007), is reckoned among the most idiosyncratic pianists of Europe. He gained international fame alongside Toots Thielemans, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz and Philip Catherine. Bart van Lier is an improviser pur sang and a wonderful and vivid trombone player.

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ TRIO FT. BENJAMIN HERMAN

CODARTS TROMBONE ENSEMBLE The students of the Rotterdam Conservatory, led by Ilja Reijngoud, provide high-profile performances, with guest soloists such as Marius Beets, Kika Sprangers and Adam Simmons.

EXIT UNIVERSE (AUT)

With hypnotic soundscapes and mysterious haunting melodies, Susana Sawoff and Raphael Meinhart meander between jazz, indie, pop, minimal and neo-classical music.

LAUGHING BASTARDS

The youngest generation of jazz musicians from Gent, Belgium, together with the illustrious saxophonist Michel Mast, profess their love for pure jazz.

Spanisch pianist Miguel Rodriguez is one of the most notable jazz players around. At Amersfoort Jazz he launches his new album ‘Keepsake’ at the ‘open air theatre square’ Lieve Vrouwekerkhof.

The famous saxophonist Benjamin Herman (NCC) is featured as a special guest.

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WORLD JAZZ SYNERGY FRI, MAY 24 22:15 | MANNENZAAL

HAYTHAM SAFIA FT. OSAMA MILEEGI & MATTEO MYDERWYK

Virtuoso u’d player Haytham Safia is from Galilee. He mixes traditional Arabian lute music with western blues, balkan and jazz. Invited by Amersfoort Jazz he plays with Osama Mileegi (djembé), as well as with Matteo Myderwyk (p) and Remco Menting.

SAT, MAY 25 23:00 | SINT AEGTENKAPEL

SHAKIR KHAN & ANUBRATA CHATTERJEE (IND) MEET BEN VAN DEN DUNGEN TRIO FT. MARIANNE SVASEK

SAT, MAY 25 23:00 | MANNENZAAL

ADAM SIMMONS (AUS) MEETS STORMVOGEL’S BARDITUS FT. OENE VAN GEEL

Simmons is known as the most adventurous saxophonist from down under. He likes to take on the challenge with kindred spirits worldwide, at Amersfoort Jazz with odd meter jazzbarock keyboardist Stormvogel, David de Marez Oyens (bas) and Onno Witte (drums), featuring the much awarded violin virtuoso Oene van Geel.

Shakir Khan is the youngest exponent (8th generation) of the illustrious ‘garana’ of Imdad Khan. During the festival Amersfoort Jazz, Khan will play traditional Indian raga with Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla) at De Volmolen, but also improvise with the Dutch versatile tenor saxophonist Ben van den Dungen, dhrupad vocalist Marianne Svasek, innovative bassplayer Stefan Lievestro and leading jazz guitarist Ed Verhoeff.

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photo: Carlos Moreno

CHICUELO & MARCO MEZQUIDA THURSDAY, MAY 23 | DE LIEVE VROUW 20:15-21:15 FRIDAY, MAY 24 | LIEVE VROUWEKERKHOF 20:00-21:00 FRIDAY, MAY 24 | SINT AEGTENKAPEL (Mezquida solo) 23:15-00:15

ACCENTS IN WORLD JAZZ FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS & CATALONIA

Amersfoort Jazz presents outstanding World Jazz musicians from the Balearic Islands and Catalonia to a broad audience in The Netherlands.

‘Accents in World Jazz from the Balearic Islands & Catalonia’ is a collaborative project established by Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics (Mallorca), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) and Amersfoort Jazz.

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PETER BEETS “A World Class Jazz Pianist” (Down Beat)

FRIDAY, MAY 24 | GROENMARKT 22:45-00:30

‘DJANGO TRIBUTE’

