EUROPEAN KEEP AN EYEJAZZJAZZ 20102010 London TrondheimAWARDAWARD Paris Copenhagen Berlin Amsterdam

Qualifying Round: APRIL 8 8.00 p.m. – Amsterdam Students

free admission Amsterdam Blue Note Conservatorium van Amsterdam www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl

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Soso Lakatos Band

Sandor "Soso" Lakatos – Saxophone Sri Hanuraga – Piano Timothy Roth – Bass Andris Buikis – Drums

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

Philip Czarnecki Trio

Philip Czarnecki – Guitar Jakob Rheinländer – Bass Andreas Klein – Drums

Philip Czarnecki, Jakob Rheinländer within the guitar trio format, the and Andreas Klein first met in Am- group presents its unique impro- sterdam in September 2007. From visations performing mainly Philip the first time they played together, Czarnecki’s compositions which everyone knew that an ongoing charm with subtle refinement. collaboration was on its way. Since then the trio has played on club and www.myspace.com/philipczarnecki 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

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Dennis Sekretarev Quartet

Dennis Sekretarev – Trumpet Etay Waisman – Saxophone Eran Har Even – Guitar Theo Balbig – Bass

Eran Har Even, Etai Waisman and expression. De Badcuyp and the Idstein Jazz Dennis Sekretarev have played The music takes you on a journey to Festival. together for the past for years on the past, present and future of this numerous occasions and in different great art form that we call Jazz. www.myspace.com/dennissekretarev setups. The most recent works include The Dennis Sekretarev Quartet is a compositions by all three composers newly formed band that focuses on that were inspired by Paul Gaugain´s their own compositions that mirror paintings collection named “The today’s Zeitgeist of our surrounding Volpini Suite”. world and a collective ensemble The Dennis Sekretarev Quartet has awareness that leads the music performed in venues such as the every time to new ways of artistic Amsterdam Blue Note, Bimhuis,

Annitschka

Anna-Maria Nitschke – Vocals Jinhee Hong – Piano Inseop Song – Bass Andreas Klein – Drums

With her acoustic Jazz-project and surrender, heading for today’s ease. becomes audible and her stories find Annitschka the singer Anna-Maria She is a discreet storyteller with a feel- a home. In the Korean pianist Jinhee Nitschke invites you on a lyrical journey ing for nuances and a shining sensual Hong she finds a mindful companion to the place everything revolves around; voice that touches. Annitschka’s music who through her narrative accompani- HOME. Annitschka stands for playful- succeeds in the symbiosis between ment and soloing gives a melancholic ness, for shelter and yearning. It is the gracefulness and groove, between touch to the compositions. Not least attempt, to home in on the qualities catchiness and the modern colors of through the balanced bass playing of of life against the Un-Romance of a Jazz. Not ashamed to show influences Inseop Song (Korea) and the smooth fast world - The idyll within urbanity. of Singer Songwriter aesthetics and Drumming of Andreas Klein (Germany), And so Anna-Maria spins her home classical clarity. Always carried by her the band gains subtle elegance. stories around childhood memories, experienced and empathetic Trio, Anna- homesickness, being torn between Maria can move jauntily and trust- www.myspace.com/annamarianitschke places and options, loss and gain, doubt fully, creating a space where warmth

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Deko Motion Jury of the qualifying round

Spyros Manesis - Piano Harmen Fraanje (pianist), Tineke Postma (saxophonist), Gianni Gagliardi Dell’Agnolo - Saxophone Sung-Su Kim - Bass Joost Lijbaart (drummer), Anton Goudsmit (guitarist) and jury head Kaspars Kurdeko - Drums/Percussion Ruud van Dijk (associate director, head of the CvA jazz department)

one band will be selected for the final on April 17th This evening will be presented by Ernst Klijzing Deko Motion is a brand new musical band is to develop original composi- is planning to record an album this formation consisting of 4 talented tions that delve into the jazz idiom summer to be followed up with a musicians. The band was created in and as well as more experimental tour in Europe. early 2010. From the very begin- try-outs and attest to its quest for ning the band’s play was evident sounds and forms of improvisation www.myspace.com/dekomotion with great musical chemistry and which are worth paying attention to. dynamic interplay that led to the idea Their music is full with sensitive to continue this project and interplay and diverse grooves that bring it into the next musical level suggest strong melodies and yet and challenges. Kaspars Kurdeko “painting” qualities as with the who is the band leader, drummer and band’s texture of music and the way composer admits that the idea of in which it is layered. The quartet

