Month: January 2020

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Ada Rave featured in JazzNU

ByJohn Dikeman Image, Media, News


Ada Rave in JazzNu
JazzNu has declared January 2020 to be tenor month. Along with Ab Baars, Mete Erker, Yuri Honing and Ties Mellema, Ada Rave is featured for her undeniable contribution to the Dutch sax scene, specifically for her solo playing. In this in-depth interview she talks about growing up in a small town in Patagonia, Argentina, riding horses and connecting with nature. We then follow her development, discovering jazz and picking up the saxophone, and everything that transpired to bring her and her music to Amsterdam.…

PolyBand as part of Festival WhyNot!

ByJohn Dikeman News

Jasper Stadhouders’ PolyBand
Festival WhyNot!
Bimhuis
Wednesday 22 January
20:30 – 00:00

Festival WhyNot! is presenting the truly massive PolyBand at the Bimhuis in collaboration with The Rest is Noise.

“…a swirling maelstrom of rhythmic passages. South American and African rhythms, Kraut rock, funk and free improvisation alternate at a rapid pace. A show of an hour and a half, without a break, flies by at lightning speed.”

from a review of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Nieuwe Noten.

PolyBand
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti: voice/percussion/performance; Marjolein Vogels: dance/performance; Suzanne de Bekker: dance/performance; Björk Níelsdóttir: vocals; Genevieve Clare Georgina Florence Murphy: bagpipes; Leo Svirsky: accordeon/Fender Rhodes; Nora Mulder: cymbalom; Marta Warelis: piano/keyboards/synth; Joost Buis: trombone; Salvoandrea Lucifora: trombone/sousaphone; Jeroen Kimman: guitar; Jasper Stadhouders: guitar; Miguel Petruccelli: bass; Tristan Renfrow: drums; Onno Govaert: drums; Philipp Moser: drums; Paul Koek: percussion; Mei-yi Lee: percussion/glockenspiel; Sandor Caron: sound engineer…

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Space is the Place ft Doek, a new video

ByJohn Dikeman Media, Video

The ongoing Space is the Place featuring Doek and Second Stop is Jupiter series has included some of the most successful evenings Doek has helped produce in Amsterdam, in collaboration with De Ruimte. In case you haven’t made it to one of these fantastic nights, here’s an excellent new video featuring a slew of Doek groups. Filmed by Seeltje van Boeckel & Elsie Vermeer, sound by Ron Ruiten and editing by Oscar Jan Hoogland and Elsie Vermeer.

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Michael Moore Fragile Quartet tour, new releases

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Image, News

January 16 Bimhuis, Amsterdam
January 17 Toonzaal, Den Bosch, NL
January 18 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
January 19 Pletterij, Haarlem
January 25 AMR, Geneva, Switzerland

Michael Moore – clarinet, alto saxophone
Harmen Fraanje – piano
Clemens van der Feen – bass
Gerry Hemingway – drums

Michael Moore’s Fragile Quartet has existed since 2007 and, as could be expected by the name, presents his music in the most intimate of settings. With every tour for the quartet, Michael composes new material and these concerts will explore compositions from the latest quartet album, “Cretan Dialogues“.…

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The Market, redux at Space is the Place

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

Friday, January 10, 21:00
21:00 – 03:00 pay what you can/want on a sliding scale from €6 – €18
De Ruimte

Doek Festival’s The Market Returns!

A recap of last Doek festival’s The Market: Bazaar, with compositions by Cor Fuhler, Michael Moore, Eric Boeren, Harald Austbø, Kaja Draksler, Jasper Stadhouders, John Dikeman and Oscar Jan Hoogland.
Line-up: Ada Rave, Eric Boeren, Harald Austbø, Jasper Stadhouders, Michael Moore, Michael Vatcher, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Wilbert de Joode, Wolter Wierbos.

This special Bazaar edition of Space is The Place ft Doek /2nd Stop is Jupiter features a stellar line-up, tons of live music (and live stallholders!)…