Results for "Amsterdam"

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
December 3, 2018

Jonathan Finlayson's music has clarity of sound and atmosphere and, at the same time, keeps you on the edge of your seat. The American trumpeter knows how to make challenging music accessible, which he has already shown in the bands of Steve Coleman, Henry Threadgill and Steve Lehman. Like their music, his own compositions ...

Mike Reed's Flesh & Bone Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
November 26, 2018

Mike Reed's compositions for Flesh & Bone are both deeply personal and brimming with hope. They represent his expressions of feeling about social unrest, racism and resurgent nationalism. On his eponymous album, the Chicago-based musician recollects harrowing memories of a confrontation with far-right protesters on a train journey with his band through Eastern Europe. For this ...

The Complete Jan Akkerman: Focusing on a Life's Work

by John Kelman
November 24, 2018

He may be largely regarded as the most influential guitarist to emerge from the Netherlands, a country that, bordering on the North Sea, is roughly one-quarter the physical size of England and, with a current number of about seventeen million, has just one-third the population of the UK's largest country. Still, despite garnering major in-country recognition, ...

The Quartet Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
November 19, 2018

Dutch Jazz master Benjamin Herman, Peter Beets, Ruud Jacobs and Han Bennink have been playing together for five years and swinging from day one, when they hit the stage on New Year's Eve 2013. Since then, every one of their performances has offered something fresh and surprising. A highlight of their collaboration was a series of ...

Monty Alexander Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
November 12, 2018

Monty Alexander is back to Bimhuis with his trio after his sold out gig in 2013; a fresh opportunity to catch the famous pianist in an intimate setting. Monty Alexander's playing balances jazz, soul and Caribbean styles such as calypso and reggae. As a teenager the pianist moved from Jamaica to New York. ...

Lluc Casares

Born: August 31, 1990

Lluc Casares (Barcelona, 1990). Lluc is the first person from the Iberian Peninsula to have studied the Artist Diploma program at The Juilliard School in New York, under the mentorship of masters such as Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Washington, and Ben Wolfe.

Lluc has released five albums as a leader. The latest, Big Band vol. 1 (The Changes, 2025), is his first in this format; previous releases include Ride (The Changes, 2023), recorded in Amsterdam with guitar master Jesse Van Ruller; Septet (The Changes, 2021), and Sketches Overseas (Outside In Music, 2018), recorded in New York. Sketches Overseas won the “Best Jazz Album of 2018” award from Enderrock magazine. Red (Temps Records, 2015) was his debut album as a leader.

Verheyen, Copland, van der Feen, McPherson Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
October 15, 2018

Robin Verheyen can switch effortlessly between jazz, rock and Bach, but concentrates on acoustic improvisation with his New York quartet. The Flemish saxophonist performed recently at the BIMHUIS, accompanied by his band TaxiWars, which features dEUS frontman and cult indie legend Tom Barman. Verheyen lived in Brussels and Paris before moving to New York, ...

Fred Frith Solo Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
October 8, 2018

Since the 1960s, composer and multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith has been blurring the borders between rock, folk, improvisation and contemporary music. His influence as an artist was already evident in the early seventies, first as a result of his work with the innovative British rock band Henry Cow and later with Brian Eno. He moved to New ...

Charles McPherson Quartet Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
October 1, 2018

No one else alive today has mastered the musical language of Charlie Parker like Charles McPherson. The alto saxophonist, who played with, among others, Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1972, keeps bebop alive with his own music. Critics praise his powerful, confident playing on his most recent album The Journey. Personnel -Charles McPherson: alto ...

Jure Pukl 'Doubtless' live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
September 24, 2018

Jure Pukl is one of Slovenia's most prolific and creative saxophonists, who has been performing for years all over the world. He is part of a new generation of musicians shaping the future of jazz. This concert at BIMHUIS features the line-up from his recent album, Doubtless: a tenor sax front-line of Jure Pukl ...