Waisman/Har Even 4tet

Etay Waisman - Saxophone Eran Har Even - Guitar Timothy Roth - Bass Roald Becher - Drums

A Collaboration of two Israeli musi- and gave them the idea to form a Today the Waisman/Har-Even Quartet cians at the Amsterdam conservatory band and write original music with a is working on its first debut album brought up a new upcoming band in concept of bringing back the sound together with Drummer Roald Becher from of a Quartet. Etay & Eran met of old school jazz with new arrange- and bassist Timothy Roth hopefully to in Amsterdam 2007, and since their ments that meet today’s jazz sound. come out in the fall of 2010. first day in the C.V.A they are working While studying in the United States together in different projects. they both played concerts with artists www.myspace.com/eranhareven On their third year of study they both like: Benny Golson, Terell stafford, participated in an exchange program Bruce Barth and Sid Simmons, and between the CvA and Temple also had the privilege to study with University Philadelphia. This unique today’s performing artists like Dick experience brought them back to Oatts ,John Swana ,Ben Schachter the essence of swing based music and Gerry Smullian.

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Jury of the qualifying round

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)

one band will be selected for the final on April 17th This evening will be presented by Ernst Klijzing 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. The bands of the qualifying round will play on various stages this spring and summer! Opening Karel Appel huis – Cobra museum Sunday April 25 – www.cobra-museum.nl Panama thursday May 13 main stage Friday night panama NPS-live – www.panama.nl Meerjazz festival Saturday May 29 – www.meerjazz.nl Vondelpark Openluchttheater Saturdays 16:00-17:00, between June 12 and August 21 www.openluchttheater.nl Uitmarkt August 27-29 – www.uitmarkt.nl Zoomeravonden in artis saturdays 18.00-20.00, between june 5 and august 28 – www.artis.nl

vlnr: Anton Goudsmit, Harmen Fraanje, Tineke Postma, Joost Lijbaart

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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.

EUJAM – European Jazz Master

A postgraduate programme for young elite jazz performers and composers Five 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!

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.

Dave Douglas Two-time Grammy-nomi- since released quintet, Brass Ecstasy and his nated jazz musician Dave more than 30 first big band recording, A Single Douglas is arguably the recordings. Sky, a collaboration with Jim most prolific and original In 2005, after McNeely and Frankfurt Radio trumpeter-composer of his seven critically ac- Bigband. This year brings a new generation. From his New York claimed albums for collection of work by Keystone base, where he’s lived since the Bluebird/RCA, Mr. Douglas entitled, Spark of Being, a retell- mid 1980s, Mr. Douglas has con- launched his own record label, ing of the Frankenstein myth in tinued to earn lavish national and Greenleaf Music. The same year, collaboration with award-winning international acclaim including he was honored with a Guggen- filmmaker Bill Morrison. prizes from such organizations as heim Fellowship. On Greenleaf, Mr. Douglas is currently the the New York Jazz Awards, Down Mr. Douglas has released albums artistic director of the Workshop Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, and with his long-standing quintet, the in Jazz and Creative Music at The the Italian Jazz Critics’ Society. electronic sextet Keystone, and Banff Centre in Canada. His solo recording career began the mixed chamber ensemble in 1993 with Parallel Worlds on Nomad. In 2009, he released www.davedouglas.com Soul Note Records, and he has Spirit Moves with his new brass www.greenleafmusic.com

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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:

Conservatorium van Amsterdam Design Academy Eindhoven Keep an Eye Summer Jazz Keep an Eye Design Award 2010 Workshop 2010 Eighteen young product designers are In collaboration with the Manhattan School selected to compete for the Award for best of Music, New York. An advanced level jazz product design. workshop for young professionals and students Graduation Galleries, Dutch Design Week, from around the world. October 23 – 31 Amsterdam Blue Note, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, June 28 – July 2 Technical University Eindhoven Keep an Eye Social Intelligent Sandberg Institute / Art Pie Amsterdam Design Award 2010 & Exhibition Keep an eye Pavilion ‘live’ Fifteen young selected industrial designers are exhibition ONTHEWALL challenged to create innovative designs in the Fourteen young visual artists are invited to create theme of ‘independence without loneliness’ narrative wall paintings in the context of a ‘never Dutch Design Week, October 23 – 31 ending story’ on a rectangular wooden tower. Art Pie, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, May 15 – 23

Concept development Conservatorium van Amsterdam & Keep an Eye Foundation Production Sigrid Paans PR Anne-Marie Plugge, Judith Faas Selection 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 Tanger Live sound engineer Werner Cornand, Dennis Allaert, Jorick Bronius Graphic design Annelot Storm, www.stormenvorm.nl Printed matter Hub Tonnaer bv

Keep An Eye Foundation

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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)

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.

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

Carolien Gehrels Alderman for the Arts and Culture Amsterdam, will present The European Keep an Eye Jazz Award 2010 to the winner of this final!

Gary Willis

Gary Willis is an Ameri- year. His latest reer with the release of “Actual can bassist and com- explorations Fiction” and the avant-jam-trio poser known foremost as have been fo- “Slaughterhouse 3”. Early reviews the co-founder (with Scott cused on bring- of “Actual Fiction” describe that Henderson) of the jazz fu- ing a syncronized it’s “everything you’ve ever liked sion band Tribal Tech. video experience to about his work with Tribal Tech Aside from his work in Tribal Tech, the trio’s live perfor- and leaps forward a few light Willis has worked with numerous mances. This new development years. Willis’s solo career also other jazz musicians including finds Willis occupying the VJ con- includes No Sweat from 1996 Wayne Shorter, Dennis Cham- trols at the same time navigating and Bent in 1998. bers, and Allan Holdsworth. the electronic sequences that the Willis is the author of four books Willis’s latest project, Triphasic, band improvises to. for bass guitar. got its start in 2008 and saw the In 2007, Gary Willis relaunched release of “Shaman” later in the his solo and bandleader ca- www.garywillis.com

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Jury of the final Royal Academy of Music, London

forge Josh Arcoleo – Saxophone Alex Munk – Guitar Tom West – Bass Dave Hamblett – Drums

Forge is a newly formed quartet played at many major jazz venues from London with Josh Arcoleo on across London such as The Vortex, Tenor Sax, Alex Munk on Guitar, Tom Con Cellar Bar and 606 Club. 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

NTNU Department of Music, Trondheim

Espen Bjarnar ESP Espen Bjarnar – Guitar Arne Torvik – Keys Dan Peter Sundland – Bass Tomas Järmyr – Drums

In Trondheim in 2008 the four musi- sources of inspiration may, among cians Espen, Arne, Dan Peter and others, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Lieb- Tomas found that they had a number man, Wayne Shorter and Tim Berne of common musical references be mentioned. 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

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Conservatoire de Paris

actuum Benjamin Dousteyssier – Saxophone Ronan Courty – Bass Louis Laurain – Trumpet Julien Loutelier – Drums

Conducted by Benjamin Dousteys- interactive communication between sier, the band is born at the Paris the musicians. So, anytime, each conservatory in 2009. member can impulse a new direction This four musicians experiment the to the improvisation. 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 “European free jazz identity”. The music is written to create more spaces of spontaneous reactions, a kind of

Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen

majestic 12 Carl Mörner – Guitar Paul Hinz – Bass Oscar Johansson – Piano Snorre Kirk – Drums

Hard to pigeonhole stylistically, the tion of what the term “contemporary dynamic, progressive, intelligent and jazz” might sound like in 2010! 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-

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Jazz Institute, Berlin

Lorenz Kellhuber Trio Lorenz Kellhuber – Piano Niklas Müller – Bass Phillip Schaeper – Drums

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.

Amsterdam

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

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FINAL: APRIL 17 8.00 p.m. – European students

free admission Amsterdam Blue Note Conservatorium van Amsterdam www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl

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