Tineke Postma. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Thursday May 9 through Thursday May 16, 2013
Several locations

The internationally acknowledged Dutch jazz saxophonist Tineke Postma will come to the US for a series of concerts throughout the country, including Washington DC, Seattle and New York City. Tineke lives in Amsterdam and New York. Her latest cd The Dawn Of Light from 2011 (Tineke Postma Quartet featuring Esperanza Spalding), has been released in 2011 worldwide, received raving reviews and won the prestigious Dutch Edison Award. UK ”The Evening Stardard” called her ”One of the leading ladies in Jazz!”

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Sunday, February 10, 2013 till Monday, March 11, 2013
NYC and Peconic, NY; St. Louis, MO; Louisville,
KY; Cincinnati, OH; Hattiesburg, MS; New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, LA; Little Rock, AR; Golden, CO; Kansas City,
MO; and Memphis, TN.
 

Composer and pianist Amina Figarova performs 14 dates in twelve US cities with her sextet in support of her recent album Twelve.Her 12th album — and debut release on the renowned independent German label In + Out — the CD celebrates jazz as aninternational music and especially New York City as a vibrant locale where jazz gypsies may feel most at home. » Read more «

Candy Dulfer. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7.30PM & 10.00PM
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill – New York, NY

Performing since age seven, bandleader of Funky Stuff since age fourteen, international recording artist since age nineteen, touring the world since age twenty. Candy Dulfer has recorded and / or performed with artists like Prince, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Van Morrison, Maceo Parker, Sheila E., Mavis Staples, Lionel Richie, Beyonce, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Cliff, George Duke, Blondie, Jools Holland, Jamie Cullum, Angie Stone, Tower of Power, The Time, Alan Parsons, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Joey DiFrancesco, Jonathan Butler, and many others. » Read more «

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00PM
Coral Gables Congretional Church, Coral Gables, Florida

Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:00PM
Caspe Terrace, Des Moines, Iowa

 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 8:00PM
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Harbor, Michigan
 

Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 8:00PM 
Brooks hall Charlottesville Jazz Society, Charlottesville, Virginia
 

Monday, December 17, 2012 at 8:00PM
The Royal Room, Seattle, Washington   
 

Wednesday,December 19, 2012 at 8:00PM 
2640 Space (St.Paul’s), Garfield Art Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Thursday,December 20, 2012 at 8:00PM
2640 Space Baltimore, Maryland

Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 7:30PM 
ShapeShifters, Brooklyn, New York

“…Vloeimans and Weber share a bond that transcends simply interpreting the written page… Live at The Concertgebouw, the trumpeter’s first-recorded encounter with German pianist Florian Weber, the future is already looking more than fine.” – John Kelman, All About Jazz. » Read more «

Karsu. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Friday, November 30, 2012 at 6.00PM
Rockwood Music Hall – New York, NY

Born in Amsterdam in 1990, Karsu Donmez is named after the Turkish village Karsuköyü, where her parents were born. Her natural bond with this village and Turkey combined with her Dutch heritage reflects her natural abundance of multicultural influences in her compositions. » Read more «

Caro Emerald. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 8:00PM
El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles,CA

Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 9:00PM
DROM – New York, NY

Dutch singer Caro Emerald almost became famous by accident.

Not that the young singer — already a multi-platinum, chart-topping success throughout Europe —lacks the talent, or the songs, to be successful in her own right. But at one point early in her career, Emerald was one of many talented, unknown performers trying to make her mark. » Read more «

Sunday, October 14, 2012
The Blue Monk, Portland, OR

Wednesday,October 17, 2012
Space 12, Austin TX

Friday, October 19, 2012
Studio 101, Houston, TX

Saturday, October 20, 2012
Spring Street Studios, Houston, TX

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Blue Nile,  New Orleans, LA

Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 8:00PM
Conundrum, Columbia, SC

Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI

Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 4:00PM
Porto Luz, Chicago Lakeside, IL

Tuesday, Ocotber 30, 2012 at 8:00PM
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Edgefest, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, November 2, 2012
Bowdoin College , Brunswick, ME

Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 8:00PM
Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 8:00PM
The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 8:00PM
ShapeShifter Lab, New York, NY

Ab Baars and Ig Henneman are among the standouts of the Netherlands’ jazz and new music community. Baars also performes with the famous ICP Orchestra(International Composers Pool) and with his own trio; this will be Henneman’s Hallwalls debut. Their duo program is entitled “Autumn Songs,” which Baars describes as”compositions and improvisations inspired by poems on autumn in all its different meanings.”

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Amina Figarova. Photo: courtesy of the artist

Friday September 14, 2012:  Amina Figarova Quintet
Windsor Hall, Cumberland, MD

Monday September 17, 2012: Amina Figarova Sextet
Blues Alley Jazzclub, Washington, DC

Friday September 21: Amina Figarova Trio with Winard Harper
The Dear Head Inn, Delaware Watergap, PA

Saturday September 22: Amina with the Enrico Granafei Quartet
Trumpets Jazzclub, Montclair, NY

“A skilled and imaginative composer…Born in Azerbaijan and based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Figarova brings a remarkably broad range of influences to her works, which may help explain their appeal. You can hear the influence of her classical training in the care she brings to her scoring. Yet the mercurial, unpredictable nature of her musical themes — and the intriguing way she develops them — points to a composer enraptured with the creative possibilities of jazz.” -  Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

photo: Courtsey of the Artist

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Park Avenue Christian Church - New York, NY
 
Winner of The World Title in both the Jazz and the Popular Music Category at the 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dekoor Close Harmony, founded in 1985, is a choir of 30 students of the Utrecht University in The Netherlands. Conducted by Christoph Mac-Carty, the choir brings a mix of jazz, gospel and popular music to the stage, while occasionally experimenting with classical genres and world music as well.
 

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