BEETS, ROSENBERG, PHILIPPENS,

ANTONIO SERRANO PETER BEETS & THE HENK MEUTGEERT

NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA FT. DEBORAH

BROWN & GEORGIE FAME

photo: Fero Studio

SATURDAY, MAY 25 | HOF MAIN STAGE 23:30-00:45

SUNDAY, MAY 26 | GROENMARKT 16:15-17:30

BEETS BROTHERS ELECTRIC BAND FT. RUUD BREULS & KOH MR.SAXMAN

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4 DAYS OF WORLD JAZZ

350 ARTISTS | 20 COUNTRIES | 80 CONCERTS | 18 VENUES FEATURING JASPER VAN ‘T HOF WITH KIKA SPRANGERS / PILI PILI FT. IZALINE CALISTER | PETER BEETS & THE HENK MEUTGEERT NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA FT. DEBORAH BROWN (USA) & GEORGIE FAME (GBR) | ANTONIO SERRANO (ESP) WITH THE BVR FLAMENCO BIG BAND | ‘DJANGO TRIBUTE’ BEETS, ROSENBERG, PHILIPPENS, SERRANO FOCUS ON WORLD JAZZ FROM ISRAEL SUBTEXT: GADI LEHAVI & YOAV ESHED (ISR) | SHALOSH FT. TULA BEN ARI (ISR) | NUPHAR FEY & TELALIT (ISR) | AMIT FRIEDMAN QUARTET (ISR) SOUL JAZZ & FUSION TRIJNTJE OOSTERHUIS | SHAKATAK (GBR) | RUBEN HEIN TRIO | KOH MR.SAXMAN (THA) | SHIRMA ROUSE | ACCENTS IN WORLD JAZZ FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS & CATALONIA CHICUELO & MARCO MEZQUIDA (ESP) | THE BOP COLLECTIVE XL (ESP) | FIRAB! JAZZ QUINTET (ESP) WORLD JAZZ ARTISTS HAYTHAM SAFIA FT. OSAMA MILEEGI (SDN) / MATTEO MYDERWYK | SHAKIR KHAN (IND) MEETS BEN VAN DEN DUNGEN & MARRIANNE SVASEK | ADAM SIMMONS (AUS) MEETS STORMVOGEL’S BARDITUS FT. OENE VAN GEEL DUTCH JAZZ MASTERS ERIC INEKE ‘TRIBUTE TO DEXTER GORDON’ | MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ TRIO FT. BENJAMIN HERMAN | PAUL VAN KEMENADE HAMMOND SANDWICH | BATIDA FT. JOSEE KONING | DE RAAD VAN TOEZICHT FT. ANTON GOUDSMIT | THE PREACHER MEN | THE ROUND MIDNIGHT ORCHESTRA ‘CROONERS NIGHT CLUB’ FT. THOM HOORWEG & JEFFREY SPALBURG | BEETS BROTHERS ELECTRIC BAND FT. RUUD BREULS & KOH MR.SAXMAN | VENUS TUNES LIVE | ROB VAN BAVEL & SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL | CODARTS TROMBONE ENSEMBLE O.L.V. ILJA REIJNGOUD FT. KIKA SPRANGERS & ADAM SIMMONS (AUS) THE NEXT GENERATION OF DUTCH JAZZ MUDITA FT. SANNE RAMBAGS & FREE THE VOICES | SUN-MI HONG QUINTET | KIKA SPRANGERS NEW QUINTET FT. ANNA SERIERSE | MARIT VAN DER LEI NEXTET | SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL | POWER TO THE PIPO | MARUTYRI | THE KING SWINGS FT. FLORENTINA FINDER (AUT) | NATIONAAL JEUGD JAZZ ORKEST FT. RUBEN HEIN | VALVETRONIC BRASSBAND | ARTEZ CONSERVATORY BAND | THE HAGUE CONSERVATORY PRESENTS: ROYAL FUNK 2.0 | ROCKACADEMIE PRESENTS: MR. MARTEN & SEYI | FLEXBAND (SIDK) LIVING LEGENDS ACK VAN ROOIJEN & JURAJ STANIK INTERNATIONAL INVITES LAUGHING BASTARDS (BEL) | BAI KAMARA JR. & THE VOODOO SNIFFERS (BEL) | ANTAL GABOR TRIO (HUN) | EXIT UNIVERSE (AUT) SENA PERFORMERS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ LAUREATE FESTIVAL DMITRY ILUGDIN TRIO (RUS) | JASON EDUWAITI (SUR) MEETS DELMONTIS | ARTHUR ENDO (BRA) | JAZZYBIT (ROU) | WANDA BALOYI (SAF) | SAXPACKGIRL (THA) | CAZZIP PROJECT (TUR) | AKOS FEKECS QUARTET (HUN) | CLAIRE PARSONS & ERAN HAR EVEN DUO (LUX/ISR) | ALEX HIRLIAN’S ARCING WIRES (AUS) AMERSFOORT JAZZ HERITAGE MARGRIET SJOERDSMA / ODELION FT. JEROEN VAN VLIET & VERA VAN DER BIE | BERT VAN DEN BRINK & BART VAN LIER | SHAKIR KHAN & ANUBRATA CHATTERJEE (IND) | JACOB LEKKERKERKER & OENE VAN GEEL | MAARTEN HOGENHUIS TRIO AMERSFOORTS ACCENT BIG BAND ON THE MOVE FT. TONY VOS, MADELIEF & KOH MR.SAXMAN ... AND MORE

