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eric vloeimans, one of the best known trumpeters of the netherlands, shares a fascination with the international ensemble reverso: the intersection between jazz and classical music. over a century ago, european composers such as ravel and debussy incorporated influences from the new american jazz in their music. reverso continues this tradition with “thrilling patterns, long pictorial lines, open fields and pointillist statements”, according to jazztimes. reverso plays in a line-up that is related to chamber music, with american trombonist ryan keberle, french cellist vincent courtois and german-born pianist frank woeste. the trio has released several albums with tributes to the likes of ravel and parisian composer group les six. vloeimans also eschews categories and barriers. his work is characterized by melodic and lyrical strength and a characteristic sound, ranging from bright and glowing to velvety and whispery.

on the opening night of django amsterdam, guitar legend jimmy rosenberg presents his own trio. more top players from all over the world will unite at this eleventh edition of django amsterdam. every year the weekend-long festival is dedicated to guitar icon django reinhardt (1910-1953), who conquered the world with his paris-based band quintette du hot club de france. the house band in our bar is led by dutch guitarists tessa spaaij and jaïr stunt, accompanied by double bassist ties laarakker, who will set the tone for a weekend full of swing. guitarist adrian holovaty sits squarely in the middle of two traditions: django-style jazz and beatlesque 1960s rock/pop music. he'll lead a quartet performing his arrangements of fresh repertoire that probably nobody else in the world plays in this context. expect pop tunes, video game music and his own compositions. jimmy rosenberg is a phenomenon among guitar players and a master of django-style jazz. at a very young age he had already achieved global fame. he played at the concertgebouw with violin player stéphane grappelli, who played with django reinhardt himself, and at carnegie hall with les paul and george benson. jimmy is a cousin of the members of the rosenberg trio.