Post by MAJE on Jul 27, 2005 10:48:30 GMT -5
Here my review of the 30th anniversary of the NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL at THE HAGUE
So it all started on THURSDAY NIGHT with the warming up downtown in THE HAGUE where all over the place bands were performing free in the open air and in bars and clubs
I went to see N’ DAMBI
The show was wonderfull…her backing band was from the Netherlands (almost the same backing band wich was use during the DAUGHTERS OF SOUL concert)
During the concerts I did got to meet MONICA from the hidden beach board
The next band on another stage was SOULIVE ..so me and my brother LY were there right in front
Having fun ..woow what a band
I have seen them before and they seems to be getting better and better
Woow
So much ENERGY ON STAGE
Wonderfull
So le me see by that time it was midnight and I went back to Amsterdam for a good night sleep because I needed my energy for the next couple of days…
========FRIDAY =======
First day of the north sea jazz
17 stages to choose betweem 6pm till 2.am
Woow it was hard for me to choose betweem all the acts and band from jazz ..soul blues etc etc.
The first band I saw is a band by the name if SILHOUTTE BROWN
Wonderfull band from England
Nice nice
I had fun listening and dancing with these band
Here a link of their interview
cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/output/nsjf2005/interview_silhouettebrown.wma
after that I went could see the last part of the concert of the singer KATIE MELUA
(who? Yep I didn’t knew her too …
Anyway this gurl makes music in the same sorta genre like NORAH JONES
Interesting stuff but hmmmmm not really my thing
Anyway after this concert I was getting ready to see DAVID SANBORN AND BAND
My gawd this concert was one of the best concert I have eva seen of sanborn
On bass Christian mcbride (david did called him the Sherlock holmes on bass haha the wonderfull TERRI LYN CARRINGTON woow
The legendary DON ALIAS on percussion ….and GILL GOLDSTEIN on keys
WOOOW
This concerts was tha bomb..man ooh man
DON ALIAS AND TERRY LYN woow wonderfull rhythmic duo
TERRY LYN was amazing on drums I saw her years back with the WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET and I thought that time she was one of the best drummers I have seen but this woman keeps amaze me with her talents
Wonderfull
David did play some old stuff and some stuff of his new cd ..even somesongs he had neva played in years woow
After the show of david
I went to see the performance of RAPHEAL SAADIQ
This is what I have been waiting for today
Man ooh man I was really excited to see him perform
And then the concert started
Woow
He came up with his bassguitar
The show went all good
But I had some yes and noo ‘s about his performance
I didn’t feel it hmm
I cannot explain it
Hmm its like he also didn’t feel the audience ….there was no chemistry betweem him and the audience.. ooh the performances were good great musicians but hmmm I didn’t feel it.
Anyway I went back to Amsterdam
(went to bed at 5 am)
======SATURDAY=======
Day two of the north sea jazz festival
Woke up at 10 am …OOH MAN I AM TIRED
OKAY now day two
Wich band I saw first
Mr BILLY COBHAM mr octuppussy on drums him self woow man ooh man It was crowded …..
His SPECTRUM BAND woow
For those of ya jazzlovers yall know his groundbreaking album SPECTRUM ?
This band did the oldschool jazzrock thing
Man oh man with FRANK GAMBALE (from the chick corea band)on guitar
TOM COSTER on keyboards ( woow a beast on keys)
ON BASS another virtuoso RIC FIERABRACCI
Lawd have mercee this man is good
Woow what a day to start…
After that I did went to wander around because I really had to recover from this concert
I did saw some roy Hargrove rh factor ft renee neuville
So after my recovery I went to the stage to see the concert of LIZZ WRIGHT
WOW I got real good seats right in front row 1 right there in front of lizz
So woow what to say
What a voice
Man ooh man
This was the second concert today wich put a smile on my face
Woow
After the concert I did wanna go to another concert wenn I meet RENEE NEUVILLE ( ZHANE ) She was hey you where are the pics ya took few years back
She was laughing because she did reconise me
We did talk about how wonderfull the concert of LIZZ WRIGHT is and what a talented singer she is
I did ask her wenn her solo project is coming out RENEE did answer mysteriously :” WHO KNOWS….”
