EUROPEAN KEEP JAZZ AN JAZZ EYE ARDARD ... a collaboration with Jim McNeely and Frankfurt Radio Bigband. This year brings a new collection of work by Keystone entitled, Spark of Being,

KEEPANEYE2010London Trondheim Paris Copenhagen Berlin Amsterdam

JAZZJAZZAWARDAWARD

EUROPEAN

2010

QUAlifYiNg ROUND: APRil 8

8.00 p.m. – AmsterdAm students

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SoSo LakatoS Band

Sandor "Soso" Lakatos – SaxophoneSri Hanuraga – PianoTimothy Roth – BassAndris Buikis – Drums

PhiLiP CzarneCki trio

Philip Czarnecki – GuitarJakob Rheinländer – BassAndreas Klein – Drums

qualifying round april 8 qualifying round april 8

Philip Czarnecki, Jakob rheinländer and Andreas Klein first met in Am-sterdam in september 2007. From the first time they played together, everyone knew that an ongoing collaboration was on its way. since then the trio has played on club and festival stages across the nether-lands and Germany, won the Prinses Christina Concours in november 2009, and appears at the north sea Jazz Festival in July 2009.exploring a variety of directions

within the guitar trio format, the group presents its unique impro-visations performing mainly Philip Czarnecki’s compositions which charm with subtle refinement.

www.myspace.com/philipczarnecki

soso lakatos Band is a jazz quartet consisting of four young and upcoming jazz musicians from Hungary,Indonesia, latvia and Germany.led by saxophonist sandor “soso” lakatos, soso lakatos Band presents original repertoire with a strong con-nection to the hard bop jazz tradition combined with elements from todays pop and rock music.

www.myspace.com/sosolakatos


denniS Sekretarev Quartet

Dennis Sekretarev – TrumpetEtay Waisman – SaxophoneEran Har Even – GuitarTheo Balbig – Bass

annitSChka

Anna-Maria Nitschke – VocalsJinhee Hong – PianoInseop Song – BassAndreas Klein – Drums


With her acoustic Jazz-project Annitschka the singer Anna-maria nitschke invites you on a lyrical journey to the place everything revolves around; Home. Annitschka stands for playful-ness, for shelter and yearning. It is the attempt, to home in on the qualities of life against the un-romance of a fast world - the idyll within urbanity. And so Anna-maria spins her home stories around childhood memories, homesickness, being torn between places and options, loss and gain, doubt

and surrender, heading for today’s ease. she is a discreet storyteller with a feel-ing for nuances and a shining sensual voice that touches. Annitschka’s music succeeds in the symbiosis between gracefulness and groove, between catchiness and the modern colors of Jazz. not ashamed to show influences of singer songwriter aesthetics and classical clarity. Always carried by her experienced and empathetic trio, Anna-maria can move jauntily and trust-fully, creating a space where warmth

becomes audible and her stories find a home. In the Korean pianist Jinhee Hong she finds a mindful companion who through her narrative accompani-ment and soloing gives a melancholic touch to the compositions. not least through the balanced bass playing of Inseop song (Korea) and the smooth drumming of Andreas Klein (Germany), the band gains subtle elegance.

www.myspace.com/annamarianitschke

eran Har even, etai Waisman and dennis sekretarev have played together for the past for years on numerous occasions and in different setups. the dennis sekretarev Quartet is a newly formed band that focuses on their own compositions that mirror today’s Zeitgeist of our surrounding world and a collective ensemble awareness that leads the music every time to new ways of artistic

expression. the music takes you on a journey to the past, present and future of this great art form that we call Jazz. the most recent works include compositions by all three composers that were inspired by Paul Gaugain´s paintings collection named “the Volpini suite”. the dennis sekretarev Quartet has performed in venues such as the Amsterdam Blue note, Bimhuis,

de Badcuyp and the Idstein Jazz Festival.

www.myspace.com/dennissekretarev



deko Motion

Spyros Manesis - PianoGianni Gagliardi Dell’Agnolo - SaxophoneSung-Su Kim - BassKaspars Kurdeko - Drums/Percussion

WaiSMan/har even 4tet

Etay Waisman - SaxophoneEran Har Even - GuitarTimothy Roth - BassRoald Becher - Drums

