MAARTEN HOGENHUIS TRIO +3
Bruno Calvo trumpet, Maarten Hogenhuis alto sax, Mete Erker tenor sax, Joris Roelofs bass clarinet, Phil Donkin bass, Mark Schilders drums
Each year, the North Sea Jazz Festival commissions a promising Dutch jazz composer. In 2019, saxophonist Maarten Hogenhuis was selected. He wrote music for his trio, augmented with horn masters Joris Roelofs (bass clarinet), Bruno Calvo (trumpet) and Mete Erker (tenor sax). In his composition, Hogenhuis strives for the tension between recognizable and abstract sounds. His background in jazz and pop music are vital in this process.
Maarten Hogenhuis celebrates international success with his hard grooving jazz formation BRUUT! With his own trio he reveals other sides of his playing, for example the standards and ballads of the album Mimicry or the melodic songs on Rise & Fall. The press was full of praise: ‘Beautiful, well-rounded saxophone sounds (de Volkskrant); ‘Elegant alto sax with a perfect tone’ (Trouw); ‘Glowing compositions (NRC).
Previously played the BIMHUIS with: BRUUT!, Krupa & The Genes, The More Socially Relevant Jazz Music Ensemble