Results for "Amsterdam"

Maarten Ornstein

Maarten Ornstein is a Dutch musician based in Amsterdam. He plays tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet and also works as a composer and arranger. On occasion he plays tarogato, electric saxophone, MPC and laptop computers. He leads the free funk ensemble DASH! and performs as a soloist. Additionally, he plays with lutist Mike Fentross, singer Rima Khcheich, poet and singer Jeannine Valeriano. and pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs. Maarten Ornstein endorses Légère reeds and is a member of Splendor Amsterdam. Both in his paying and composing, Maarten Ornstein is always looking for new challenges, people to work with, rules to break and boundaries to cross

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk

Born: March 31, 1965

In 2007 Dutch guitarplayer Jan Wouter Oostenrijk (JWO) released "Maghreb Jazz guitar", an innovating crossover between jazz and music from Northafrica . They did a successful tour in Holland and performed at big international festivals in Morocco like Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech. The Maghreb Jazz album got a radioindy "Golden Artist" award in the USA and their interpretation of famous jazz tune Caravan appeared on an EMI compilation, beside renomated artists as James Brown, George Duke and Natacha Atlas. With his work JWO became one of founders of Maghreb Jazz, a worldwide source of inspiration for new music! About JWO Virtuoso Dutch guitar player Jan Wouter Oostenrijk completed his professional Jazz guitar studies at the conservatory of Amsterdam in 1995

Dominic J Marshall

Born: April 13, 1989

Dominic John Marshall – Pianist/composer/beatmaker from Wiltshire, England. After studying classical piano for 10 years with his father Mark Marshall, Dominic was awarded the Alan Hawkshaw scholarship to study jazz at Leeds College of Music. By summer 2010 his graduation recital had won him the LCM Piano Prize. After being accepted on to the Masters course at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in autumn of the same year, Dominic was lucky enough to receive guidance from the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau and Ambrose Akinmusire. His first trio CD The Oneness was recorded, self-produced and released in this time, Chris Parker of LondonJazz calling it ‘a striking debut’. In April 2011 Dominic received The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award for young British musicians of exceptional ability to finance the final year of his postgrad

Norbert Kögging

Born: April 21, 1981

Norbert is bandleader/vocalist/composer for his band KØGGING (www.kogging.com). His compositions are rooted in jazz and singersongwriting. In March of 2011 KØGGING records its debutalbum ‘Daydreaming’ in Banff, Canada. After recording KØGGING plays a tour in Western Canada (Vancouver, Edmonton ao). CDrelease 'Daydreaming': December 9, 2011. Besides KØGGING, Norbert is a member of jazzgroup Square Orange (www.squareorangemusic.com) and he works as a freelance vocalist in different projects and productions. Norbert finds it very inspriring to get in touch with different artists and musical styles. Being a vocal coach Norbert works in his Studio in Utrecht (nl)

Yasam Hancilar

Born: June 17, 1979

Yaşam Hancılar is a Turkish/Dutch jazz singer who is a devoted and passionate artist with many tangible qualities. He sings in a way that is charming you fully along. His elegant style, and his unique and warm sound that surrounds you simply brighten your mood. With his acoustic jazz quartet, he seeks for fresh, new, personal and creative ways of interpretation of the jazz standards and originals. Storytelling and musicality are the major characteristics of his choice of repertoire. After taking part in different projects in his musical journey as a singer and an instrumentalist, he founded his first jazz band Jazzmates at the beginning of 2007, in Turkey

Reinier Baas

Born: June 19, 1985

Reinier Baas (1985) is a guitarist, composer and recording artist from the Netherlands with a DIY approach and an idiosyncratic body of work. He has released 11 records as a (co-)leader, with a wide variety of styles. His critically acclaimed albums 'Mostly Improvised Instrumental Indie Music' and the ambitious 'Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix' both earned him an Edison Award (the Netherland's most prestigious music award).

Baas’ music is characterised by “unpredictability with a reassuring sense of overall form”. A description of The New York City Jazz Record reads: “The music was assembled in unusual ways. Arcane harmonies suggest Bartók or Stravinsky, but then structures would fracture and hip-hop rhythms would suddenly hit hard and then everything would become wild flurries and improvised cacophonies before the music returned to solemn, orderly, if angular forms.”

Konstantin Ruchadze

Born: January 11, 1950

Konstantin was born in Moscow, into the family of a Soviet-journalist/writer and opera-singer. The head of the Ruchadze family-clan in those days was his grandfather’s brother N. A. Ruchadze, Georgian ministr of State Security and personal friend of Joseph Stalin. Having such a background, Konstantin however has evolved in a completely different direction, contrary to his family heritage. From his early days he felt a natural inexplicable aversion against establishment, along with deep urge for adventure. These are true qualities of a free spirit. As a child learning to sing classical music from his mother, and writing poetries while in pre-school, he soon won several singers and lyricists awards

Hermine Deurloo

The chromatic harmonica is still rarely heard in jazz, but Hermine Deurloo acquits herself fully as one of the better-known performers on this instrument. With her warm and virtuous playing she easily conquers the audience. As a soloist she has performed with the Metropole Orchestra, The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, the Orchestra Jazz Siciliana, Tony Scherr, Han Bennink, Jesse van Ruller, Candy Dulfer, and Al Jarreau. She toured in America, China, Japan, Indonesia and Europe. Hermine has recorded several cd’s on harmonica: Welling (2015 - Tin Wood Records), Glass Fish (2012 - Challenge Records), Soundbite (2006) and Crazy Clock (Brooklyn 2005) with guitarist/bassist Tony Scherr

Bob van Luijt

Born: November 15, 1985

Sylvi Lane

Roots: Rehearsing bands, musical instruments and wires all over the place, the stage, the smell of the red velvet curtains, numerous concerts: Great memories of my childhood. I ‘grew up’ in a club, ran by my parents. There I breathed in and out the live atmosphere of music and theatre. Study: Back then it was called: Improvised music- main subject singing; at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. It was fertile soil for my musical and personal growth:a free spirited surrounding. Here I also started writing music: my internal need to create and express. Singer: Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn, Gladys Knight, Betty Carter, Miles, Sarah Vaughan: thank you for being so inspiring! My very first band was, YES, a soulband