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FOCUS ON WORLD JAZZ FROM

photo: Tula PR

ISRAEL

FESTIVAL AMERS FOORT

JAZZ 2019 | FOCUS ON WORLD JAZZ

An Israeli take Barry Davis

FROM ISRAEL

on jazz

O

f all the artistic disciplines, there is probably none more of a cross-fer tilization nature than jazz.

After all, didn’t the multistratified music emanate from New Orleans, then home to a multitude of cultures and commun ities?

Read the article ‘An Israeli take on Jazz‘ by Barry Davis (Jerusalem Post) on page 36-39 of this booklet.

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The latter epithet could also be attached Israel. This modestl to y proportioned Middle Eastern country is populated by people from across a broad spectrum of cultural and ethnic backdro ps – from German y to Yemen, and Brazil to Russia, and much betwixt - much of which informs the way Israeli jazz has Barry Davis photo BD evolved, particula rly in the last three or so And that is even decades. without mention ing the disproportional impact Israel expats And it has grown have had on the New in truly dramatic York scene for exponential manner. quite some time now. Increasin The country’s first gly, quite a few major jazz event, Israeli jazz musicians the Red Sea Jazz also live, Festival started out, as their craft, in Europe, or frequently ply a pretty diminuti such as France-b ve affair, in the southern pianists Yaron Herman ased resort of Eilat in and Yonatan Avishai, 1987. A couple of years Paris resident later Tel Aviv, the saxophonist Shauli country’s main cultural hub, Einav and Germany-domic got its own annual iled pianist Omer festival, and there Klein. are now similar ventures dotted around This migratory the country, through pattern, as budding the calendar, complem Israeli jazz musician ented by regular s went in search gigs, of local artists of new cultural and acts of varying and artistic vistas, stature from abroad, appearin is one of the principle driving g at such venues forces behind the the Zappa Club, at incredible surge Levontin 7 and of interest in, not the Yellow Submarine. to mention increme ntal vertical shift in the quality bar, of jazz offerings from Israel.

FRIDAY, MAY 24 MANNENZAAL 20:30 – 21:45

SHALOSH FT. TULA BEN ARI SINT AEGTENKAPEL 21:45 – 22:45

GADI LEHAVI (SOLO PIANO)

photos: Lau Noah, Sharon Adler, Sharon Avraham

FOCUS ON WORLD JAZZ

SATURDAY, MAY 25 MANNENZAAL 14:00 – 16:30

SUBTEXT (LEHAVI & ESHED) SINT ROCHUSKAPEL 14:00 – 16:30

CLAIRE PARSONS & ERAN HAR EVEN DUO (LUX/ISR) SINT AEGTENKAPEL 21:30 – 22:30

NUPHAR FEY FT. TELALIT DE LIEVE VROUW 20:00 – 23:30

FOCUS NIGHT

SUBTEXT (LEHAVI & ESHED) AMIT FRIEDMAN QUARTET SHALOSH FT. TULA BEN ARI SUNDAY, MAY 26 MANNENZAAL 13:00 – 14:00

NUPHAR FEY FT. TELALIT DE LIEVE VROUW 16:30 – 17:30

CLAIRE PARSONS & ERAN HAR EVEN DUO (LUX/ISR)

FROM

ISRAEL

Each year, the festival Amersfoort Jazz pays particular attention to World Jazz from a selected country abroad.

In recent years the festival’s focus has been on World Jazz from Thailand, South-Africa, Spain and Belgium. In 2019 Amersfoort Jazz will present the Focus on World Jazz from Israel.

Amersfoort Jazz proudly presents some of the most current and outstanding World Jazz artists from Israel: the boundless duo Subtext (Yoav Eshed & Gadi Lehavi), the quintet of the mind-blowing saxophonist Amit Friedman and the extravagant trio Shalosh (Gadi Stern - piano, David Michaeli - double bass, Matan Assayag drums), featuring charismatic singer Tula Ben Ari. The gifted pianist Nuphar Fey plays with her sister Telalit (cello/vocal).

