KEEP AN EYE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AWARD
PRESENTATION: VERA VINGERHOEDS
Trempera!: Bruno Calvo trompet, Lluc Casares tenorsax, Xavi Torres piano, Giuseppe Romagnoli bas, Joan Terol drums
In Rhythmic Colour:
Bernard van Rossum tenorsax, Vuma Ian Levin gitaar, Xavi Torres piano, Marco Zenini bas, Jeroen Batterink drums
The Keep an Eye Jazz Award is a competition for jazz bands featuring extraordinary talent of Manhattan School of Music in New York, Temple University Philadelphia, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
This year the competition has a ‘Monk’ theme. Each band arranges one Thelonius Monk song. This song will be played at the International Final, as well as at least one original by each band.
Artist in Residence and band coach is trumpeter and Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia, Terell Stafford.
The jury will consist of musicians, educators and professionals from the cultural world, with amongst others saxophonist Benjamin Herman (New Cool Collective), journalist Jan Jasper Tamboer (Het Parool), Willie Jones III (drummer, co-founder of Black Note) and Ken Schaphorst (chair jazz studies and improvisation department New England Conservatory, Boston).
The presentation is in the hands of Vera Vingerhoeds, former musician and composer and currently active as an independent jazz professional, moderating & programming jazz events and media.
For 18 years she was responsible for programming and recording jazzconcerts, compiling and presenting her own radio broadcasts at Dutch Public Broadcasting Company VPRO.
Click here for more information about the Keep an Eye Jazz Award.
The Bimhuis restaurant is open prior to the concert from 6.30 til 8.30PM (reservations via 020-7882158). After the concert, the Bimhuis Café is open (free entrance).