(Photo: Hardy Klink)
(Photo: Karin van der Meul)
Composer, arranger and conductor (Photo: Hardy Klink)
(Photo: Hardy Klink)
Bernstein Celebration Tour On Saturday May 18 we will be playing the music of Leonard Bernstein in Singer Laren, together with soprano Laura Bohn. You will hear many famous melodies, a lot of swing, bluesy, fat big band sounds, exciting rhythms and beautiful ballads. This […]
Tenor saxophonist Simon Rigter is our guest soloist in Theater Bouwkunde on May 1st. He studied in The Hague with John Ruocco and graduated with Ferdinand Povel in Hilversum in 1997. Simon Rigter has played with the Dutch Jazz Orchestra, Slide Hampton, John Marshall and many others. […]
Octopus part 6: Procreation Composed and conducted by Joan Reinders Soloists: Gregor Sperzel – trombone and Bart Tarenskeen – bass Live recording at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer May 2nd This part depicts the love life – and thus also the reproduction. However, the love life doesn’t really […]
It was a beautiful concert with singer Rachel Gould in April in Theater Bouwkunde. In 2005 she also was our guest and we could play the same repertoire as we did fourteen years ago: arrangements by Rob Pronk and one by trombonist/arranger Henri Gerrits. […]
Millennium Jazz Orchestra: Octopus By JACK BOWERS March 21, 2019 1,328 Views **** Octopus, the tenth album released by the Millennium Jazz Orchestra in its nearly twenty- five years of impressive music-making in The Netherlands, is actually an eight-part suite by composer / arranger Joan Reinders devoted to one of the sea world’s more […]
On Thursday April 25 the Millennium Jazz Orchestra and soprano Laura Bohn will be playing the music of Leonard Bernstein in Concertzaal Tilburg. You will hear many famous melodies, a lot of swing, bluesy, fat big band sounds, exciting rhythms and beautiful ballads.
Octopus part 5: Food Composed and conducted by Joan Reinders Soloists: Coen Kaldeway – baritone saxophone, Rob Sijben – soprano saxophone, Dirk Balthaus – piano Live recording at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer May 2nd Part five depicts the varied food of the octopus: this includes crabs, lobsters, […]
Rachel Gould studied cello and classical singing at Boston University from 1960 till 1971. From 1964 she worked as a backup singer. She only appeared occasionally in the early 1970s, in the jazz clubs on the East Coast. Only after her divorce and moving to Germany did she establish herself […]
Millennium Jazz Orchestra – Octopus CD-RECENSIE Millennium Jazz Orchestra – Octopus bezetting: Millennium Jazz Orchestra o.l.v. Joan Reinders opgenomen: 2 mei 2018, Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer uitgebracht: december 2018 label: Zennez aantal stukken: 8 tijdsduur: 63’51 website: millenniumjazzorctestra.nl – zennezrecords.com door: Cyriel Pluimakers Het Millennium Jazz Orchestra is een van de best bewaarde geheimen uit […]
It was such a great concert. Living legend Ack Van Rooijen was our guest soloist in March. He again played extraordinary beautiful, it was magic. The audience in the packed Theater Bouwkunde showed they were impressed too. […]
Ack van Rooyen (New Year’s day 1930) has many times been the orchestra’s guest soloist and the Millennium Jazz Orchestra is looking forward working with this legendary musician again on Wednesday 6 March. Ack played with artists like Aimé Barelli Orchestra (Paris), Peter Herbolzheimer Big Band, WDR Big […]
On Saturday 9 March we will be playing the music of Leonard Bernstein in De Goudse Schouwburg, together with soprano Claron McFarron. You will hear many famous melodies, a lot of swing, bluesy, fat big band sounds, exciting rhythm and beautiful ballads.
Environment, a new video on this web page and our YouTube chanel. A live recording at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer May 2nd 2018. You can order your album copy at ZenneZ Records. Octopus, part 4: Environment Conductor, composer: Joan Reinders Soloist: Suzan Veneman – flugelhorn. Reeds: Gerlo […]
Boy Edgar Award 2018 winner Jasper van ‘t Hof was a guest pianist with the Millennium Jazz Orchestra in February. Jasper van ‘t Hof played his own compositions, arranged by Joan Reinders. After 1992, 1997, 2008 this was the band’s […]
Pianist Jasper van ‘t Hof is our guest on Wednesday 6 February at Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer. Van ‘t Hof is one of the most active jazz musicians in Europe and has recorded more than 70 albums. During his career he was a keyboard player with Archie Shepp and many others, although he was best known […]
Our tenth CD “Octopus” has been chosen by the jazz listeners of Rolf Polak’s Rick FM as the new ‘All That’s Jazz CD’ for the month February 2019. We are pleasantly surprised.
We had a great New Year’s concert with our guest Wolter Wierbos. His playing is very inventive, groovy, exciting and surprising. The Millennium Jazz Orchestra had a great time working with this musical trombonist. […]
The New Year’s concert of the Millennium Jazz Orchestra is on Wednesday 9 January in Theater Bouwkunde, with special guest Wolter Wierbos. Wolter received the Boy Edgar Prize in 1995, as one of the few laureates purely for his qualities as instrumentalist. In 2001, he […]
On our YouTube channel and on this site two new videos. Enjoy! Moving Forward, the third part of the suite Octopus. A live recording on 2 May 2018. That Old Black Magic by the band’s singer Herman Nijkamp. Recorded on 2 May 2018.
Millennium Jazz Orchestra schittert met Bernstein programma CONCERTRECENSIE. Millennium Jazz Orchestra o.l.v. Joan Reinders: ‘Bernstein Celebration Tour’ met zangeres Laura Bohn, TivoliVredenburg, Cloud Nine, Utrecht, 22 december 2018 beeld: Ton van Leeuwen door: Cyriel Pluimakers Het Millennium Jazz Orchestra vormt een van de meest interessante Nederlandse jazzorkesten. Meer dan 25 jaar heeft leider Joan Reinders […]
Jazzel’s blog, door Hessel Fluitman Het Millennium Jazz Orchestra heeft al een hele reeks cd’s uitgebracht. Voor de eeuwwisseling onder de naam Big Barchem Band en sindsdien als Millennium Jazz Orchestra. Telkens ook met stukken van de dirigent Joan Reinders. Op deze nieuwe cd […]
On December 5 the Millennium Jazz Orchestra had a fantastic CD release party in Theater Bouwkunde. Many enthusiastic visitors and friends were with us to celebrate the release of the tenth CD of the orchestra. Hardy Klink, the band’s longtime photographer, received the first CD “Octopus”. For this special concert Hermine Deurloo […]
Jazzflits nummer 308 (pagina 6 ) – Jeroen de Valk In een grijs verleden ging menig ambitieus festival gebukt onder de suite-ziekte. Wat was dat ook alweer? Een markant persoon werd tot componist bestempeld en kreeg vervolgens een compositieopdracht. Hij of zij ging dan […]
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 […]
