North Sea Jazz Festival, July 7-9

With over 90,000 attendees each year, the North Sea Jazz Festival has built an incomparable reputation since its inaugural year in 1976, hosting an array of musical icons over the years, from Miles Davis and Count Basie to Amy Winehouse and Adele is hosting. This summer, the festival is attended by over a thousand musicians, spread over 150 shows and fifteen different stages.
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The line-up is full-bodied, full of iconic names and delivered over the weekend from July 7 to 9.
Friday July 7th: Alabaster Deplume; the Andrew Cyrille Quartet; Ben the Uncle Soul; Bia Ferreira; Bill Frisell 4 ft. Greg Tardy, Gerald Clayton and Jonathan Blake; Buddy Guy – Damon Wright’s Farewell; Camilla George; cha wa; Chatlin’ I Sue Zumbi; Vardhman Super Band; Danielle Ponder; Dave Holland new quartet consisting of Chris Davis, Jaleel Shaw and Nashit Waits; Diaspora Suite Ft. Metropole Orquest, Aruj Aftab, Corinne Bailey Rae, Laura Mavula, Typhoon AO; Duckworth; the Fergus McCready Trio; Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding; Hi-Steak; Er Cys; the Jasper Blom Quartet with Pablo Held; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis; the Kenny Barron Quartet; Kingdom Sound; Linda May Han Oh; the Marco Mezquida Trio; Maria Schneider and the Oslo Jazz Ensemble present ‘Data Lords’; Mavis Staples; Mette Rasmussen Trio North; minieshu; Moe, a dealer in funky music; mono neon; North Sea Jazz Composition Project: Yannick Hivat; Stormzy; Superblue: Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter with Huntertones horns; Terry Lynn Carrington; Tesky Brothers; Trio da Kali and the North Sea String Quartet; Tristan; true love; Van Morrison; woodcraft; yaya bay; Young Jazz Society with Tijn Wibenga and Reinier bass; Yousef Days; Zwangere Guy and Lander Giselink.
Saturday 8 July

: A Salute to Jim Hall: Rosenwinkel, Overwater, Van der Grinten, Grace, Baron, Zirina, Postma; the Abdullah Ibrahim Trio; Adi Oasis; Anna Weber Simple Trio; Boi Akih; Charles Tolliver • Africa / Brass Ft. Binker Golding, Antonio Farao, Chris Dahlgren, Alvin Queen and the New RDAM Orchestra; Brandy Little Trio; Codarts Presents: Orchestral Plays Short; DeWolff and Dawn Brothers present Double Cream; Eloise; Esperanza Spalding: The Songwriter’s Apothecary Lab hosts a co-musicing lab; between!; Fred Hersch, Drew Grace, Joy Barron; Gard Nilsson’s Supersonic Orchestra; Gino-Cochise and special guests; Jacob Banks; Jalan Nagonda; Jan Garbarek; Jeff Parker Quartet; Jill Scott; Julius Rodriguez; Kamal Williams; the Kenny Garrett Quintet; Kokoroko; Lexia Benjamin; Laura Jard; Lucas Santana 5tet; Marcus Miller; Marc Lettieri Group; Maya Delilah; NAFT; NPO Radio 2 Soul Knight met with Wouter van der Goes and Frank van ‘t Hoff; Olivia Dean; Baobab Orchestra; Philip Lassiter and the Filthy Funk Army; Roisin Murphy; Salif Keita; The Staples Junior Singers; snarky puppy; Tess Nobel Liberty Group; Fantastic and Ono Paloma; Tina Edwards; Tom Jones; Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and GURLS; true love; Vloimans Goudschmidt Franze ‘Fugimundi’.
Sunday 9th July: Stones of Alessandro Fongaro; Artemis; Benny sings; the Brad Mehldau Trio; the Branford Marsalis Quartet; Coco Maria; Simonde; Ezra Collective; Andrea Owens and The Cookout; Fuensanta and Ensemble Grande; Gabriel; Gregory Porter; Hermato Pascoal; HKU Large Ensemble – Conducted by Cory Van Binsbergen; Izalyn Callister ‘Tula Lives!’; John McLaughlin’s Shakti starring Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan; Candace Springs; Latanya Albert; Lofty; Lizzo; Madison McFerrin; Mansoor Brown; Mark Guiliana; Metropol Orquesta ‘Palm and Plate’ Classic and Popular Compositions from Curaçao; Mantis, Goudschmidt and Directi; Ndlovu Youth Choir; Nohmi; Oded Tzur; Off-Brand gOdds”: Esperanza Spalding and Antonio Brown Dance; Palo Santo; Paradox Jazz Orchestra ‘Remembering the Skymasters’; Pat Metheny Side-Eye; Phil Peeples; Ronald Snijders Special Band; Sabako; Samara Joy; Samora Pinderhughes; Sampa the Great ; Blockade; Somi; Little Son; Son Jobarteh; Stanley Clarke N’4ever; Thirty Sem quintet; Tempest; Yuri Honing’s Peace Orchestra.