On this very rainy Saturday in November, I ended up at the Rockit Festival at Groningen’s Oosterpoort. The first performance this day came from alto and baritone saxophonist Linda Fredriksson’s surprisingly subtle-sounding Finnish quartet making music based on natural sounds. I hadn’t expected intimate chamber jazz in a hall where people were not able to […]
Yuri Honing
A look back on North Sea Jazz 2023
Friday 7 July The halls in Ahoy may have gotten larger, the crowds have increased more than proportionally. North Sea Jazz is as popular as ever and that means you have to think even more carefully about who you would like to see and hear in order not to end up in front of closed […]