Concerts in the USA
09/22 Merriman’s Playhouse, South Bend, IN
09/23 Spot Tavern, Lafayette, IN
09/24 Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Logan Center for the Arts (Univ of Chicago), IL
Amsterdam
10/19 De Ruimte
…“”The shit swings like mad, with reedist Keefe Jackson out front blazing melodic puzzles and the rhythm section playing with time like taffy. Every once in a while I need that reminder of why I love jazz, and here it is.”
Bimhuis TV has created a new playlist featuring some of the great performances from the series The Impro Train. Organized by Doek with solos by o.a. Wilbert de Joode and Ab Baars, three great sets of Mother Tongue, the duo Oscar Jan Hoogland and Han Bennink and Jasper Stadhouders‘ quintet Bloodcloud.…
June 28 – 30, La Malterie, Lille
July 1 Roze Tanker, Amsterdam concert starts 20.00
July 2 Open rehearsal at Zaal 100 from 17:00
July 3 Oude Lutherse Kerk concert starts 15:00
For this first improvised and musical meeting of members of the Doek and Muzzix (Lille) collectives, six musicians will play 3 concerts in Lille, with different line-ups each evening. The 3 evenings of concerts in France will be followed by a return leg in the Netherlands.…
Brilliant Corners
a festival of jazz in Belfast
Brilliant Corners is an international festival with a fantastic line-up. Among the ensembles is the Benjamin Herman Trio with our own Oscar Jan Hoogland as special guest. This performance went so well, they’re planning to do it again at the Bimhuis May 8.
Also featuring Lakecia Benjamin’s ‘Music of the Coltranes’, Witch n Monk, Jaimie Branch, Alexander Hawkins Solo, Leïla Martial’s ‘Baa Box’, ReDiviDeR, Yurodny, Jack Joseph James, Scott Flanigan, Meilana Gillard, Dave Redmond, and music intros by Alpha Chrome Yayo.…
Last fall Oscar Jan Hoogland and Han Bennink released an excellent album of their long standing duo, Goede Reis, on ICP Records. This March they performed with the duo at the Bimhuis as part of our collaborative series, The Impro Train. No audience was allowed, but cameras were. Watch the two cruise, splatter, jip and flrp over compositions of Misha Mengelberg, Thelonious Monk, Paul Termos, and Cor Fuhler, as well as some originals and fully improvised pieces. …and swing, they also swing!…
The first five episodes of Eric Boeren’s Musicians talk can be seen on the YouTube playlist above.
We hope to find funding to continue this series; in the meantime here’s plenty to stimulate your curiosity.
MUSICIANS TALK On tour, over dinner, in the car, in the train, at airports, during and after rehearsals, musicians don’t tend to talk much about music, but when they do you get to hear ins and outs that somehow never seem to surface in articles.
In several round table discussions, Eric Boeren spoke with musicians he has played with over the years.…