The Hague Jazz Project - Jazz em Brasse

The programme 'Jazz with a bluesy touch' is a perfect blend of swinging jazz with a bluesy edge and sophisticated songs that touch your heart. The most beautiful songs by Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Peggy Lee, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Blind Willie Johnson, among others, with special attention to Ray Charles and original work. All pieces are arranged with plenty of room for the intimate, transparent and dynamic sound that is characteristic of Carmen Gomes Inc.

The blues as a colour and common thread in a small, refined, up-close concert. These talented musicians play so close to you that every sound and every emotion feels personal, as if you are part of the music itself.

Programm

• Sunday, 21 September: Carmen Gomes Inc.
• Sunday, 5 October: Varekamp plays Armstrong  
  Michael Varekamp was ten years old when he found an LP by Louis Armstrong in his father's record collection. He could only think one thing: 'I want to do that too when I grow up!'. A decade later, he graduated with honours from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. Since then, he has performed all over the world and toured with, among others, Dutch Swing College Band, Fra Fra Sound, Scott Hamilton, Louis van Dijk, David Murray and Lester Bowie.
• Sunday 26 October: Ben van den Dungen / Rik Mol Quintet 
  Ben van den Dungen and Rik Mol meet again after many years during this unique concert. The two form a special combination of musical personalities that only jazz can bring together. They blend their musical backgrounds and talent in a contagious way. Completely contemporary and with a 'happy feel'.
• Sunday, 2 November: Saul Rubin / Floriaan Wempe Quartet
  This fantastic quartet plays repertoire by Sonny Rollins, with whom Saul Rubin has toured, supplemented with standards and their own compositions.
• Sunday, 23 November: Leah Kline Quartet 
  American Songbook and original compositions.
• Sunday, 7 December: Jeroen Manders Quintet ft. Bart van Lier
• Sunday, 21 December: Simon Riger Quartet invites Alex Brott