Jeroen van Vliet

Wolfert Brederode

Genevieve Murphy

Mary Oliver

Giuseppe Doronzo

Ella Zirina

Nora Mulder

Kristina Fuchs

Spring, a time of renewal and growth. In our annual Spring Duets series, we celebrate this spring feeling by creating new encounters between musicians we rate highly. Whether they are young heroes, internationally acclaimed performers, improv veterans, or unique outsiders, they unanimously take on the challenge make new music. This time the duos are:

Kristina Fuchs & Jeroen van Vliet – vocals/electronics & piano/electronics  
We begin with an intimate duo who present their album tonight: Life, you are beautiful, by vocalist Kristina Fuchs and pianist Jeroen van Vliet. Fuchs, with her kaleidoscopic voice effortlessly shifting between dreamy and playful, whispering and powerful, performs together with pianist Jeroen van Vliet, who impresses with his lyrical and crystal-clear playing. Together they create an adventurous musical world where jazz, improvisation, and poetry embrace each other.

Mary Oliver & Nora Mulder – violin/Hardanger fiddle/pedals & piano/electronics/pedals  
Mary Oliver and Nora Mulder are no strangers to each other, although they are now performing as a duo for the first time. Together with vocalist Greetje Bijma, they formed Picatrix, an adventurous ensemble that explores the boundaries of improvisation. Oliver plays the violin, viola and the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian folk variant of the violin. She is a pivot in the Amsterdam improv scene, partly through her participation in the ICP Orchestra. The distinctive pianist Nora Mulder made a name for herself with a combination of contemporary classical music, improvised music, and special sound installations.

Ella Zirina & Wolfert Brederode – guitar & piano  
In a short time, Ella Zirina has developed into a guitarist who has become indispensable in the Dutch jazz scene, partly through a performance at North Sea Jazz (with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joey Baron), her Edison-nominated debut album Intertwined, and the fact that she has already shared the stage with big names like Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, Jesse van Ruller, Reinier Baas, Pablo Held, and Yuri Honing. Now she shares the stage with another great musician: pianist Wolfert Brederode. Brederode’s piano playing and compositions are recognizable yet surprising, due to the subtle contrasts he uses. His latest album Ruins and Remains was released on the renowned label ECM Records.

Giuseppe Doronzo & Genevieve Murphy – baritone sax/Iranian bagpipes & voice/electronics/Scottish bagpipes  
Baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo is an improviser through and through. Therefore it makes a lot of sence he enters into a duet with another pure improviser, Genevieve Murphy. Doronzo has played many times on our stage before, for example with the AVA Trio or as a soloist, with the successful solo album Goya. Genevieve Murphy combines performance and visual art with contemporary classical music. A commonality is playing the bagpipes, with Doronzo on Iranian bagpipes alongside baritone sax and Murphy on Scottish bagpipes alongside her voice and electronics.

Shane Koppers

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Spring Duets

Emma Rawicz

Asaf Sirkis

Elliot Galvin

Kevin Glasgow

Jamie Cullum calls her ‘an astonishing new talent’ and the British press is unanimously enthusiastic: Emma Rawicz is not to be missed. The young star from London made name on Instagram with clips showing her impressive skills on tenor sax, flute and bass clarinet. In her original compositions she takes example from legendary saxophonists/composers such as Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter.

Color is the main theme on her debut album Chroma, which highlights her synesthesia: for Emma, music is inseparably connected to color and other sensory impressions. This has resulted in a layered, orchestrally sounding album featuring giants and super talents from British jazz. The album incorporates all kinds of influences, from Indian to latin and from fusion to singer-songwriters.

Emma Rawicz sax, Elliot Galvin piano, Kevin Glasgow bass guitar, Asaf Sirkis drums/percussion

Eva Klesse

Nicole McCabe

Sasha Berliner

Kaisa Mäensivu

Together they form a brand new ensemble, these four women who have profiled themselves in recent years as excellent band leaders and imaginative composers. All four have their foundations in jazz, from which they continue to expand their horizons through improvisation. They know each other well—Nicole McCabe appeared in Sasha Berliner’s band at North Sea Jazz, while Sasha played with Kaisa’s Machine led by Kaisa Mäensivu. Now they will tour Europe for the first time in this line-up.

Alto saxophonist Nicole McCabe is a major talent from the flourishing Los Angeles scene, where she collaborates with tastemakers such as Louis Cole, Jeff Parker and Amy Aileen Wood. She previously appeared on our stage with Dolphin Hyperspace, her electro jazz duo with bass guitarist Logan Kane. Her most recent album Mosaic was released on L.A.-based label Ghost Note.

Sasha Berlin is a phenomenon on vibraphone who topped the Downbeat Critics Poll in the category Rising Star Vibraphone. At a very young age she started playing drums and moved towards vibraphone. As a teenager she collaborated with singer-songwriter Beck, made her first EP Gold and completed her jazz education. She recorded her most recent album Onyx with the likes of Marcus Gilmore and James Francies.

