Even for a modest act like the Bill Frisell quartet, enthusiasm is high at the Rockit Festival at Groningen’s Oosterpoort. Last year, this one-day Northern version of North Sea Jazz was cancelled at the last minute because of Covid. This must be the reason for the audience’s exuberance. Singer Petra Haden, cellist Hank Roberts and […]
Lizz Wright
North Sea Jazz 2022
Friday 8 July Philip Lassiter and his tight-playing band open North Sea Jazz 2022 with an overwhelming tribute to trumpeter Roy Hargrove (1969 – 2018), who passed away four years ago. The keyboardist and trumpeter used to lead the horn section of Prince’s New Power Generation. There he got to know the Dutch saxophonist Candy […]