Finally, Israeli guitarist Eran Har Evan (who lives in The Netherlands) plays in duo with jazz singer-songwriter Claire Parsons from Luxembourg.

LIEVE VROUWEKERKHOF 14:45 – 16:15

GRANDE FINALE

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photo: Alon Garini

FESTIVAL AMERSFOORT JAZZ 2019 | FOCUS ON WORLD JAZZ FROM ISRAEL

An Israeli take on jazz Barry Davis

O

f all the artistic disciplines, there is probably none more of a cross-fertilization nature than jazz. After all, didn’t the multistratified music emanate from New Orleans, then home to a multitude of cultures and communities?

The latter epithet could also be attached to Israel. This modestly proportioned Middle Eastern country is populated by people from across a broad spectrum of cultural and ethnic backdrops – from Germany to Yemen, and Brazil to Russia, and much betwixt - much of which informs the way Israeli jazz has evolved, particularly in the last three or so decades.

And it has grown in truly dramatic exponential manner. The country’s first major jazz event, the Red Sea Jazz Festival started out, as a pretty diminutive affair, in the southern resort of Eilat in 1987. A couple of years later Tel Aviv, the country’s main cultural hub, got its own annual festival, and there are now similar ventures dotted around the country, through the calendar, complemented by regular gigs, of local artists and acts of varying stature from abroad, appearing at such venues at the Zappa Club, Levontin 7 and the Yellow Submarine.

Barry Davis photo BD

And that is even without mentioning the disproportional impact Israel expats have had on the New York scene for quite some time now. Increasingly, quite a few Israeli jazz musicians also live, or frequently ply their craft, in Europe, such as France-based pianists Yaron Herman and Yonatan Avishai, Paris resident saxophonist Shauli Einav and Germany-domiciled pianist Omer Klein.

This migratory pattern, as budding Israeli jazz musicians went in search of new cultural and artistic vistas, is one of the principle driving forces behind the incredible surge of interest in, not to mention incremental vertical shift in the quality bar, of jazz offerings from Israel.

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An Israeli take on jazz | Barry Davis

That can largely be traced back to 1992 when, within the space of 24 hours, bassists Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen, and trombonist Avi Lebovich, all boarded planes to the Big Apple, ostensibly to study, but primarily to share the bandstand with some of the greats and upwardly mobile artists in the jazz world’s epicenter.

Nigh on 30 years later, after working with the likes of James Moody, Chick Corea and Milt Jackson, Lebovich is now back in Israel and has helped to push the local jazz community ante up a couple of notches, partly by establishing an acclaimed big band, which also features some of Israel’s most innovative middle generation players, including reedmen Alon Farber and Amit Friedman. Cohen, of course, continues to draw large and highly enthused audiences across the globe, while Avital, who was in at the inception of the now 25 year old Smalls jazz club in Greenwich Village, is a bona fide member of the New York jazz scene’s A-lister echelon, making frequent forays to top venues and festivals around the globe.

Amit Friedman photo Alon Garini

A handful of Israeli musicians preceded the Lebovich-Cohen-Avital threesome across the Pond – saxophonist Albert Piamente, guitarist Mordy Ferber and bassist Eli Magen were part of the small earlier vanguard – but it is the Nineties triad’s relocation that pointed the way for subsequent generations of Israelis who felt they needed to get a taste of the big wide world, and rub shoulders with their American and other counterparts, if they were going to make tangible creative progress.

Barak Weiss photo Einat Hurvitz

Barak Weiss, artistic director of the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival and annual Israeli Jazz and World Music Showcase, says that initial Israeli plunge into the New York jazz community was a pivotal moment for the entire Israeli jazz community. “Suddenly, musicians from here had role models. That is very significant.” Things have moved along since then. “There are, today, over 200 very active Israeli musicians in New York and dotted around the global jazz arena,” Weiss continues. “A country of approximately 9 million people, with no jazz heritage to speak of, has become something of a jazz super power. That is quite incredible.”

