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A recap of day 2 of the 43rd edition of Amersfoort World Jazz Festival. Even lekker nagenieten van Kruidkoek, Massi in de KOSMIK en Richie Reichgelt ft. Philip Lassister, Ellister van der Molen en Tijs Klaassen.

Where in the world can you enjoy a top big band on a Monday night? That is only possible during the Amersfoort World Jazz Festival. Dutch Jazz Collective led by the young drummer Sander Smeets plays rock hard swing and beautiful ballads. All this on August 8 in the FLUOR.

Pony Machine begon als een studioproject van gitarist/zanger Luc Schouten met zijn kameraden Reindert Kragt (bass) en Jeroen Batterink (drums). Sinds de zomer van 2019 is het trio ook live actief. De songs laveren tussen indie-jazz en experimentele pop, dan weer dromerig, dan weer onstuimig. Het drietal blinkt uit in doordachte arrangementen, met verrassende invalshoeken.

Kypski alias Thomas Elbers, has been a big behind the decks and beats for over twenty years. The six-time national scratch champion, who ran from Paradiso to Glastonbury, worked as a producer and bandleader (C-Mon, Wreck Fader). He has worked with Daedelus (Brainfeeder), Pete Philly & Perquisite and Caro Emerald and opened live for none

We were guests of the Liesbeth de Moor of the radio program ”Aan Tafel”. Do you want to listen back to the broadcast? Click here.

Progjazz visited the Amersfoort World Jazz Festival and reported on the first three concerts in the Observant. “As far as we are concerned, the Matthijs Geerts Quartet is already the revelation of Amersfoort Jazz 2022 and the album that was released by ZenneZ Records is now at the top of our wish list.” Read here