The Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Kenny Wheeler
Straight-ahead jazz - Bop - Modern Creative
Kenny Wheeler; Ab Schaap, Amel Eiland, Anka Koziel, Birkir Matthiasson, Chris Joansson, Colm O'Hara, Henrik Vanattenhoven, Jan-Willem van Delft, Jean-Marie Goupil, Jeroen de Lignie, Jordi Santanach Valve, Kai Niedermeier, Kees Kamphuis, Laust Joergenson, MIscha van der Wekken, Marc Lohr, Marc Neyen, Marian Masik, Mikkel Petersen, Miroslav Herak, Nick Javier, Ray Bruinsma, Ries Schellekens, Thanos Athanasopoulos, Yvonne Smeets, Zbigniew Wolny.
Sun 11 July 2004 16:30 - 17:45 Mondriaan Hall
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The collaboration of international jazz greats with the Koninklijke Conservatorium Big Band has become a fine tradition. Last year the conservatory band performed with trombone player and arranger Slide Hampton. This year the orchestra will play with the one and only Kenny Wheeler, trumpeter and flugelhornist. Wheeler can also be found in the duo project 1+1, during which he will perform with pianist Fred Hersch. De Koninklijke Conservatorium Big Band dates from the end of the seventies, when pianist and arranger Frans Elsen conducted the orchestra. Since then the big band performed with established names like Benny Carter, Rob Pronk, Gerald Wilson, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider and Jim McNeely. The Jazz Department of the Koninklijk Conservatorium, that was founded in 1979, is a direct descendent of the big band.