Kaisa Mäensivu, originally from Finland, is making a name for herself in New York as a double bassist. She performed with esteemed players such as Kurt Rosenwinkel and Seamus Blake and she previously appeared on our stage with her band Kaisa’s Machine and special guest Jesse van Ruller. She was tutored by Ron Carter and got her master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music.

Eva Klesse also achieved her master’s degree in New York, after studying jazz in Weimar, Paris and Leipzig. As a drummer she has won many awards including an Echo, the German Grammy. In the past decade she has released five albums as a band leader and composer on the renowned label Enja Records, including Songs Against Loneliness which featured guitar hero Wolfgang Muthspiel.

Nicole McCabe alt sax, Sasha Berliner vibraphone, Kaisa Mäensivu double bass, Eva Klesse drums

Nicole McCabe / Sasha Berliner / Kaisa Mäensivu / Eva Klesse

Trevor Dunn

Brian Marsella

Kenny Wollesen

Brian Marsella is a pianist who can be virtuoso, melodic and adventurous at the same time; critic Peter Margasak described his style as ‘Herbie Nichols or Bud Powell playing at warp speed.’ In his piano trio he plays with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Kenny Wollesen. All three members are regular compatriots of jazz innovator John Zorn, whose work they have previously performed on our stage. Now they will play Marsella’s original compositions.

Since 1998, Brian Marsella has been active as a pianist out of New York. Highlights from his oeuvre are the albums of his large ensembles iMAGiNARiUM an Gatos do Sul, which have been acclaimed highly in the media. In the past years he became a key figure in John Zorn’s world, working on many albums on Zorn’s label Tzadik, collaborating with major players such as John Medeski, Nels Cline and Julian Lage. He previously played on our stage in Banquet of the Spirits, the ensemble of the exceptional percussionist Cyro Baptista.

‘The classically trained Marsella displayed dizzying technique while imbuing pieces with an authentic soul-jazz feeling’ (Downbeat on the Brian Marsella Trio).

Brian Marsella piano, Trevor Dunn double bass, Kenny Wollesen drums

Brian Marsella Trio

Wajdi Riahi

Pierre Hurty

Basile Rahola

Young pianist Wajdi Riahi harmoniously intertwines various worlds: his classical education, his passion for jazz and his North African heritage. His music is more than the sum of its parts, as he proves on his album Essia. Named after his mother, the album takes inspiration from his city of birth Tunis and the local Stambeli rituals.

The rhythms that are integral to Stambeli form the basis of Wajdi Riahi’s trio. In this line-up, he complements his piano playing with Fender Rhodes and his own voice. The double bass played by Basile Rahola offers firm support. Pierre Hurty’s drums are occasionally accentuated by the krakebs, the metallic castagnets used in Stambeli and related styles such as Gnawa. For five years these musicians have formed a close-knit unit in Belgian jazz. Wajdi has previously played with the likes of Aka Moon and he has recently performed on our stage with Adèle Viret.

Wajdi Riahi Trio

Steve Coleman

Jonathan Finlayson

Rich Brown

Sean Rickman

In the 1980s alto saxophonist Steve Coleman presented his own vision of jazz, based on soul, funk and the new rhythm of the street, hip-hop. As the band leader of Five Elements he co-founded the M-Base collective, which included famous jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. Its influence can still be felt today in the music of such progressive band leaders as Jason Moran, Vijay Iyer and Ambrose Akinmusire.

As a composer Coleman investigates the spiritual connection between contemporary Afro-American culture, Egyptian antiquity and folk music from all over the globe. Rhythm and flow in nature and language are important points of interest. The recent live album PolyTropos/Of Many Turns is a good example of Coleman’s non-linear composition style, allowing band members to build the music spontaneously through pre-composed modules.

Steve Coleman and Five Elements

Tuesday night means it is time for a new Tuesday Jam! Still led by saxophonist and winner of the Boy Edgar Prize 2019 Jasper Blom, Tuesday Jam is the place where musicians of all ages and levels meet and inspire each other. With the celebrated jazz department of the Conservatory of Amsterdam only a couple of hundred meters away from our BIMHUIS, there is no lack of impressive talent on stage at anytime. Add some spontanious visits of world-class musicians like Esperanza Spalding, Seamus Blake and Dick Oatts, and you got the perfect mix. In short, this is the session where every jazzmusician and jazzlover should be.

Entrance is free, reservations are not necessary. No reservations needed.

Tuesday Jam

Nduduzo Makhathini

Francisco Mela

Ndudzo Makhatini grew up on the east coast of South Africa. His grandmother was a healer who used songs and music, much like the zulu warriors who came from the same area. The piano entered his life through his mother. In his spirited playing, he links ritual music with jazz and gospel, in the tradition of South African jazz legends such as Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa and Abdullah Ibrahim.

Outside of South Africa, Ndudzo Makhathini made his breakthrough with his first album for the prestigious Blue Note label, Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds, which earned a place in many end of the year ‘Best of’-lists. Last summer his third album on Blue Note appeared, uNomkhubulwane, a three part suite dedicated to the eponymous zulu goddess. Now he will perform in the same line-up as on the album, with Zwelakhe Bell Le Pere on double bass and Francisco Mela on drums.