SO HMM we just wait
Woow wich band I should go now
Oops I know where to go
THE GEORGE DUKE BAND FEAT special gueststars
Woow what a band
The george duke band has this awesome bassplayer MIKE MANSON
HE IS A BEAST TOO ON HIS INSTRUMENT
LAWD HAVE MERCEEE
AND THEN THE GUESTSTARS
ROY HARGROVE CAME ON STAGE
AND LATER ON STANLEY CLARKE WOOW
THE REUNION OF THE DUKE AND CLARKE PROJECT WOOW
AND THEN BONEY JAMES CAME WITH HIS SAXOPHOON
WOOW IT WAS A PARTY ON STAGE MAN OOH MAN THEY HAD FUN WE HAD FUN
OOH WHAT A NIGHT
AND IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND NIGHT
(AGAIN went to bed at 5 am)
=====SUNDAY==================
SUNDAY THE LAST DAY AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ
WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE LINE UP I DID WANNA SEE OR CHOOSE OUT OF 17 STAGES
SO I DID CHOOSE TO SEE COMMON …STEPS AHEAD (JAZZROCK BAND) LEELA JAMES AND JAGUAR WRIGHT
Ooh man what a night it was
I have no words to describe this night
Woow
It was fun
It was fun
COMMON had seen him before few years back with a live band this time he was with a dj a keyboardplayer and a beatmaster
Woow it was hot
Steps ahead was a jazzrock concert with stars like mike stern on guitar Richard bona the African basswonder (now living in NY) mike maniere on vibes and steve smith on drums (*remember the band journey) and bill evans on sax (mike brecker couldn’t come because of his illness )
Woow
What a event they did had some great tunes
LEELA JAMES MY GAWD WHAT A VOICE
WOOW THERE I WAS WONDERING HOW IN THE HELL IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS LITTLE WOMAN HAD THIS WONDERFULL GREAT AND POWERFULL VOICE
WOOW
WHAT A SHOW
REALLY
JAGUAR WRIGHT
I DO LOVE THIS WOMANS VOICE AND HER MUSIC WHAT A WOMAN
WHAT A VOICE
WOOW
So it all started on THURSDAY NIGHT with the warming up downtown in THE HAGUE where all over the place bands were performing free in the open air and in bars and clubs
I went to see N’ DAMBI
The show was wonderfull…her backing band was from the Netherlands (almost the same backing band wich was use during the DAUGHTERS OF SOUL concert)
During the concerts I did got to meet MONICA from the hidden beach board
The next band on another stage was SOULIVE ..so me and my brother LY were there right in front
Having fun ..woow what a band
I have seen them before and they seems to be getting better and better
Woow
So much ENERGY ON STAGE
Wonderfull
So le me see by that time it was midnight and I went back to Amsterdam for a good night sleep because I needed my energy for the next couple of days…
========FRIDAY =======
First day of the north sea jazz
17 stages to choose betweem 6pm till 2.am
Woow it was hard for me to choose betweem all the acts and band from jazz ..soul blues etc etc.
The first band I saw is a band by the name if SILHOUTTE BROWN
Wonderfull band from England
Nice nice
I had fun listening and dancing with these band
Here a link of their interview
cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/output/nsjf2005/interview_silhouettebrown.wma
after that I went could see the last part of the concert of the singer KATIE MELUA
(who? Yep I didn’t knew her too …
Anyway this gurl makes music in the same sorta genre like NORAH JONES
Interesting stuff but hmmmmm not really my thing
Anyway after this concert I was getting ready to see DAVID SANBORN AND BAND
My gawd this concert was one of the best concert I have eva seen of sanborn
On bass Christian mcbride (david did called him the Sherlock holmes on bass haha the wonderfull TERRI LYN CARRINGTON woow
The legendary DON ALIAS on percussion ….and GILL GOLDSTEIN on keys
WOOOW
This concerts was tha bomb..man ooh man
DON ALIAS AND TERRY LYN woow wonderfull rhythmic duo
TERRY LYN was amazing on drums I saw her years back with the WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET and I thought that time she was one of the best drummers I have seen but this woman keeps amaze me with her talents
Wonderfull
David did play some old stuff and some stuff of his new cd ..even somesongs he had neva played in years woow
After the show of david
I went to see the performance of RAPHEAL SAADIQ
This is what I have been waiting for today
Man ooh man I was really excited to see him perform
And then the concert started
Woow
He came up with his bassguitar
The show went all good
But I had some yes and noo ‘s about his performance
I didn’t feel it hmm
I cannot explain it
Hmm its like he also didn’t feel the audience ….there was no chemistry betweem him and the audience.. ooh the performances were good great musicians but hmmm I didn’t feel it.