A Collaboration of two Israeli musi-cians at the Amsterdam conservatory brought up a new upcoming band in from of a Quartet. etay & eran met in Amsterdam 2007, and since their first day in the C.V.A they are working together in different projects.on their third year of study they both participated in an exchange program between the CvA and temple university Philadelphia. this unique experience brought them back to the essence of swing based music

and gave them the idea to form a band and write original music with a concept of bringing back the sound of old school jazz with new arrange-ments that meet today’s jazz sound.While studying in the united states they both played concerts with artists like: Benny Golson, terell stafford, Bruce Barth and sid simmons, and also had the privilege to study with today’s performing artists like dick oatts ,John swana ,Ben schachter and Gerry smullian.

today the Waisman/Har-even Quartet is working on its first debut album together with drummer roald Becher and bassist timothy roth hopefully to come out in the fall of 2010.

www.myspace.com/eranhareven

deko motion is a brand new musical formation consisting of 4 talented musicians. the band was created in early 2010. From the very begin-ning the band’s play was evident with great musical chemistry and dynamic interplay that led to the idea to continue this project andbring it into the next musical level and challenges. Kaspars Kurdeko who is the band leader, drummer and composer admits that the idea of

band is to develop original composi-tions that delve into the jazz idiom and as well as more experimental try-outs and attest to its quest for sounds and forms of improvisation which are worth paying attention to.their music is full with sensitive interplay and diverse grooves that suggest strong melodies and yet “painting” qualities as with the band’s texture of music and the way in which it is layered. the quartet

is planning to record an album this summer to be followed up with a tour in europe.

www.myspace.com/dekomotion

Jury of the QuaLifying round

one BAnd wiLL Be seLeCTed for The finAL on APriL 17Th

This evening will be presenTed by ernsT Klijzing

Harmen Fraanje (pianist), tineke Postma (saxophonist), Joost lijbaart (drummer), Anton Goudsmit (guitarist) and jury head ruud van dijk (associate director, head of the CvA jazz department)



the BandS of the QuaLifying round WiLL PLay on variouS StageS

thiS SPring and SuMMer!

oPening kareL aPPeL huiS – CoBra MuSeuMsunday april 25 – www.cobra-museum.nl

PanaMaThursday may 13 main sTage

friday nighT panama nps-live – www.panama.nl

MeerJazz feStivaLsaTurday may 29 – www.meerjazz.nl

vondeLPark oPenLuChttheater saTurdays 16:00-17:00, beTween june 12 and augusT 21

www.openluchTTheaTer.nl

uitMarktaugusT 27-29 – www.uiTmarKT.nl

zooMeravonden in artiSsaTurdays 18.00-20.00, beTween june 5 and augusT 28 – www.arTis.nl

Jury of the QuaLifying round

one BAnd wiLL Be seLeCTed for The finAL on APriL 17Th

This evening will be presenTed by ernsT Klijzing

Harmen Fraanje (pianist), tineke Postma (saxophonist), Joost lijbaart (drummer), Anton Goudsmit (guitarist) and jury head ruud van dijk (associate director, head of the CvA jazz department)

vlnr:Anton Goudsmit, Harmen Fraanje, tineke Postma, Joost lijbaart

ernst Klijzing graduated in Jazz Voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and will complete his master theatre Voice and Performance in 2010. He also presents Amsterdam radio.


Two-time Grammy-nomi-nated jazz musician Dave Douglas is arguably the most prolific and original trumpeter-composer of his generation. From his New York base, where he’s lived since the mid 1980s, Mr. Douglas has con-tinued to earn lavish national and international acclaim including prizes from such organizations as the New York Jazz Awards, Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, and the Italian Jazz Critics’ Society. His solo recording career began in 1993 with Parallel Worlds on Soul Note Records, and he has

since released more than 30

recordings. In 2005, after

seven critically ac-claimed albums for

Bluebird/RCA, Mr. Douglas launched his own record label, Greenleaf Music. The same year, he was honored with a Guggen-heim Fellowship. On Greenleaf, Mr. Douglas has released albums with his long-standing quintet, the electronic sextet Keystone, and the mixed chamber ensemble Nomad. In 2009, he released Spirit Moves with his new brass

quintet, Brass Ecstasy and his first big band recording, A Single Sky, a collaboration with Jim McNeely and Frankfurt Radio Bigband. This year brings a new collection of work by Keystone entitled, Spark of Being, a retell-ing of the Frankenstein myth in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison.Mr. Douglas is currently the artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at The Banff Centre in Canada.

www.davedouglas.com www.greenleafmusic.com

QuaLifying round – amsTerdam sTudenTs: april 8 at 8 p.m.

