Jasper Somsen invites ... Kim, Thom & Erwin Hoorweg

Jazz

Thu 18 February 2016 - 20:30

Jasper Somsen Invites

In 2016 Jazz In Wageningen together with LoburgLive again will organize a series of Jazz concerts on Thursday evenings. Our own Jasper Somsen invites the best jazz musicians of the Netherlands on 7 Thursday evenings this year. Concerts will start ar 20:30 and entrance is free

Jasper Somsen

Dutch double bassist & composer Jasper Somsen (1973) studied Jazz and Classical double bass at the conservatories of Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. During his career Jasper has performed with some of the very best musicians at the (inter)national jazz scene, a.o.: Joey Calderazzo, Enrico Pieranunzi, Bob Sheppard, Justin Faulkner, André Ceccarelli, Gabriele Mirabassi, Bert van den Brink, Ramón Valle, Toon Roos, Karel Boehlee, John Engels, Ferdinand Povel, Yuri Honing, Eric Vloeimans and vocalists: Humphrey Campbell, Fay Claassen, Rita Reys, Nancy Marano and Lori Lieberman.
The Jasper Somsen Group released two internationally highly acclaimed albums: "Dreams, Thoughts & Poetry" (The Music of Enrico Pieranunzi - 2010) and “Sardegna” (2013). Jasper can be heard at more than 20 CD and DVD productions

Father, son and daughter for the first time together on stage now. With trips to Soul, Dutch music and own repertoire.
But it wil always be always jazz, improvisation and challenging each other musically.

Erwin Hoorweg

Father Erwin (52) is a famous jazz pianist, composer and arranger. His regular band 'The Houdini's' is now more than 25 years at the top in the Netherlands. He worked as a keyboard player with New Niks, Jazzinvaders, Auratones & Bongomatik and arranger with Gino Vannelli, the Metropole Orchestra and the Arctic Orchestra.

Kim Hoorweg

Daughter Kim (23) is seen as one of the important emerging young jazz singers of the moment. At the age of 14 she signed a contract with the American jazz label Verve, made solo albums with Trijntje Oosterhuis, Candy Dulfer, Shirma Rouse (nominated for an Edison) and Benjamin Herman.
She works with Raul Midon (USA) and Robin Nolan (UK).

Thom Hoorweg

Son Thom (20) is the Benjamin of the family. January 2015 he released his debut album called "Two Faced" on the label Harlem Recordings.
He was named Radio 6 soul/jazz talent, and playes at DWDD on Dutch television. With his band XL (extended to 5 musicians) he sis playing festivals and clubs. Jazzism writes: "Thom represents the contemporary look of a young generation of jazz anno 2015". VPRO's 3 for 12 says "already one of the best musical results this year".

DATE: Thursday Februari 18, 2016
TIME: 20:30
ENTRANCE: free

http://www.jaspersomsen.com/

Together with the Foundation Jazz in Wageningen LoburgLive wants to bring the best Dutch and international contemporary jazz and improvised music to Wageningen. Please check the site of Foundation Jazz in Wageningen to find much more interesting Jazz performances in Wageningen.