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An Israeli take on jazz | Barry Davis

It is, indeed. But what is most intriguing about improvisational sounds coming out of Israel, and artists who hail from here, is the increasing prominence of “native” material. As most jazz artists will tell you, everybody comes up learning their trade by trying to get as accurate a handle on the work of their idols of choice as possible.

But there comes a time when you have to find your own voice – bring your personal and cultural baggage to your own singular mode of expression.

Cats like Avital, with his Moroccan and Yemenite roots, Cohen and his stellar namesake trumpeter, Jerusalemite saxophonist Nadav Haber who introduced some Ethiopian influences into the idiom, Herman whose 2012 release Alter Ego, features a reading of the Israeli national anthem Hatikva, all bring uniquely Israeli seasoning to their work, while pianist Omri Mor is now known around the world for his Andaloujazz synthesis of jazz and Andalusian music. All that is a far cry from the pioneer generation of Israeli jazz players – such as pianist Danny Gottfried and drummer Areleh Kaminsky – who were introduced to the wonders of jazz

by American saxophonist Mel Keller who moved to Israel in the 1950s. Yes, there were other immigrant musicians, like Romanian-born saxophonist Peter Wertheimer, Soviet-born avant garde keyboardist Slava Ganellin and similarly freewheeling clarinetist Harold Rubin, who came from South Africa, but, by and large, back then Israeli jazz musicians toed the bebop line.

Joachim Berendt, in his seminal tome The Jazz Book, talks about the symbiotic relationship that exists between the “sounds around us” and jazz. Taking the sensorial tag a step further one could tie in the range of food we ingest and smell into the creative hinterland that spawns improvisational music. Weiss feels that the eclectic Middle Eastern vittles factor runs parallel with the explosion of Israeli jazz, and the willing and ability of local players to let it all hang out, even if they don’t hail from New York, Chicago or New Orleans.

Interestingly, he associates that with the Oslo Accords signed by Israel and the PLO in Washington DC in 1993.

Even so, for most young players from here, going to New York, to get a firsthand taste of the jazz action where it really mattered, was still the stuff of pipe dreams. But then, New York came to Israel in the shape of a certain Arnie Lawrence. The then 59 year old reedman moved to Jerusalem, from New York, in 1997. Prior to that Lawrence had worked with a veritable Who’s Who of jazz luminaries, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus and Clark Terry, and had helped to found the jazz department of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

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Yaron Herman Alter Ego CD / Album ACT 9530-2 Germany 2012

An Israeli take on jazz | Barry Davis

Israeli youngsters, such as Mor, Einav and bassists Hagai Bilitzky and Tal Gamliel, had an actual corporeal, breathing, talking and music-playing link with the art form’s homeland. This was in the pre-You Tube days, when the only way you could get any real handle on what was going down “over there” was by going along to a gig of some visiting big gun, or possibly catching a number on TV. Lawrence opened a school in Jerusalem, where he welcomed youngsters of all ethnic backgrounds and religions and, for example, set about marrying the melodies, rhythms and sensibilities of jazz with the sonic baggage of Arab musicians. He even took some of them to the IAJE Conference in New York, and to China, in the early Noughties.

Today, the likes of former longtime New York resident pianist Anat Fort, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, and pianists Yonatan Avishai and Shai Maestro are members of the ECM stable, and acts like the Shalosh trio, saxophonist Daniel Zamir and guitarist Gilad Hekselman are in high demand across the globe, putting their very own Israeli-nuanced take on jazz out there.

Shalosh photo Gilad Bar Shalev

About the author: Barry Davis has been the jazz writer for the

Yes, Israeli jazz has come a long way.

Jerusalem Post for over 20 years, and was the Israeli correspondent for Downbeat for 5 years. I also presented a jazz programme on the Israeli-Palestinian All for Peace radio station for around 13 years. He was artistic director of the first edition of the International Jerusalem Jazz Festival. Besides all this, Barry Davis is an avid road cyclist.

