Month: May 2019

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See you at the Market: Miri Lee

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, Video

See you at The Market: Miri Lee

Miri Lee is a performer who has made a clear stamp on Amsterdam. Highly sought after as a contemporary dancer, choreographer and real-time performer, Miri has been as tireless as she’s been fearless in collaborating with anyone who’s anyone in the realms of visual art, music, science art, and theater performance. A natural improviser, with an intuitive ease that is contagious in an ensemble, she has also developed her own theoretical conception, which she terms Imprography methodology and which spawned the platform Collectief Imprography.…

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See you at the Market: Michael Moore

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, Video

See you at The Market: Michael Moore

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.…

join the market!

Bydoek News

Who wants to have a stall at The Market in the Bimhuis on 14 and/or 15 June? We already have a live illustrator, a fortune teller, and stalls with CDs, bags and make your own artwork. Maybe you have something to sell – second hand clothes, dried chillies, magic potions, massages, advice to the lovelorn? Come and join us – it’s going to be lots of fun. Mail us at . Theme on Friday is City, on Saturday it’s Bazaar.

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See you at the Market: Kaja Draksler

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

See you at The Market: Kaja Draksler

Kaja Draksler is a pianist and composer who is continually evolving and growing as an improviser, proving to be one of the shining stars of the youngest generation of improvisers globally. 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.

Last year, her project the Kaja Draksler Octet made waves, receiving numerous accolades and performing at some of the most prestigious festivals in the world.…

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See you at the market: John Dikeman

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

See you at the Market: John Dikeman

John Dikeman, originally from Wyoming, burst onto the Amsterdam scene 10 years ago, bringing with him a ferocious sensibility to the saxophone with an emphasis on pure sound and expression. His playing draws on the history of what could be called American free jazz but with a knowledge of various more European approaches sometimes termed non-idiomatic improvisation. Having performed since an early age all over the world in a wide range of settings, jazz, blues, classical, and even Arabic music have informed his sensibilities to make him a surprisingly versatile player.…