Month: September 2019

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Amsterdam Real Book fietstour in Waterland – with Holysloot Kunst in de Kerk

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, News, Video

Sunday 29 September – 14:30
Zea
All Ellington Horns
ICP Orchestra with Waterland Harmonie
Kontraesthetika

Doek and Holysloot Kunst in de Kerk are happy to announce the first Holysloot bicycle tour. The Amsterdam Real Book began as a project that connected the new up-and-coming impro scene with the older generation of improvisers. The Amsterdam scene enjoys international fame and respect not only for its experimental character but also for a plethora of collaborations. On Sunday 29 September we’ve set out a bicycle route with short concerts at different stops, ending with a dinner organized by Boergondineren.…

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Wolter Wierbos in Italy and the UK

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, News

Wolter Wierbos / Wollo’s World
September 15 Wolter Wierbos solo, Festival Oltramente, Ragusa Ibla, Italy
October 12 Wolter Wierbos solo, Marsden Jazz Festival, Marsden, UK
October 13 Wolter Wierbos solo, Jazz Northeast, The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, UK

Wolter Wierbos has performed around the world as a soloist as well as with his open ensemble, Wollo’s World, which features him performing with a wide range of other artists. Coming up this fall, he will perform at the great Festival Oltramente in Italy.…

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Bimhuis 45 years – Super group led by Oscar Jan Hoogland

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, News

Saturday 12 October – 20:30
Super group curated by Oscar Jan Hoogland:
Laura Polence, voice
Mola Sylla, voice
Felicity Provan, trumpet
Benjamin Herman, alto sax
David Kweksilber, reeds
Tobias Delius, tenor sax, clarinet
Andy Moor, electric guitar
Oscar Jan Hoogland, piano, electric clavichord
Ernst Glerum, double bass
Gerri Jäger, drums, percussion
Bimhuis

The Bimhuis has been around for 45 years and is celebrating its birthday with a new super group curated by Doek’s own Oscar Jan Hoogland. Oscar selected musicians that show the wide range of music that has passed through the Bimhuis and influenced him personally.…

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Eric Boeren 4tet opens new season of Jazz Inverdan

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

Sunday 8 September – 16:00
Eric Boeren 4tet
Jazz Inverdan
de Doopsgezinde Vermaning, Westzijde 80, Zaandam

Amsterdam is bustling with improvised music from all generations and nationalities. However, Amsterdam isn’t the only place in the Netherlands to see world class music. In Zaandam we have the Jazz Inverdan series, formerly known as Jazz in Serah. Back then, Eric Boeren was the curator. Eric is no longer curating, but instead has been asked to open the 2019/2020 season with the incomparable Eric Boeren 4tet.…

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PolyBand at Gaudeamus Muziekweek

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Image, News

Jasper Stadhouders’ PolyBand
Gaudeamus Muziekweek
Saturday 7 September
TivoliVredenburg – Cloud Nine
22:30 – 00:00

“For years guitarist Jasper Stadhouders has been a sensation on the Amsterdam and international free improvisation scene, but his ambitions extend further. Gaudeamus is glad to help him realize his dreams by commissioning a work to be performed by his PolyBand. With PolyBand he brings together a large group of musician friends of his for a dizzying, unstoppable cocktail of krautrock, mathcore, cumbia and more. The gigantic band keeps switching between tight control and total surrender, in a 90-minute-long hypnotizing composition which could just as easily last 6 hours.…