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WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE 2019 | Amersfoort The Netherlands Ad ’s-Gravesande Chaiman Advisory Board Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands ad@sgravesande.nl

Brett Bannink Policy advisor Province of Utrecht The Netherlands

Adam Simmons Co-Artistic director Fatrainmusic / The Usefulness of Art Australia fatrain@adamsimmons.com Alexander Beets Director / Board Member / Musician Amersfoort Jazz / JazzNL The Netherlands alexander@maxanter.nl Anita Verheggen Board Member/ Senior Policy Maker JazzNL / NTB / SENA Performers The Netherlands ave@kpnplanet.nl Barry Davis Journalist Jerusalem Post Israel styarad@netvision.net.il

Dubi Lenz Artistic Director Red Sea Festival Israel dubilenz@gmail.com Edward Dijxhoorn Chairman of the board Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands Edwin Hubers Policy Advisor Municipality of Amersfoort The Netherlands Éva Jároli-Koti Cultural Counsil Embassy of Hungary in The Hague Hungary

Ben Vial Treasurer of the board Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands Ben van den Dungen Lecturer / Musician Codarts Conservatory of Rotterdam The Netherlands benvandendungen@gmail.com Bianca Amaducci President of Tourbilion Tourbilion / Musicamorfosi Italy info@tourbilion.com

Dominique Citroen Advisor Performing Arts and Management Dutch Artists Representative / SENA Performers The Netherlands dcitroen@xs4all.nl

Fafá Noronha Festival Director Assad Festival Brazil noronhafafa@gmail.com Florentina Finder International Liaison WJC JazzNL Austria / The Netherlands info@jazznl.com Georgina Javor Assistant Director of Programming Jazz at Lincoln Center U.S.A. gjavor@jazz.org

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PARTICIPANTS Ikaros van Duppen Genremanager Jazz & Contemporary Music Buma Cultuur The Netherlands ikaros.van.duppen@bumacultuur.nl

Koh Mr. Saxman Festival Director / Musician Huahin Jazz Festival Thailand kokosax@yahoo.com

Ivan Blagojevic Festival Director Nisville Jazz Festival Serbia nisville@nisville.com

Mahesh Babu Managing director BanyanTreeEvents India office@banyantreeevents.com

Jorik van Beijlert Board Member Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands

Mantwa Chinoamadi Event Producer Joy of Jazz Festival South Africa mantwa@tmusicman.co.za

Josh Grossman Artistic Director Toronto Jazz Festival Canada josh@tojazz.com

Maria Lladó Ribot Cultural Manager Institut Ramon Llull Spain/Cat./Bal. mllado@llull.cat

Kai Gustavsen Festival director Kongsberg Jazz Norway kai@kongsbergjazz.no

Mariam Makharadze International relations coordinator Artmania Agency / Usadba Jazz Festival Russia maria.m@inbox.ru

Karolina Juzwa Project coordinator Klub WytwÛrnia / Toya Studios Poland karolina.juzwa@wytwornia.pl Katrin Pröll Festival director Salam Orient Festival / Atlas Promotion Austria info@atlaspromotion.at Koert Ligtermoet Supervisory Board Member SENA Performers The Netherlands koert.miroya@yahoo.com

Marie Nicolas Artistic Director Fira Mediterr‡nia de Manresa Spain/Cat./Bal. info@firamediterrania.cat Marnix van der Moolen Board Member Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands Matti Lappalainen Festival Director April Jazz Finland matti.lappalainen@apriljazz.fi

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WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE 2019 | Amersfoort The Netherlands Matti Austen Co-programmer Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands matti@amersfoortjazz.nl

Núria Bultà Office Director Brussels Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) Spain / Belgium brussels.icec@gencat.cat

Mattijs Twilt Board Member Amersfoort Jazz The Netherlands

Oleg Rubtsov Organizer Jazz May Penza Festival Russia rubtsov.o@gmail.com

Michel Mast Festival organizer / musician Festival Ham-Sessions Belgium michel.mast@telenet.be

Olivia Ignatescu Head of Bookings Cavalleria Events / Brasov Jazz & Blues Festival Romania olivia.cavalleria@gmail.com

Michel Peek Conference director Stichting JazzNL / WJC The Netherlands conference@jazznl.com

Pablo Smet Staff member B-Jazz / JazzMo’ / Jazzende / Muziekmozaïek Belgium info@b-jazz.be

Mik Torfs Manager JazzLab Belgium mik.torfs@jazzlab.be

Patrice Hourbette Director Luxembourg Jazz Meeting / Luxembourg Export Office Luxembourg patriceph@hotmail.com

Nandini Babu Program Manager BanyanTreeEvents India office@banyantreeevents.com Natalie Shatashvili Press / Culture and Public Affairs Department Embassy of Israel (The Hague) Israel / The Netherlands Nira Staretz Minister Plenipotentiary Embassy of Israel (The Hague) Israel / The Netherlands

Paul Pace Music Bookings Co-ordinator Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club United Kingdom paul@ronniescotts.co.uk Peter Vasarhelyi Festival Director MediaEvent / Babel Sound Hungary peter.vaza@gmail.com Philip Woolever Journalist All About Jazz U.S.A.

