Last summer, the Amsterdam North Sea Jazz Club was kind enough to lend us their highly sought after house band The Fresh Cuts, for a fun filled week at the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam. This year, we are thrilled to announce that they are back for more! The Fresh Cuts are: Alexander van Popta, piano; Bas van der Wal, guitar; Hugo den Oudsten, bass, and Salle de Jonge, percussion.
The band is used to performing with artists such as Ruben Hein, Benjamin Herman, Sabrina Starke, and many others. During Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, however, they invite ‘the jazz talent of the future’ on stage, to come and jam, swing, experiment and improvise with them.
The Amsterdam-born trumpet Ian Cleaver (19) was a guest soloist for the Jazz Orkest of the Concertgebouw in 2012. Ian is part of the Jazz Focus Big Band and of the Sena Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest, which will perform at EYE Film, on Saturday 22 August.