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Bassist and composer Gonçalo Almeida (Lisbon, 1978) lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he studied at the Rotterdams Conservatorium with Hein van Geyn, Stefan Lievestro, Marius Beets and Peter Leerdman. He has been making a mark as one of Netherlands’s most interesting new generation bass players. His projects involve the forerunners of the Dutch and Portuguese jazz scenes, bridging modern jazz, free jazz, jazzcore and free improvisation. He has shared the stage with improvisers such has Ab Baars, Balasz Pandi, Chris Speed, Carlos Zíngaro, Fred Lonberg-Holm , Jasper Stadhouders, Jorrit Dijkstra, Martin van Duynhoven, Rodrigo Amado, Tobias Klein, and Wilbert de Joode, among others

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Henry Threadgill, Shipp/Parker, Glass Triangle & Rich Halley

by Maurice Hogue
September 14, 2026

Congratulations to saxophonist / composer / innovator Henry Threadgill & his Zooid band on their 25th anniversary, well-celebrated with the releases of Cut You Where You Was. This is one of Zooid's best. Props also to the tied-at-the-improvisational--hip duo, pianist Matthew Shipp & bassist William Parker for the re-release of Zo, on vinyl for the first ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Marta Warelis, Marion Brown & Hypomaniac

by Maurice Hogue
June 1, 2026

Polish pianist Marta Warelis assembled a most eclectic group of musicians for a gig at Amsterdam's The Bimhuis in October 2024 (trumpet Ben LaMar Gay from Chicago, Dutch tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Ab Baars, Canadian tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Karen Ng, Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Frank Rosaly who's from Chicago but now making ...

Album

Hypomaniac

By Sylvain Darrifourcq

Label: Defkaz
Released: 2025
Track listing: 19.45; 8.17; 8.59; 11.30.

Album

Maxximus

By Tobias Klein

Label: Trytone
Released: 2025
Track listing: Smitten; Sack & Ash; Phoenix; Springend; Annie Golden; The Prvilege of Playing the Wrong Notes.

Article: Album Review

Spinifex: Maxximus

Read "Maxximus" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 25, 2025

Spinifex, the Amsterdam sextet formed in 2005 by saxophonist Tobias Klein, has spent two decades rattling jazz conventions with math-metal precision and global rhythmic flair. With trumpeter Bart Maris, tenor saxophonist John Dikeman, guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, bassist Gonçalo Almeida, and drummer Philipp Moser, their live shows ignite like sonic wildfires. Maxximus marks their twentieth anniversary and ...

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Fieldwork, Matthieu Mazué, Aga Derlak & The Monkious

by Maurice Hogue
September 16, 2025

New releases are always about, but the new ones featured in this episode of OMJ are very, very special. First off, Fieldwork! Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman & Tyshawn Sorey are all formidable musicians in their own right and as the trio Fieldwork the critical acclaim was huge, the potential endless. But it's taken 17 years for ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz em Agosto 2025

by Stefano Merighi
August 15, 2025

Jazz em Agosto Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal August 1-10, 2025 Despite the “onda de calor" which hit it, Lisbon remains as peaceful as ever in its saturnine routine--even though invasive tourism in the Baixa neighborhood has already changed its appearance, and not for the better. August, however, is also ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz em Agosto 2025

by Stefano Merighi
August 13, 2025

Jazz em Agosto Fondazione Gulbenkian Lisbona, Portogallo 1-10 agosto 2025 Malgrado la “onda de calor" portoghese stia sfiorando la capitale, Lisbona è al solito pacifica nel suo tran tran saturnino, anche se il turismo invadente della Baixa ha già trasformato certo non in meglio la sua fisionomia. Ma ...

Article: Festivals Talking

Moers Festival Interviews: Bart Maris

by Martin Longley
June 6, 2025

Bart Maris is a heroic Belgian trumpeter, deeply committed to the art of improvisation, treading a wilder jazz path, and possessing a mighty appetite for road-life, gigging prolifically and always seeking out unfamiliar collaborators, knowing that this act will force his own playing into a continual sense of vital change. Therefore, he is a fine choice ...