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PARTICIPANTS Rachel Kasketi Festival director Surinam Jazz Festival Surinam rachelkasketi@gmail.com

Storm Bakker PR Manager Amersfoort Jazz / JazzNL The Netherlands stormalterego@icloud.com

Régis Guerbois Founding president Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents France president@marseillejazz.com

Susana Carmona Artistic Director (Jazz Terrassa) & journalist Jazz Terrassa / Xarxa Ràdio Spain difusio@jazzterrassa.org

Robin Arends Journalist Jazz’halo Belgium robinarends@yahoo.com

Susanne Moed Program Manager Dutch Performing Arts The Netherlands s.moed@dutchperformingarts.nl

Rosa Galbany Management and productions Taller de M˙sics / Jazz I Am Spain/Cat./Bal. rosagalbany@tallerdemusics.com

Sylwester Ostrowski Artistic Director Szczecin Jazz Poland Sojazz.ostrowski@gmail.com

Sean Foran Board member Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues Australia seanforanmusic@gmail.com

Tamas Bognar Head Programmer Opus Jazz Club / Budapest Music Center Hungary tamas.bognar@bmc.hu

Selin Çelik Arts & Cultural Manager Yeldegirmeni Spring Jazz Festival Turkey info@selincelik.co

Vânia Goncalves Noronha Festival director Assad Festival Brazil vaniagnoronha@hotmail.com

Sonja Heijman Director World Music Forum The Netherlands sonja@worldmusicforum.nl

Xavier Barceló Pinya Project Manager Institut d’Estudis Bale‡rics (IEB) Spain/Cat./Bal. xbarcelo@iebalearics.org

Stan Rijven Program Manager World Music Forum The Netherlands stanrijven@gmail.com

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PRACTICAL

ORGANIZATION

As conference participant you ca always come to De Observant at the address Stadhuisplein 7, Amersfoort. At the check-in desk our conference team is at your service for all kind of questions, requests or additinonal information.

FOUNDATION JAZZNL Boardmembers: Cees Schrama (chairman), Alexander Beets, Anita Verheggen, Michel Peek

You can contact us directly through e-mail or mobile phone. See our details below. You can send us a Whatsapp message too.

Hospitality & logistics: Lotti van Wegen hospitality@amersfoortjazz.nl +31628179841 Liaison for international relations: Florentina Finder info@jazznl.com +436642104134 General inquiries on the WJC: Michel Peek conference@jazznl.com +31642771089

AMERSFOORT JAZZ / JAZZNL / WORLD JAZZ CONFERENCE Alexander Beets (director, programmer), Matti Austen (programmer), Michel Peek (conference director), Floor Visser (production), Storm Bakker (text & design), Jaap van Eggelen (technical production), Lotti van Wegen (hospitality), Florentina Finder (liaison for international relations), Nicolette Jansen (online) COLOFON Text: Michel Peek, Cees Schrama, Storm Bakker Text edit: Floor Visser, Florentina Finder Design: STAB Baarn Print: Bergdrukkerij Amersfoort © 2019 Foundation JazzNL www.jazznl.com | www.amersfoortjazz.nl

The foundation JazzNL and it’s partners would like to thank the program committee for their hard work in creating the line-up for the SENA Performers International Jazz Laureate Festival (SPIJLF).

The 2019 program committee was seated by: Paul Pace (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club - UK), Pablo Smet (B-Jazz - Belgium), Matti Austen (Amersfoort Jazz - The Netherlands), James French (SAMRO - South-Africa)

DISCLAIMER The contents of this brochure have been written with the greatest possible care. However, JazzNL Foundation cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information. The content of this brochure is not legally binding. JazzNL Foundation accepts no liability which might arise from the content of this brochure. All photos are granted and personally submitted to JazzNL with (1) the right to use and reuse the photography on behalf of the festival, (2) the right to permit selected third parties to use the photography in both editorial and promotional context, (3) the promise that the photography does not infringe the rights of any third party. If we publish your photography, it is done as much as possible with a credit. Please contact JazzNL, if you think the above is not the case.

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