Patrick Lodiers talked with Johan Bakker about Eva Cassidy who died 25 years ago on 2 November 1996. Today it is exactly 25 years ago that Eva Cassidy died, the singer who sadly only became famous after her death. Joining me in the studio is her biographer, music journalist Johan Bakker. Eva Cassidy performed mainly […]
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Janine Jansen’s Twelve Stradivarius Violins
Not only does the sound of the violin resemble the human voice, but these instruments also have another characteristic in common with humans: they do not like remaining silent and being locked up. Yet that is the fate of many Stradivarius violins: too expensive for many musicians, they end up in the hands of wealthy […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | 12 Stradivari, Antonio Pappano, Clare Schumann, Dubai, Hong Kong, Janine Jansen, Rachmaninoff, Roberta, Stradivari, Stradivarius | 0 Comments
Harp and urban jazz go well together!
The combination of harp and urban jazz sounds so catchy that one might well ask why this recipe has not been tried and tested before. Harpist Brandee Younger has performed on various pop stages (with John Legend, Common and Beyoncé, among others), as a session musician but also in classical concert halls. On her debut […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | alice coltrane, Brandee Younger, harp, impulse, jazz, John Coltrane, Ron Carter, somewhere different, urban jazz | 0 Comments
Russian cello music on the island of Texel
The small church of Den Hoorn, dating from the fifteenth century, can be seen from afar amidst the vast corn and bulb fields. From whichever side you come, the beautiful, slender tower rises high above the flat island of Texel. This summer, classical concerts are organised here every Sunday afternoon and evening. Because of the […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | Anastasia Feruleva, Anton Arensky, Boris Arapov, cello, Frank van der Laar, Igor Stravinsky, piano, Russian music, Tchaikovsky | 0 Comments
North Sea Jazz 2021
“We had a narrow escape, but we are allowed to play for you this afternoon,” Benjamin Herman told the audience before starting his performance with the Quartet NL on Saturday afternoon, 10 July 2021. Normally, this would have been the North Sea Jazz weekend, but if anything has been subject to inflation this year, it […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | Benjamin Herman, Cherish Snijders, Diana Dzhallar, Ernst Glerum, Han Bennink, hans dulfer, jazz, North Sea Jazz, North Sea Jazz Downtown, Peter Beets, Ronald Snijders, Rotterdam | 0 Comments
Louis Armstrong paved the way
Fifty years ago, the American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), founder of improvised jazz, died. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) said about his predecessor: “You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.” The general public knows Armstrong for songs like ‘What A Wonderful World’ and ‘When […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | Al Hibbler, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Gershwin, Grace Kelly, Hello Dolly, Hot Five, Hot Seven, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, New Orleans, New York, The Beatles | 0 Comments