Tag: jazz

VinnieVibes @ North Sea Jazz

Geplaatst op 25 oktober 2018 door hrjellema

Last summer we played the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague with VinnieVibes – the energetic band of Vincent Houdijk. The gig was awesome, there was a huge line to get into the venue we played, and the responses were amazing.

SO – GOOD NEWS: we recorded the whole thing, and it’s being mixed and mastered as we speak, to be released soon as the new VinnieVibes album! I had a sneak preview this week, and it’s really something special. I’ll keep you posted about the release date (follow me on facebook and you’ll know it the minute it’s available), but make sure you check it out when available..

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album, Floris van der Vlught, Gersom Raams, Haye Jellema, jazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Sven Happel, vibraphone, Vincent Houdijk, VinnieVibes

New album ‘Balanced Action’

Geplaatst op 20 maart 2017 door hrjellema

This year I’m playing on the new album by Willem Hellbreker called ‘Balanced Action’. Together with the great Johan Clement, with whom I got to play for the first time, and my pal Jasper Somsen on double bass. The album contains a lot of originals by Willem, and some standards along with that. We got some great reviews already, and the albums sounds really nice!

Check it out and find some more info here!

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album, balanced action, cd, Haye Jellema, Jasper Somsen, jazz, Johan Clement, release, Willem Hellbreker

Young Vips tour about to start

Geplaatst op 31 maart 2016 door hrjellema

Next month the Young Vips tour 2016 will start, which I’m am playing with the great band VinnieVibes. The tour will take us through all of the Netherlands, and we’re sharing the stage with Rogier Telderman Trio, the other winner of the Young Vips price. Along with playing this tour comes the release of VORTEX, the new album by VinnieVibes. Vincent Houdijk, the leader and founder of the band, composed some new music which we recorded live at Paradox (Tilburg) last year. That recording has been mixed and mastered, and we’ll bring it along on this tour. So come and check us out:

tourschedule and more info here
new album VORTEX available here

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album, Haye Jellema, jazz, tour, Vincent Houdijk, VinnieVibes, Vortex, Young Vips

Young Vips 2016

Geplaatst op 16 januari 2016 door hrjellema

This year Vincent Houdijk with his group VinnieVibes (where I’m part of) has been selected to be the Young Vip of 2016! Together with the other vip, Rogier Telderman, he will do a tour along all of Hollands greatest jazz venues (Bimhuis, Lantaren Venster, Paradox and many others).

In the meantime VinnieVibes recorded a new live album at Paradox – Tilburg, and that album called VORTEX will be released during this tour. So check out my agenda, or the VinnieVibes website for more information and come out and see us during the tour! The musicians in the band are: Vincent Houdijk (vibes), Floris van der Vlught (saxes), Aron Raams (guitar), Sven Happel (bas) and yours truly on drums.

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2016, Aron Raams, Floris van der Vlught, Haye Jellema, jazz, Rogier Telderman, Sven Happel, Vincent Houdijk, VinnieVibes, Young Vips

40 years Bimhuis w/ KKBB

Geplaatst op 3 oktober 2014 door hrjellema

This year the Bimhuis celebrates it’s 40st birthday, and therefore we do a special concert with the Konrad Koselleck Bigband and journalist Botte Jellema on monday October 6. It’s gonna be about Amsterdam in the ’70, the history of the Bimhuis and the ideas and riots in society in those lively times..

Click on the image for more info and tickets.

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40, Big Band, Bimhuis, Botte Jellema, Haye Jellema, jazz, Konrad Koselleck

Traeben incredible 106%!!!!

Geplaatst op 9 september 2014 door hrjellema

Yes, we did it! Or actually, YOU DID IT!!!

To be able to release the next Traeben album we started a crowdfunding campagne to raise money for producing this album and to get you involved in our project. Luckily everybody liked what we were doing, and so we gathered even more than we asked for – an incredible 106%!

We’re very grateful that you guys helped us out, and therefore very pleased te present you our newest album: Looking at the Storm.

So you are hereby invited to come to the release-party we’re throwing at Lantaren Venster in Rotterdam, next week September 19th. Tickets are only €10,- (get them here) and it’s going to be a great night! Also if you’re going, let us know by clicking on this facebook-event, and share the event so everybody knows you will be there.

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album, cd, Haye Jellema, jazz, Jens Larsen, Lantaren Venster, looking at the storm, Olaf Meijer, release, Soren Ballegaard, Traeben

Crowdfunding Traeben

Geplaatst op 7 juli 2014 door hrjellema

As most of you know I’m a member of the Dutch/Danish quartet Traeben, with which we try to combine improvised Jazz music with elements from the Rock genre. We recently recorded our third album that we’re going to release in September in LantarenVenster in Rotterdam. But to complete the new album we need financial support, and therefore we started a crowdfunding campagne at Voordekunst.nl.

On this (Dutch) website you can read all about this project, and there’s a video in which we shorty explain how it works. Also in this video you can hear some of the new music already. So if you like what we’re doing, this is your chance to help us with releasing a great cd in September! Go to the website, click on ‘Steun dit project’, and with every donation (even €10,-) you will support us greatly. At the bottom you’ll find the link, thank you for supporting us and we also hope to see you September 19th in LantarenVenster!

VOORDEKUNST

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crowdfunding, Haye Jellema, jazz, Jens Larsen, Olaf Meijer, Soren Ballegaard, Traeben, voordekunst

Tour with Joey Calderazzo

Geplaatst op 26 mei 2014 door hrjellema

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be doing a small tour with the great Joey Calderazzo this summer! The bass-player Jasper Somsen was in contact with his management, and he asked me to join the trio and do a couple of gigs in July. We’ll be starting the 3rd of July at Jazz in Wageningen, to continue the next day at the Bimhuis and then we’ll fly to Warsaw to play at the Warsaw Jazz Festival.

Joey Calderazzo has made name as keyboard player and composer of two of the most important tenor saxophonists of the past 40 years, Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis. As a solo pianist and leader of his own trio he has released albums on different labels including Blue Note. As the main musical collaborator of Branford Marsalis he worked on successful projects including the electric band Buckshot LeFonque and the acoustic duo album Songs of Mirth and Melancholy.

If you’re excited too, please come and check us out! That’s gonna be some nice music..

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Amsterdam, Bimhuis, Haye Jellema, Jasper Somsen, jazz, Joey Calderazzo, piano, Wageningen, Warsaw

Scott Hamilton

Geplaatst op 21 april 2014 door hrjellema

The great Scott Hamilton will be in town this week, and I feel honoured to be playing his first gig here tuesday the 22nd of april. It’ll be at the Badcuyp (Amsterdam), with Martien Oster (gui) and Joep Lumeij (bass) – hope to see you there!

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Badcuyp, concert, Haye Jellema, jazz, Joep Lumeij, Martien Oster, saxophone, Scott Hamilton

Holland Big Band – Push Forward

Geplaatst op 15 november 2013 door hrjellema

And here it is, the new cd of the Holland Big Band! We’ve recorded it a couple of weeks ago, containing pieces written by different band members, and arranged by Hollands best arrangers. Also this cd was recorded in Fattoria Musica by Chris Weeda, and it is going to be released next week with a presentation at the Bimhuis – Amsterdam (nov 22nd). It contains swing, boogaloo, beautiful ballads and some heavy grooves, altogether a great energetic album called PUSH FORWARD!

Here’s an impression of the studio session, also check www.hollandbigband.com for more info or to order your copy of the album:

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album, Big Band, Bimhuis, Haye Jellema, Holland, jazz, Loet van der Lee, Push Forward, release