(Photo: Hardy Klink)
(Photo: Karin van der Meul)
Composer, arranger and conductor (Photo: Hardy Klink)
(Photo: Hardy Klink)
On Wednesday 5 December, the Millennium Jazz Orchestra will have a special St. Nicholas evening with the presentation of the new album Octopus. Special guest is Hermine Deurloo. Earlier this year she received the Bernie Bray Harmonica Player of the Year 2018 Award. She […]
After Evolution, the first part of the suite Octopus, also the video Stature is on our YouTube page. Stature is the second part of the suite, which is based on eight characteristics of the octopus. You can already pre order your album copy at […]
Bernstein en bigband gaan uitstekend samen Het is dit jaar onder meer het jubeljaar van Leonard Bernstein, omdat hij honderd jaar geleden werd geboren. Bernstein werd bekend door zijn dirigentschap bij The New York Philharmonic en vooral van zijn muziek voor de West Side Story. Als componist heeft hij echter een groot oeuvre geschapen en […]
On Wednesday 7 November, an absolute world top musician was on stage with us at theatre Bouwkunde: Seamus Blake (USA). As guitarist John Scofield called this American tenor saxophonist “extraordinary, a total saxophonist” we can only agree and we were delighted he was our guest soloist on […]
New York based saxophonist/composer SEAMUS BLAKE is recognized as one of the finest exponents of contemporary jazz. His music is known for its sophistication, bold improvisations and “sheer swagger”. John Scofield, who hired Seamus for his “Quiet Band,” called him “extraordinary, a total saxophonist.” On November 7 he is our guest at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer. […]
Millennium Jazz Orchestra – Octopus part 1 Evolution Octopus part 1: Evolution Composed and conducted by Joan Reinders Piano solo: Dirk Balthaus Live recording at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer May 2nd Octopus is the title of the new album by Millennium Jazz Orchestra. […]
Concertrecensiesuitgelicht Millennium Jazz Orchestra raakt aan ziel van Bernstein JAZZNU · 9 oktober 2018 Leonard Bernstein. Als mensen hem kennen, dan weten zij dat hij de componist is achter de wereldberoemde en iconisch geworden musical ‘West Side Story’. Maar de man die honderd jaar geleden […]
MJO heeft Bernstein te pakken Bernstein Celebration Tour, Millennium Jazz Orchestra o.l.v. Joan Reinders feat. Laura Bohn, zondag 30 september 2018, Muziekkamer Assen “[De populaire song] is geschreven voor geld, wordt gezongen voor geld en sterft wanneer het […]
The trailer “Bernstein Celebration Tour” is on the website (Videos). Come and listen to one of our eleven concerts! For concerts and tickets visit this website, the schedule is on the Live Concerts page. Thanks to: Studio IJsseldijk, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Cultuurfonds, Stichting Bevordering voor […]
29 Sep 18 20h15 Millennium Jazz Orchestra / Joan Reinders / Laura Bohn Rotterdam (NL) De Doelen Bernstein Celebration Tour Come and play along with our Sw!ng-!nn in De Doelen, Rotterdam on Saturday 29 September! 30 Sep 18 12h00 Millennium Jazz Orchestra / Joan Reinders / Laura […]
On 25 August 2018 it is exactly 100 years since composer/conductor/narrator Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was born. Reason to unpack big with his music and legacy worldwide. In the Netherlands, Joan Reinders has compiled and edited a Bernstein program for his Millennium Jazz Orchestra. This culminates in a unique cross-pollination […]
In October there will be NO Theater Bouwkunde concert due to the busy schedule (rehearsals & concerts) for the Bernstein Celebration Tour in September and October. The Bouwkunde concerts of the Millennium Jazz Orchestra will start on November 7, 2018.
The live recordings of the Theater Bouwkunde concert on May 2, 2018 are so successful that a CD will be released of it. The Dutch label ZenneZ Records will release the suite Octopus in late autumn.
