Year: 2015

Doek Festival Blog #1

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Taylor Ho Bynum2Blog #1 by Kevin Whitehead
Photography by Sara Anke Morris

Doek Meets Tri-Centric: what a great idea. Ten musicians from the US (including Tri-Centric founder, saxophonist, official Jazz Master and classical composer Anthony Braxton) and ten-plus from Amsterdam, coming together to play big pieces by members of the ensemble, and to play in small, improvising combinations. This is my kind of festival; that combination of ad hoc groups and big anchor pieces recalls for me the Bimhuis’s 1991 October Meeting—the first place I saw many of the Dutch masters in person.…

Doek Festival 2015

ByColin McLean News

Doek Festival 2015 flyer

Doek meets Tri-Centric: improvisation & composition

June 2→7, 2015
Bimhuis and other Amsterdam venues

The Doek Festival has developed over the years into a significant event for improvised music. For the next edition, we’re collaborating with the Tri-Centric Foundation to present the music of one of the greatest living composers and improvisers, Anthony Braxton.…

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The new Doek book, hot off the press

ByJohn Dikeman News, Uncategorized

doekbookphotoDoek has just produced a book centred around Doek Festival 2015 featuring programme information, brief bios of the artists involved, essays by Kevin Whitehead and Ruud Kagie, a dialogue between Taylor Ho Bynum and Eric Boeren, Q&As between Kevin Whitehead and Carl Testa, Kaja Draksler, Tomeka Reid and Onno Govaert, a highlight on photographer in residence Sara Anke Morris and more. Edited by Kevin Whitehead and Carolyn Muntz with graphic design by Isabelle Vigier, it’s quite a handsome little publication, if we do say so ourself.…

Doek Festival selected for EFFE Label 2015-2016

ByJohn Dikeman News

EFFE-LABEL-COLOR The Doek Festival has been recognized by EFFE International Jury to receive the EFFE Label 2015-2016. EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe, initiated by the European Festivals Association, is the portal for citizens and for professionals to discover and get involved in Europe’s finest festivals. Following a process of intense evaluation from national experts to an international jury, 761 festivals from 31 countries now belong to the first generation of EFFE Label recipients. You can access all EFFE Label festivals at www.effe.eu…

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Doek photographer in residence – Sara Anke Morris

ByJohn Dikeman Image, News, Uncategorized

john-dikeman-bariDoek Festival countdown
Sara Anke Morris photography

Strong music calls for strong images, and many, many jazz photographers have enriched our understanding of the art by capturing the way improvised action looks in the moment. The Doek festival and Doek’s musicians are grateful to the many photographers who have documented music on our stages over the years. To officially recognize the contribution such visual artists make, in 2015 the festival named the first Doek Photographer in Residence, Sara Anke Morris.

Belgium-born Sara Anke Morris says ‘I think I’m an intuitive photographer.’…

Featured Artist – Anthony Braxton

Bydoek Audio

Anthony Braxton2Doek Festival countdown
Anthony Braxton saxophone

“I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas.”

Anthony Braxton is recognized as one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of the past 50 years, highly esteemed in the creative music community for the revolutionary quality of his work and for the mentorship and inspiration he has provided to generations of younger musicians.…