Plusconcerts

During the festival, special plus concerts will take place in the Amazon. This year, plus concerts will be performed by Diana Krall and Sonny Rollins, for example. In order to attend these plus concerts, you will need a plus ticket, as well as a day or a three-day ticket. A plus ticket will give you the right to a seat in the Amazon during plus concerts. The ticket shows the number of the seat reserved for you. A plus ticket is only valid for the plus concert and doesn’t give you access to the festival. Plus ticket prices can vary from €15 to €30. Please note: The first concert on Friday, The Metropole Orchestra, is not a plus concert.

Plusconcerts:

Vrijdag 09-07-2010
ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET 19:45
It's no surprise that pioneering musicians like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa were wild about him because what saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman (1930) did from the fifties onward, rocked in a big way. He turned the jazz world upside down with his radical views about harmony and melody, and by introducing collective improvisations and his impact was felt on the pop scene as well.

DIANNE REEVES 21:45
"The music I make comes from my heart, from my soul. I don't need to make any compromises to make it." For over thirty years the singer form Detroit has been recording albums that have a surprising sound time and again.

CAETANO VELOSO 23:45
Veloso is an important innovator of Brazilian music and also a gifted lyricist. In the 1960s, the singer-songwriter was responsible for the birth of tropicalismo, together with Gilberto Gil and others. The music of this artistic movement has left a special mark: it's a mix of Brazilian and African rhythms with elements from Western pop music, such as electric guitars.

Zaterdag 10-07-2010
HERBIE HANCOCK 17:45
With a musical career that now spans five decades and includes twelve Grammy Awards in various genres, Hancock can rightly be called one of the most creative and original artists. He gives jazz new shapes and directions to explore.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER 19:45
Dee Dee Bridgewater constantly surprises her audience with new projects. The title of Bridgewater's new album - which is also linked to a tour - shows that she wanted to choose a special approach. The album is entitled Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959), referring to the real name of Billie Holiday. "I wanted to make a modern album, not something dark, somber and tearful. It had to be an album full of joy."

CHICK COREA FREEDOM BAND 21:45
Together with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarret, Chick Corea is one of the greatest jazz pianists alive. In the early 1960s, he played for Herbie Mann and Stan Getz. In 1968 he recorded Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes, a jazz album that has since become a classic.

TRIJNTJE OOSTERHUIS 23:45
Trijntje Oosterhuis has an enviable voice that she recently used to pay tribute to Michael Jackson: Never Can Say Goodbye. At the North Sea Jazz Festival, she will perform acoustic versions of songs by Michael Jackson accompanied by the excellent guitarist Leonardo Amuedo.


Zondag 11-07-2010
SONNY ROLLINS 16:00
On the stage Rollins still tends to surprise his audience; a Rollins show is always a musical experience of the highest category. He earns respect for his virtuoso and lyrical playing. And his never-ending passion for innovating is impressive. "Jazz is the best music to show the workings of your soul," says Rollins.

AFRO CUBISM 18:00
This highly exclusive ensemble will consist of Eliades Ochoa (vocals and guitar), Toumani Diabaté (kora) and Bassekou Kouyaté (ngoni): a world fusion of a supreme level.

DIANA KRALL 20:00
Diana Krall has gradually acquired a place among the great vocalists of jazz. Since her breakthrough in 1999 with the Grammy-winning album When I Look in Your Eyes, her voice has been heard everywhere. Her success is not only due to her remarkable voice, great musical sensitivity and craftsmanship, but also to her diverse projects that do full justice to the many shades of her voice.

JOE SAMPLE & TRIO RANDY CRAWFORD 22:00
In 1972 pianist Joe Sample discovered the superior qualities of singer Randy Crawford when he saw her as supporting act of George Benson. The shy singer from Macon, Georgia, had been hesitating in the wings, but from the moment she opened her mouth Sample's world changed.