ft. Angelo Verpoegen en Willem Romers

Ilja Reijngoud and Ed Verhoef have known each other for a long time. They played together in the band Nueva Manteca, with the duo Izaline Calister & Ed Verhoeff and on each other's CDs. They also gave several living room concerts together.  Read more

Their album 'When Will The Blues Leave' was recorded without an audience in the Bimhuis in June 2020 and will be presented during this concert. John Engels: “Playing with Benjamin and Joris gives me all the freedom, and it swings through the roof. Countdown, play, and then it happens on the spot – the interaction, emotion and inspiration together, that is the most beautiful thing there is!”  Read more

Sound bars instead of strings: Peter Beets plays an electric piano in his Electric Band, which changed the world when it appeared half a century ago: Fender Rhodes. The warm, woolly and sometimes grumpy sound immediately conquered a central place in popular music. Jazz musicians also started experimenting with this new sound world. Dutch contemporary jazz heroes Ruud Breuls and Peter Beets with his quartet play compositions from this exciting time by Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbar Read more