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 […]
On Wednesday January 10 we had our New Year’s concert in theater Bouwkunde with the famous trombonist Conrad Herwig (USA) as our guest. Herwig began his career in Clark Terry’s band in the early 1980s, has been a featured member in the Joe Lovano Nonet […]
The video Sorrowful Song is the second part of the suite Duets of the latest CD ‘Lookin’ East’ and is composed and conducted by Joan Reinders. Soloists: Jilt Jansma, trombone and Job Helmers, baritone. Millennium Jazz Orchestra as recorded at the Big Band Festival Hengelo (Netherlands) on May […]
On Wednesday January 10 is our New Year’s concert in theater Bouwkunde and the famous Conrad Herwig (USA) will be our guest. New York-based jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig is considered one of the world’s complete jazz musicians, atop both the performing and jazz educational fields with an abundance of […]
The fourth part of the suite Octopus (in eight parts) will be performed in the New Year’s concert on January 10 in theater Bouwkunde. It is called Environment. The octopus lives on the bottom of the sea near the coast. During the day he is hiding in a hollow […]
Marjorie Barnes was our guest in the December Bouwkunde concert. She sang four big band arrangements by Peter Herbolzheimer, Jerry van Rooyen and two new arrangements by Joan Reinders. The orchestra had a visible pleasure in accompanying this jazz […]
Jazz vocalist Marjorie Barnes was born and raised in New York City but is living in Holland again. Next Wednesday, December 6, she is our guest in theater Bouwkunde, Deventer. She will be singing arrangements by Peter Herbolzheimer, Jerry van Rooyen and two new arrangements by Joan Reinders. […]
The third part of the suite Octopus (in eight parts) will be performed for the first time in December. This part is called Moving Forward and – like the title says – is about the octopus moving forward.
The video Efcharistó is the first part of the Duets Suite of the latest CD, arranged and conducted by Joan Reinders. Suzan Veneman & Jan-Willem te Kiefte – trumpet. Millennium Jazz Orchestra as recorded at the Big Band Festival Hengelo (Netherlands) on May 15th, 2016. Listen to it on […]
Our latest concert in the Bouwkunde was with the famous Dutch trumpeter Ruud Breuls. Ruud is a many asked soloist in the Netherlands. For many years he was a member of the Metropole Orchestra but has left to Germany where he has a job with the WDR Big […]
A new video of our latest CD Lookin’ East is on our YouTube channel: Nocturne in ¾. Soloists Jilt Jansma-trombone, Jan-Willem te Kiefte-flugelhorn and Bart Tarenskeen-bass. Enjoy!
Tenor & soprano saxophonist Jasper Blom was a guest with the Millennium Jazz Orchestra in October. It is not surprising he was twice a winner of the European Jazz Competition, because he played sublime. It was a […]
With Jasper Blom, twice winner of the European Jazz Competition, the Millennium Jazz Orchestra is starting the new Bouwkunde series. Jasper Blom (1965) is a leading tenor and soprano saxophonist of the young Dutch jazz generation and one of the most versatile players in the Benelux. He is […]
Joan Reinders is composing a composition for the Millennium Jazz Orchestra consisting of eight parts: Octopus. Every month a new part will be played and in October you can hear the first part, Evolution.
A video of Cocktails for Two is added to our YouTube channel. This is a wonderful ballad by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow in an arrangement by Joan Reinders, with a bass solo by Bart Tarenskeen. Dizzy Gillespie liked to play this song very much. That’s why this […]
“Singing Dizzy” on Saturday September 23, Theater Carrousel Ommen. Millennium Jazz Orchestra featuring Deborah J. Carter. If you are in the area, please come out. Will be great fun!
A video of Ow!, Dizzy Gillespie’s composition in an arrangement by Joan Reinders. Lyrics: Deborah J. Carter, solo’s: Jan-Willem te Kiefte on trumpet and Felix Schlarmann on drums.
A video of the title tune of the newest CD Lookin’ East is on the website and on our YouTube channel. We see our German friend Volker Winck on tenor. This feature is specially composed by Joan Reinders for this outstanding musician.
A new video on our YouTube channel: Con Alma. Take a look!
Michael Abene, one of the best big band composers/arrangers around the world, was the guest conductor before the summer stop. In the first set he was conducting the ArtEZ Bigband Zwolle. […]
In April we received a second review of our newest CD. It is written by Jack Bowers in All About Jazz and below is an excerpt of the review. If you want to read the whole review, here’s the link. “The Netherlands, with a population less than that of New York State, is home to […]
The first review of Lookin’ East is by the hand of Hans Invernizzi in JazzFlits 276. Below you can read a short paragraph from the article. Here’s the link to the complete review on page 11. “….Reinders bewijst weer eer aan zijn grote Amerikaanse helden Thad Jones en CountBasie. Er is veel ruimte voor […]
