Year: 2018

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This is Our Music – Artist portrait Jasper Stadhouders

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

Jasper Stadhouders
Featured Ensemble for Doek Festival 2018
Stadhouders, Oliver, Vitols, ‘t Hart, Rosaly
Friday June 15 – Bimhuis

Jasper Stadhouders is one of the newest members of Doek and belongs to the youngest generation of Dutch improvisers. Since arriving in Amsterdam, Jasper has exploded onto the international improvised music scene. His playing showcases a completely natural musicality. One has the sense that he is so connected with his instrument he can play whatever he imagines. His ability to perform difficult compositions, with an assured sense of rhythm and harmony, combined with his extremely physical and dynamic approach to improvising, has led to him being one of the most sought after guitarists and electric bassists around.…

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This is Our Music – Artist portrait Michael Moore

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

Michael Moore
Featured Ensemble for Doek Festival 2018
Low, Slow, and Wobbly
Thursday June 14 – Splendor

It is incredibly rare to find a musician who is truly a master of free improvisation and traditional jazz forms. It’s reasonably common to find an improviser who can play within the jazz idiom, often in alarming and interesting ways, bending the conventions of the form to fit their interests. It’s also not uncommon to come across a consummate jazz musician who is willing to “go out” from time to time and explore the freedoms of non-idiomatic improvisation.…

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This is Our Music – Artist portrait Wilbert de Joode

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

Wilbert de Joode
Featured Ensemble for Doek Festival 2018
Ab Baars Trio
Saturday June 16 – Bimhuis

Wilbert de Joode is widely regarded as one of the foremost bassists in improvised music. He plucks, prods, bows and scrapes his bass with impeccable intuition and a vast vocabulary drawing from all corners of improvised music. Completely self taught, his approach to the instrument and improvisation in general is wholly unique. Wilbert is also one of the most attentive listeners around, which ensures phenomenal tone regardless of setting.…

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This is Our Music – Artist portrait Oscar Jan Hoogland

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

Oscar Jan Hoogland
Featured Ensemble for Doek Festival 2018
Hoogland, Sylla, Rosaly
June 15 – Bimhuis

The enfant terrible of the new Dutch impro scene, Oscar Jan Hoogland sprung onto the Amsterdam landscape approximately a decade ago, at the forefront of the latest group of improvisers to arrive and simultaneously uphold the tradition of New Dutch Swing even while tearing it apart. Having studied both piano and composition at the conservatorium, Oscar is possibly most notable for his fearless ability to use any and every influence as stimuli for improvisation and experimentation.…

This is Our Music – Artist portrait Kaja Draksler

ByJohn Dikeman News

Kaja Draksler
Featured Ensemble for Doek Festival 2018
Subtext
Thursday June 14 – Splendor

Kaja Draksler has quickly blossomed into one of the most in demand pianists in Europe. Stemming from Slovenia, she made her home in Amsterdam after studies at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen. Aside from possessing virtuosic technique and stellar listening capabilities, her studious nature has allowed her to glean a great understanding of jazz and “classical” form and harmony, with a healthy sense of folk music as a kicker.…

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space is the place ft doek – May

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, News, Video

May 11 – 21:00
De Ruimte
€8 Space is the Place ft. Doek, €6 Second Stop, €10 combined ticket

Eric Boeren – cornet

Felicity Provan 5tet
Felicity Provan – cornet, voice
Han Buhrs – voice
Ada Rave – saxophone
Harald Austbo – cello, voice
Michael Vatcher – drums

The final edition of Space is the Place/Second Stop is Jupiter for this season is a full on brass onslaught. We’ll have a solo from resident cornetist Eric Boeren followed by one of Doek’s favorite non-Doek ensembles, the Felicity Provan 5tet.…