5 o’clocK big band, direcTed by willem friede: april 15 at 4 p.m.

jam session sTudenTs & dave douglas: april 15 at 8.30 p.m.

masTerclass wiTh dave douglas: april 17 at 10:30 a.m.

masTerclass wiTh gary willis: april 19 at 11:30 a.m.

finaL – european sTudenTs: april 17 at 8 p.m.

programme Keep an eye foundaTion

dave dougLaS

The European Keep an Eye Jazz Award 2010 is an initiative of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Keep an Eye Foundation to give a

boost to the development of exceptional young jazz talents from Europe by mutual encounters and exchanges.

A postgraduate programme for young elite jazz performers and composersFive leading European jazz schools! Enter one joint study programme!Five major European jazz cities! Discover the variety of European jazz!

Five vibrant contemporary jazz scenes! Study with the best teachers and students!Get your master’s degree in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris or Trondheim!

eUJAM – eUroPeAn JAzz MAsTer


programme Keep an eye foundaTion

Conservatorium van Amsterdam KeeP An eye sUMMer JAzz worKshoP 2010In collaboration with the Manhattan School of Music, New York. An advanced level jazz workshop for young professionals and students from around the world.Amsterdam Blue Note, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, June 28 – July 2

sandberg institute / Art Pie AmsterdamKeeP An eye PAviLion ‘Live’ exhiBiTion onThewALLFourteen young visual artists are invited to create narrative wall paintings in the context of a ‘never ending story’ on a rectangular wooden tower.Art Pie, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, May 15 – 23

Keep an Eye Foundation: Keeping an eye on talented young artists, to give them financial support to achieve their ideas, deepen and expand their talents and

create new opportunities for them that would otherwise not be possible. Vera Poelmann-Wolfs – consultant/project manager

other Keep an eye Projects 2010 in collaboration with:

design Academy eindhovenKeeP An eye design AwArd 2010Eighteen young product designers are selected to compete for the Award for best product design.Graduation Galleries, Dutch Design Week, October 23 – 31

Technical University eindhovenKeeP An eye soCiAL inTeLLigenT design AwArd 2010 & exhiBiTionFifteen young selected industrial designers are challenged to create innovative designs in the theme of ‘independence without loneliness’Dutch Design Week, October 23 – 31

concept development Conservatorium van Amsterdam & Keep an eye Foundation production sigrid Paans

pr Anne-marie Plugge, Judith Faasselection bands cva Jarmo Hoogendijk, Albert Beltman, maarten van der Grinten, david de marez oyens, Bram strijbis, Gerhard Jeltes, ruud van dijk, sigrid Paans

recording engineer lex tangerlive sound engineer Werner Cornand, dennis Allaert, Jorick Bronius

graphic design Annelot storm, www.stormenvorm.nlprinted matter Hub tonnaer bv

Keep An eye foundation


final april 17 final april 17

Jury of the finaL

martin Fondse (composer, conductor), Francien van tuinen (vocalist), sander Grande (programmer north sea Jazz Festival–mojo Concerts),

maartje den Breejen (journalist Parool), Gary Willis (bass guitarist), and jury head ruud van dijk (associate director, head of the CvA jazz department)

PrizeS european Keep an eye jazz award (design asTri bloKbergen) for all winners

besT band €3000,- • firsT runner up €1000,- • besT composiTion €500,- besT musician full scholarship Keep an eye summer jazz worKshop

Gary Willis is an Ameri-can bassist and com-poser known foremost as the co-founder (with Scott Henderson) of the jazz fu-sion band Tribal Tech.Aside from his work in Tribal Tech, Willis has worked with numerous other jazz musicians including Wayne Shorter, Dennis Cham-bers, and Allan Holdsworth. Willis’s latest project, Triphasic, got its start in 2008 and saw the release of “Shaman” later in the

year. His latest explorations have been fo-

cused on bring-ing a syncronized

video experience to the trio’s live perfor-

mances. This new development finds Willis occupying the VJ con-trols at the same time navigating the electronic sequences that the band improvises to. In 2007, Gary Willis relaunched his solo and bandleader ca-

reer with the release of “Actual Fiction” and the avant-jam-trio “Slaughterhouse 3”. Early reviews of “Actual Fiction” describe that it’s “everything you’ve ever liked about his work with Tribal Tech and leaps forward a few light years. Willis’s solo career also includes No Sweat from 1996 and Bent in 1998. Willis is the author of four books for bass guitar.

