Pocket Concerts (8) with Karel Boehlee
Karel Boehlee (born 1960, Leiden) is a renowned Dutch jazz pianist and composer, known for his lyrical and versatile playing style. After his debut in 1984, he achieved international fame with the European Jazz Trio, whose albums were particularly popular in Japan. His discography includes Switch, Silent Nocturne, Blue Prelude, Romeo and Juliet, Love Dance, and the recent live album Live at Marriott The Hague (2023).
Boehlee has performed with legends such as Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, Peter Erskine, and Phil Woods. As an accompanist and session musician, he can be heard on recordings by renowned Dutch jazz artists such as Toon Roos, Jesse van Ruller, and Fay Claassen. He tours regularly in Japan and Korea and has been a principal piano professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam for many years. In 2013, he received the Arena Jazz Award for Best Accompanist.
Pocket Concerts introduces a new section: Digging the Archives (curated by the Netherlands Jazz Archive), in which we connect the rich Dutch jazz past with the present. Each artist will perform their own work as well as a composition from the archives, paying tribute to Dutch jazz greats. In this first edition, Karel Boehlee will perform a piece by piano master Rob Madna: “The Winner.”
