EUROPE: JazzPlaysEurope Laboratory

What will European jazz sound like in the near future?
By gathering promising jazz artists in one unique project, JazzPlaysEurope Laboratory aims to provide a glimpse of where the new generation of jazz musicians is heading.
The 3rd JazzPlaysEurope Laboratory 2011 is hosted by TryTone. 7 musicians from 7 European countries rehearse in Amsterdam for three days in complete artistic freedom. The artists get to know each other’s musical universe and personality. They are free to discuss, play, quarrel, experiment, laugh… as long as they come up with a full concert program in the end!
This work is presented during a European tour, in professional jazz venues of each artists’ own country.
Following the two successful Laboratory projects of 2009 and 2010, this year’s line-up highlights once again the immense creativity of young European jazz artists. They are all very eager to show their musical skills as well as their artistic visions.
Above all, however, they will present their concept of what European jazz could lead to.

The 3. Jazzplayseurope-laboratory will tour Europe in October and November 2011 through 7 countries:

23/11 – 20:00 – Bratislava, SK – Bratislava Jazz Festival
26/11 – 20:00 – Amsterdam, NL – BIMhuis
16/11 – 20:00 – Luxembourg, LU
17/11 – 20:00 – Tourcoing, F – Tourcoing Jazz Club
18/11 – 20:00 – Ghent, BE – Jazz & Sounds Festival
19/11 – 20:00 – Bochum, DE – Jazzfest Bochum
20/11 – 19:00 – Wroclaw, PL – Jazztopad Festival
24/11 – 20:30 – Brno,  CZ – Metro Music Bar

7 countries 7 musicians BiographiesClaire Bellamy (F) double bass
Maxime Bender (LU) tenor & soprano saxophone
Michał Bryndal (PL) drums
Christian Mendoza (B) piano
John-Dennis Renken (D) trumpet
Jasper Stadhouders (NL) guitar
Radovan Tariška (SK) alto saxophone

http://www.jazzplayseurope.eu/