The Bouwkunde concert in May was the closure of a long period for Martin van der Horst as our second tenorist. Martin became a member of the band on October 20, 1985. For years Martin and Joan drove together to Barchem, Martin coming from Emmen and picking up Joan from Hardenberg. It has been a […]
In a Mellow Tone – comp. Duke Ellington/lyrics Milt Gabler, arr. Joan Reinders. Herman Nijkamp, vocal. Millennium Jazz Orchestra recorded live at Theater Bouwkunde Deventer on May 2, 2018. Sound engineer: Chris Weeda with participation of Rob van der Meijs, Da Capo. Video: Louis Gerrits & Mariske […]
The season’s eighth concert in Theater Bouwkunde Deventer was the premiere of the eight-piece suite Octopus. Each part is based on one of the octopus’ eight characteristics: 1. Evolution; 2 Stature; 3. Moving Forward; 4. Environment; 5. Food; 6. Procreation; 7. Enemies; 8. Camouflage. In the second set, […]
Our regular visitors know very well that our trumpeter Herman Nijkamp can sing and scat fantastically. In the last concert of the season, he will be in the spotlight in the second set with eight pieces specially written for him by orchestra leader Joan Reinders. Come and listen […]
Camouflage is the eighth and final part of the composition about the octopus. An octopus has different techniques to camouflage itself, such as spraying with ink or changing color so that the colour of the environment is adopted. Composer and orchestra leader Joan Reinders has also given his imagination […]
“Zugzwang”, Duet suite part 3 is composed by Joan Reinders and is featuring two giants on soprano saxophone: Gerlo Hesselink and Volker Winck. Millennium Jazz Orchesta during the recording of the CD ‘Lookin’ East’ in studio Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück, Germany.
In the series Young and/or Regional talent, Sietske Roscam Abbing was in the spotlight. This singer, originally from Zutphen, sang many pieces of her latest Cd Leaving Traces. On this Cd you will find compositions by Dirk Balthaus with lyrics by Sietske. Especially for this concert, conductor […]
In the series Young and/or Regional talent on April 4: singer Sietske Roscam Abbing. Especially for this concert a number of pieces of her album ‘Leaving Traces’ have been arranged for the orchestra by Joan Reinders and also by trumpeter and arranger Suzan Veneman. Come and listen to this […]
Each concert a repeating part on the band’s set list is playing a new part of the suite ‘Octopus’. Enemies is the title of the newest and seventh part that will be played in Theater Bouwkunde in Deventer on Wednesday 4 April. Reservations: www.theaterbouwkunde.nl
After 27 years he was again our guest soloist with the orchestra: pianist Lex Jasper. Lex still has a sparkling and fine touché that the audience could listen to in a swinging repertoire. It was a […]
On Wednesday 3 April 1991 he was one of the first guest soloists of the orchestra, next week he is our guest again: Lex Jasper. Due to two car accidents, pianist Lex Jasper was unable to play concerts for fifteen years. Now he is back and plays like the old days. In 2016, his comeback […]
The sixth part of the suite is called Procreation and is about the love life and thus the reproduction of the octopus. Not that its love life is abundant: octopuses live alone, a male and female only search for each other to reproduce themselves. A female octopus hides its eggs in its burrow in the […]
“Mensch, durf te leven” (“Man, dare to live”) is a composition by Dirk Witte, in 1917. This Dutch song encourages people to enjoy life more and not to ask so many questions. Thematically, the text is opposed to the still so influential social control in 1917, and to the acceptance of authoritarian morality. In 2015, […]
The February concert in Theater Bouwkunde was with Dutch tenor saxophonist Ben van den Dungen. He has long been on the list of wanted guest and finally it has succeeded. Ben has many years of experience, has toured with and […]
On February 7 Ben van den Dungen will be playing with the Millennium Jazz Orchestra. Van den Dungen has been a professional musician from the early ’80. In 1983, he joined the Latin Jazz group Nueva Manteca. With this group he has recorded eleven albums and toured […]
In our next concert in February the fifth part of the Octopus Suite will be played: Food. Food is about the varied food that is on the menu of the octopus. Phrygian lobsters, Dominant crabs and Whole tone fish are a delicacy for the Octotonic octopus in part five. […]
In a short time two trombonists have stopped as a member of the MJO. In November, Jochen Niehaves has played his last concert with the orchestra. Jochen was a member for more than 10 years, but is nowadays too busy to be able to […]
