Colin Benders, also known as Kyteman, is one of the two "Carte Blanche" artists this year. Kyteman, came, saw and conquered the Dutch jazz scene. These past years, he was the most talked-about young artist, operating on the interface between jazz and pop music. Within a year he, together with his Hiphop Orchestra, went from the club circuit in provincial Utrecht to a sold-out Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. With his immense versatility, he deserves a large venue at North Sea Jazz. Today, Kyteman will bring the popular project Kytecrash to North Sea Jazz. It is a very special collaboration between Eric Vloeimans, Holland's greatest jazz trumpet player of this era, and Colin Benders, the greatest pop/cross-over trumpeter. Vloeimans used to be Colin's teacher. But those days are over: both performers are well up to the challenge and were able to make Kytecrash a successful project already.
