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“I’m gonna stay with the youngsters. Keeps the mind active.”
Art Blakey (1919-1990)
PRESENTS
THE NEXT GENERATION
OF DUTCH JAZZ
ALTO FOR TWO
Alto for Two is an international joint venture of some of the most notable talents of The Nether- lands and Spain: Kika Sprangers (sax) and Irene Reig (sax). Kika is considered one the most promi- sing talents, touring with her own groups as well as with Dutch jazz masters and orchestras. Irene is from Barcelona, where she already studied piano before studying saxophone in Amsterdam. During the festival Amersfoort Jazz 2019 they were encouraged to join forces. The Alto for Two group is completed with the gifted rhythm section Xavi Torres (piano), Thomas Pol (bass) and Sun-Mi Hong (drums). The latter, originally from South Korea but living in Amsterdam, is National Artist in Residence during Amersfoort Jazz 2020. Alto for Two is the festival opener concert on Thursday, May 14, at theatre De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort.
This project is a collaboration between Amersfoort Jazz and its Spanish partners: Institut Ramon Llull, Jazz I Am International Meeting Barcelona and Festival Jazz Terrassa.
Sun-Mi Hong drums
Sanne Rambags vocals Anna Serierse vocals
Tom Ridderbeekx trumpet Gideon Tazelaar sax Sebastiaan van Bavel piano Alistair Payne trumpet Nicolo Ricci sax Young-Woo Lee piano Alessandro Fongaro bass Teus Nobel trumpet Miguel Rodriguez piano Daahoud Salim piano Maarten Hogenhuis sax Kika Sprangers sax
Irene Reig sax
Thomas Pol bass
Xavi Torres piano
Tim Hennekes drums Donald Simoen sax
Mo van der Does trumpet Laura Overbeeke vocals Wouter Kuhne drums
Tijs Klaassen bas
Jasper van Damme sax Fernando Sanchez Bouzon sax Floriaan Wempe sax
Rik van den Bergh sax
Jos van den Heuvel trombone Pablo Martinez trombone
Alba Pujals trombone
Bart van Gorp trombone
Libbe Oosterman trumpet Rodolfo Ferreira Neves trumpet Gidon Nunes Vaz trumpet Ellister van der Molen trumpet Abriel Ferreira trumpet
Simone v/d Weerden bandoneon