www.garywillis.com

gary WiLLiS

This evening will be presenTed by co de KloeT (nps)Co de Kloet is a veteran and vegetarian producer for dutch Public radio nPs. de Kloet has worked with an amazing collection of the worlds finest musicians: Brian eno, Frank Zappa, mike Keneally

(the universe Will Provide, nonkertompf live), todd rundgren, Captain Beefheart, Gary lucas (I Have A Cat), laurie Anderson and steve Vai (the Aching Hunger), among countless others.

carolien gehrelsAlderman for the Arts and Culture Amsterdam, will present

the european Keep an eye Jazz Award 2010 to the winner of this final!



royaL aCadeMy of MuSiC, London

forgeJosh Arcoleo – SaxophoneAlex Munk – GuitarTom West – Bass Dave Hamblett – Drums

ntnu dePartMent of MuSiC, trondheiM

eSPen BJarnar eSPEspen Bjarnar – GuitarArne Torvik – KeysDan Peter Sundland – BassTomas Järmyr – Drums

In trondheim in 2008 the four musi-cians espen, Arne, dan Peter and tomas found that they had a number of common musical references that they wanted to explore. they wanted form a band with a focus on complex yet concert-friendly jazz music. A band that played music as they wanted to hear it live! to play music, and to explore improvisation in a community, the band esP was formed. the band’s music is inspired by both electric and acoustic jazz. As

sources of inspiration may, among others, Allan Holdsworth, dave lieb-man, Wayne shorter and tim Berne be mentioned.

Forge is a newly formed quartet from london with Josh Arcoleo on tenor sax, Alex munk on Guitar, tom West on Bass and dave Hamblett on drums. Inspired by common influences such as Kurt rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and mark turner, Forge play original, contemporary jazz and have started to make major break-throughs on the london jazz scene, having met on the royal Academy of music jazz course. they have since

played at many major jazz venues across london such as the Vortex, Con Cellar Bar and 606 Club.

Jury of the finaL



ConServatoire de PariS

aCtuuMBenjamin Dousteyssier – SaxophoneRonan Courty – BassLouis Laurain – TrumpetJulien Loutelier – Drums

rhythMiC MuSiC ConServatory, CoPenhagen

MaJeStiC 12Carl Mörner – GuitarPaul Hinz – BassOscar Johansson – PianoSnorre Kirk – Drums

Hard to pigeonhole stylistically, the dynamic, progressive, intelligent and through-composed music of majestic 12 is probably more akin to european improvisational music than to that of blues-based American jazz. Pleas-antly devoid of hyperbole rock ‘n’ roll stage antics, majestic 12 neverthe-less manages to present an unusu-ally high level of raw aggressive energy and sophisticated dynamic interplay, providing a valid sugges-

tion of what the term “contemporary jazz” might sound like in 2010!

Conducted by Benjamin dousteys-sier, the band is born at the Paris conservatory in 2009.this four musicians experiment the connections between contemporary music process and the living inten-sity of improvisation in Jazz.With these two influences, the music of the band takes root in what we call the “europeanfree jazz identity”. the music is written to create more spaces of spontaneous reactions, a kind of

interactive communication between the musicians. so, anytime, each member can impulse a new direction to the improvisation.



Jazz inStitute, BerLin

Lorenz keLLhuBer trioLorenz Kellhuber – Piano Niklas Müller – BassPhillip Schaeper – Drums

aMSterdaM

The winner of the qualifying round will play in the final on April 17th.

the trio of lorenz Kellhuber, niklas müller and Philipp schaeper.our trio with lorenz Kellhuber on piano, niklas müller on doublebass and Philipp schaeper on drums is a very recent formation.Half a year ago, it came out of a spontaneous jam-session at the Jazz-Institut-Berlin.this formation doesn´t need many words, plans or arrangements.When we just start playing, every-thing comes by it self.


KEEPANEYE2010London Trondheim Paris Copenhagen Berlin Amsterdam

JAZZJAZZAWARDAWARD

EUROPEAN

2010

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EUROPEAN KEEP JAZZ AN JAZZ EYE ARDARD ... a collaboration with Jim McNeely and Frankfurt Radio Bigband. This year brings a new collection of work by Keystone entitled, Spark of Being,