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Saturday 25th June, 14:00  – Concertzender Live. In May 1967 tenor sax Sonny Rollins made a short tour of Holland, playing in Utrecht, Arnhem, Loosdrecht and Hilversum. Ruud Jacobs is the bass, Han Bennink the drummer. No piano. Recordings were published in 2020 on a double cd, Rollins in Holland, accompanied by a 100 page book of essays, interviews and photos. A brilliant release which rapidly became a worldwide success .

Saturday 18th June, 17:00  – House of Hard Bop. New York, middle 50’s. Pianist/composer Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey form a quintet: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. This group will play an important role in the development of hard bop,  the style which combines bebop with elements of blues, gospel and R&B.

The Art of the Improvisers on Saturday 11 June 23:00 CET features the first part of a series about Mose Allison and is titled ‘Young Man Mose’. The music of singer-songwriter-pianist-trumpeter Mose Allison (1927-2016) is a unique mix of blues en bop. He inspired many blues and rock musicians and this has resulted in many cover versions of his compositions. Herman Brood recorded his own versions of a a number of songs by Allison. He also took the name of his band, Wild Romance, from the text of one of these songs: “I lost my mind in a wild romance”.

Saturday 28 May – 14:00 CET Concertzender Live. Trilogy 2  features recordings of concerts by the Chick Corea trio with Christian McBride on bass and Brian Blade  on drums. These recordings were made in Europe, Canada and the US in the period 2010-2016. The double CD received a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 2021. The track All Blues also won the award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

Saturday 21st May 2022, 17:00 CET – House of Hard Bop. The fourth and last episode devoted to drummer Tony Williams. In the 90’s he led a quintet with among others pianist Mulgrew Miller and bass Ira Coleman.  These two musicians also made a trio album in 96. Not long afterwards Williams passed away.