Nduduzo Makhathini piano, Zwelakhe Bell Le Pere double bass, Francisco Mela drums

Nduduzo Makhathini Trio

Matteo Paggi

Enrico Rava

Francesco Ponticelli

Evita Polidoro

Francesco Diodati

Fearless Five is the latest project from trumpet legend Enrico Rava, an outstanding quintet that combines Rava’s vast experience with the young, creative energy of a new generation of top musicians. Besides Rava, Fearless Five consists of Matteo Paggi on trombone, Francesco Ponticelli on double bass, drummer/vocalist Evita Polidoro, and guitarist Francesco Diodati. Each of them is a distinctive player who is given ample space by Rava to express their creative voice. The result is a quintet that excels in balancing freedom and interplay, and continues to captivate.

Master trumpeter Enrico Rava has been striving since the 1960s to find equilibrium between melody and abstraction, between tradition and avant-garde, and between European and American influences. The brass player from Turin performed on historic albums such as Steve Lacy’s The Forest and the Zoo, Carla Bley’s Escalator Over the Hill, and Manfred Schoof’s European Echoes, and continues to reinvent himself in formations with the new generation of top musicians.

Enrico Rava trumpet, Matteo Paggi trombone, Francesco Diodati guitar, Francesco Ponticelli bass, Evita Polidoro drums

Enrico Rava Fearless Five

Musho

This double concert demonstrates how wide the spectrum of improvised music can be. Opener is the new ensemble around guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei, known for her collaborations with John Zorn and Fred Frith. The following duo Musho features Sofia Jernberg and Alexander Hawkins, who draw from their experiences of playing with some of the greats of Ethiopian music.

HOUSE OF WU FEI: TIDES AND TIME

The everlasting cycle of ebb and flood, shaping coastal regions across the globe, is a source of inspiration for Wu Fei. Ancient Chinese poetry and the waves and tides are guidelines for her new ensemble House of Wu Fei, that originated in the city of Ghent. Wu Fei can elicit unprecedented tones and timbres from the guzheng, the Chinese zither, in combination with her voice. Het solo album Yuan appeared on John Zorn’s label Tzadik. On her unusual musical trajectory she met many other musical freethinkers including Fred Frith, Gyan Riley and Abigail Washburn. House of Wu Fei features Dutch double bassist Louise van den Heuvel, and two Flemish players: Dijf Sanders on electronica and Simon Segers (De Beren Gieren, Black Flower) on drums.

MUSHO (SOFIA JERNBERG & ALEXANDER HAWKINS)

Musho moves seamlessly between abstract exploration and the immediacy of song, with the visceral effect of sinking into a tender and powerful embrace. Adopting the name Musho—an Amharic word meaning ‘sad song’—both members draw on their shared affinity for the music of Ethiopia, having honed their languages in the company of musical elder statesmen from that country: Sofia Jernberg with Hailu Mergia, and Alexander Hawkins with Mulatu Astatke.

Swedish vocalist Sofia Jernberg and British pianist Alexander Hawkins have a special relationship with our stage, where they first performed together at October Meeting 2016. Jernberg has explored the outer edges of her voice in performances ranging from the opera Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg to improv supergroup The End led by Mats Gustafsson. Hawkins is internationally recognized as a musical innovator, having collaborated with legends such as Anthony Braxton and Marshall Allen, as well as peers such as Tomeka Reid and Shabaka Hutchings.

EJN GREEN PILOT TOUR

House of Wu Fei and Musho take part in the Green Pilot Tour, a project of Europe Jazz Network (EJN) in collaboration with the European Union under the Creative Europe program 2022-2024. The goal of the Green Pilot Tour is sustainability, fair compensation, inclusiveness and gender balance in concert tours.

House of Wu Fei
Wu Fei guzheng/vocals, DIJF electronics/keyboards, Louise van den Heuvel bass, Simon Segers drums/electronics

Musho
Sofia Jernberg vocals, Alexander Hawkins piano

House of Wu Fei – ‘Tides and Time’ | Musho (Sofia Jernberg & Alexander Hawkins)

Susanne Schäffer

Bas Jongen

Haydn for modern ears, played by the Chaos String Quartet – that is the formula of Een flat met duizend ramen. This brand-new imaginative series consists of six short performances, two per concert. Six string quartets by Haydn, new music and texts by Joke van Leeuwen take center stage. Star actress Ariane Schluter takes on the roles of a series of characters from the here and now: all have a relationship with Haydn’s music.

The miniseries Een flat met duizend ramen take the form of a frame story. Each episode zooms in on one of the main characters. Not surprisingly, Haydn’s six Sun Quartets form the starting point. In this collection, bundled as Opus 20, Haydn highlighted all the possibilities of the string quartet, a then-new chamber music form. Now, three centuries later, six composers add their own perspectives.

Susanne Schäffer violin, Eszter Kruchió violin, Sara Marzadori viola, Bas Jongen cello, Ariane Schluter reciter, Jos van Kan direction

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Chaos String Quartet ft. Ariane Schluter: Een flat met duizend ramen I

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

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