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 […]
Have you seen and listened to Scurry yet? It’s the first video released of our newest CD Lookin’ East and is on this website or visit our YouTube channel. Enjoy!
On April 5 Finnish trombone player Antti Rissanen was our guest in Bouwkunde. Antti Rissanen is one of the few Finnish jazz musicians who perform outside Finland. He studied among others with Jiggs Whigham. Antti had taken his own arrangements […]
Last year bandleader Joan Reinders was invited to do an interview for Jazzhelden (Jazz heroes), part of the Nederlands Jazz Archief (Dutch Jazz Archive). He was very honored being asked and this month the interview was released on the Jazzhelden website. (Dutch spoken)
On March 1 we had a fantastic CD release party at Theater Bouwkunde. It was a full house with many enthusiastic visitors and friends. Bob Hagen, the band’s longtime fan and friend, received the first CD “Lookin’ East”. This […]
The jazz samba Reunification is the opener of our newest CD “Lookin’ East”. MJO conducted by Joan Reinders, featuring Gerlo Hesselink (alto), Job Helmers (baritone) and Marius van den Brink (piano) at the Big Band Festival in Rabotheater Hengelo (NL) on May 15th 2016. Composition by Joan Reinders. Take a look at our YouTube channel […]
Johan Hörlén (born in Sweden) plays with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra and the WDR Big Band. He is one of the leading alto saxophone players around and has played with Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine and many more. We were very proud he was our guest with the Millennium Jazz […]
A new video of the ‘Singing Dizzy’ program is on our YouTube channel. Deborah J. Carter sings the beautiful song Woody’n You, arranged by Joan Reinders. Soloists: Suzan Veneman-trumpet Marius van den Brink-piano Felix Schlarmann-drums.
On January 4 Dutch singer Masha Bijlsma joined the band in the New Year’s Concert. Masha is celebrating her 25th Anniversary as a singer in 2017. The Orchestra is very proud that they could do the […]
The Millennium Jazz Orchestra has a new item in the Theater Bouwkunde concert series: playing with a young (and regional) talent. Mo van der Does was the first young talented musician and from Deventer as well who started this item on December 7. […]
