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Dutch Jazz Week at AllAboutJazz.com
From November 27 to December 3, 2011, the world's longest running and furthest reaching jazz music website, All About Jazz, will celebrate Dutch jazz. During Dutch Jazz Week AAJ will highlight seven Dutch jazz artists handpicked by the AAJ editors from the the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010 compilation CD. Starting on November 27th, each ...
Tineke Postma: The Dawn Of Light
by John Kelman
Since her 2004 debut as a leader, Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma has released records almost like clockwork every alternate year, with The Traveller (EtceteraNow, 2009), as strong a statement as she's made, featuring a quartet of Americans including drummer Terri Lyne Carrington--constant companion since Postma's sophomore For the Rhythm (Munich, 2005). The Dawn Of Light returns ...
North Sea Jazz Festival, July 8-10, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
North Sea Jazz FestivalJuly 8-10, 2011AhoyRotterdam, The Netherlands The North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands is staggering in size, touted as the world's largest indoor jazz festival and that's certainly a good bet. With 13 stages running from late afternoon until the early morning hours, it's far more than a ...
Tineke Postma: Keeping Honest in Holland
by R.J. DeLuke
Tineke Postma's bright voice from Holland has been making a mark on the U.S. scene over the last couple years, with its a bright, clear alto sax sound and a penchant for thoughtful, enthralling melodies. Postma started listening to classical music while growing up in Heerenveen in the northern part of The Netherlands, starting on flute ...
Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010: December 1-3, 2010
by John Kelman
Dutch Jazz & World MeetingAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 1-3, 2010 As difficult as it can sometimes be to appreciate how far jazz has evolved since making its first infant steps in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century, it's equally remarkable to consider the scene in Europe. Beginning as a relative ...
Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz
by Franz A. Matzner
Born in Azerbaijan, but located now in the Netherlands, and in demand at festivals and clubs around the globe, pianist Amina Figarova is a case study in the internationalization of jazz. A prodigious talent from early childhood, Figarova was drawn to jazz as a young player, even as she established herself as a formidable professional classical ...
