![]() ![]() "With lots of smaller venues", said Stoeken, "you can easily talk to many artists as they walk around the city. Running from Friday, August 21 to Sunday 23, this year‘s Delft Jazz Festival will be one of the biggest yet: "Yeah, we're growing", said Stoeken, "and we’re finally becoming recognised as a serious jazz festival."Īnd with so much live music being playing simultaneously throughout the city‘s market places and meeting points, there's a huge choice on offer. "Avant garde jazz for instance, started here in 70's and then spread around Europe and the rest of the world." "We have a long tradition of jazz", said Stoeken. Jazz has always been big in the Netherlands, which hosts many festivals each year: mostly famously the North Sea Jazz Festival in July. TU Delft students have been much involved in organising the festival this year, and this Saturday, afternoon shoppers in Delft city will also be able to boogie to the student jazz society's Groover Big Band. "Jazz moves with the times", said Stoeken, "and so should we." The festival will also present Surinamese jazz and the Mexican pianist, Alex Mercado. This year, the Delft Jazz Festival will present fusion, funk, soul, big band, pop, hip-hop, swing and dance bands, featuring both established and up-and-coming acts like Benjamin Herman, Bruut, and new soul musician, Myles Sanko. ![]() That's great but we’ve also built on that old tradition, gradually introducing more modern music like electronic jazz." The annual North City Jazz Walk is Tuesday, August 11th, from 7 - 10 p.m in the North City neighborhood of Shoreline. Former TU Delft student, Bram Stoeken, has been festival chairman for the past ten years, and he has continued to broaden the range of music played at each year‘s event: "When the Delft Jazz Festival began in 1985, it was just one stage with guys in straw hats playing old fashioned music. We regularly invite local jazz headliners to join us as featured soloists, including Greta Matassa, Danny Quintero, Pete Christlieb, Bill Ramsay, Susan Pascal and Gordon Brown. With over 70 acts spread over 18 venues, and the promise of wonderful weather, the Delft Jazz Festival looks set for three days of soul, song and syncopation. We have played in many jazz venues, including Tula’s, the North City Jazz Walk, school concerts, and private parties.
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