Anyway I went back to Amsterdam
(went to bed at 5 am)
======SATURDAY=======
Day two of the north sea jazz festival
Woke up at 10 am …OOH MAN I AM TIRED
OKAY now day two
Wich band I saw first
Mr BILLY COBHAM mr octuppussy on drums him self woow man ooh man It was crowded …..
His SPECTRUM BAND woow
For those of ya jazzlovers yall know his groundbreaking album SPECTRUM ?
This band did the oldschool jazzrock thing
Man oh man with FRANK GAMBALE (from the chick corea band)on guitar
TOM COSTER on keyboards ( woow a beast on keys)
ON BASS another virtuoso RIC FIERABRACCI
Lawd have mercee this man is good
Woow what a day to start…
After that I did went to wander around because I really had to recover from this concert
I did saw some roy Hargrove rh factor ft renee neuville
So after my recovery I went to the stage to see the concert of LIZZ WRIGHT
WOW I got real good seats right in front row 1 right there in front of lizz
So woow what to say
What a voice
Man ooh man
This was the second concert today wich put a smile on my face
Woow
After the concert I did wanna go to another concert wenn I meet RENEE NEUVILLE ( ZHANE ) She was hey you where are the pics ya took few years back
She was laughing because she did reconise me
We did talk about how wonderfull the concert of LIZZ WRIGHT is and what a talented singer she is
I did ask her wenn her solo project is coming out RENEE did answer mysteriously :” WHO KNOWS….”
SO HMM we just wait
Woow wich band I should go now
Oops I know where to go
THE GEORGE DUKE BAND FEAT special gueststars
Woow what a band
The george duke band has this awesome bassplayer MIKE MANSON
HE IS A BEAST TOO ON HIS INSTRUMENT
LAWD HAVE MERCEEE
AND THEN THE GUESTSTARS
ROY HARGROVE CAME ON STAGE
AND LATER ON STANLEY CLARKE WOOW
THE REUNION OF THE DUKE AND CLARKE PROJECT WOOW
AND THEN BONEY JAMES CAME WITH HIS SAXOPHOON
WOOW IT WAS A PARTY ON STAGE MAN OOH MAN THEY HAD FUN WE HAD FUN
OOH WHAT A NIGHT
AND IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND NIGHT
(AGAIN went to bed at 5 am)
=====SUNDAY==================
SUNDAY THE LAST DAY AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ
WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE LINE UP I DID WANNA SEE OR CHOOSE OUT OF 17 STAGES
SO I DID CHOOSE TO SEE COMMON …STEPS AHEAD (JAZZROCK BAND) LEELA JAMES AND JAGUAR WRIGHT
Ooh man what a night it was
I have no words to describe this night
Woow
It was fun
It was fun
COMMON had seen him before few years back with a live band this time he was with a dj a keyboardplayer and a beatmaster
Woow it was hot
Steps ahead was a jazzrock concert with stars like mike stern on guitar Richard bona the African basswonder (now living in NY) mike maniere on vibes and steve smith on drums (*remember the band journey) and bill evans on sax (mike brecker couldn’t come because of his illness )
Woow
What a event they did had some great tunes
LEELA JAMES MY GAWD WHAT A VOICE
WOOW THERE I WAS WONDERING HOW IN THE HELL IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS LITTLE WOMAN HAD THIS WONDERFULL GREAT AND POWERFULL VOICE
WOOW
WHAT A SHOW
REALLY
JAGUAR WRIGHT
I DO LOVE THIS WOMANS VOICE AND HER MUSIC WHAT A WOMAN
WHAT A VOICE
WOOW