The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is very proud to have so many students, alumni and staff performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival. Here’s an overview of the (former) students and staff who will appear at the festival:
Fri July 13
* Kaja Draksler Octet (Björk Níelsdóttir, vocals; Laura Polence, vocals; George Dumitriu, violin/viola; Kaja Draksler, piano; Lennart Heyndels, bass; Onno Govaert, drums)
* Claudio Jr De Rosa Quartet (Xavi Torres, piano; Kimon Karoutzos, double bass; Augustas Baronas, drums)
* Vuma Levin Quartet (Bernard van Rossum, soprano saxophone/tenor saxophone; Vuma Levin, guitar / loops / samples / affects; Xavi Torres, piano; Marco Zenini, bass/double bass; Jeroen Batterink, drums)
Sat July 14
* Jett Rebel (Jasper Slijderink, piano; Willem van der Krabben, drums)
* STUG (Raphaël Vanoli, guitar/electronics; Gerri Jäger, drums/electronics)
* Sun-Mi Hong Group (Nicolo Ricci, tenor saxophone; Alistair Payne, trumpet; Young Woo Lee, piano; Brodie Jarvie, bass; Sun-Mi Hong, drums)
* Tini Thomsen MaxSax (Tini Thomsen, baritone saxophone; Tom Trapp, guitar; Mark Haanstra, bass)
* The Quartet.NL (Ernst Glerum, double bass
Sun July 15
* Ruben Hein (Ruben Hein, vocals/keyboards; Julian du Perron, guitar/keyboards/percussion/backing vocals; Hugo den Oudsten, bass/backing vocals)
* Martin Fondse Orchestra with special guests Eric Vloeimans and Remy van Kesteren (Anna Serierse, vocals; Remy van Kesteren, harp)
* Vincent Houdijk & VinnieVibes (Floris van der Vlugt, saxophones; Haye Jellema, drums, Vincent Houdijk, vibraphone/malletKAT)
* Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest conducted by Anton Goudsmit (Bram Hartwig, trumpet; Lourens van der Zwaag, trumpet; Ian Cleaver, trumpet; Mo van der Does, saxophone; Jessie Brevé, saxophone; Gregor Sperzel, trombone; Freek Mulder, bass; Tim Hennekes, drums)