Dear All,
We are very grateful for the wonderful performances and music projects we did this year.
And the year isn't over yet, see below the agenda including some upcoming concerts and activities in the new year.
In case you would like to consider hiring or booking any of our bands or music projects, now is a very good time to have a look on saskialaroo.com and/or laroobookings.com. You are welcome to email and/or call. Our big passion is to create beautiful music! We have solutions for any event and budget. My personal email is info@saskialaroo.nl or saskialaroo@hotmail.com and my phone numbers are in the Netherlands: +31655713113 and in the US: +18608699531 .
PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND IN AMSTERDAM
SAT DEC 20 17.30-20.00 at the COTTON CLUB with JAZZKIA
SU DEC 21 17.30-20.00 at KERK in RUIGOORD with JAZZKIA
SU DEC 21 21.30-02.00 at JAZZ CAFE ALTO with JAZZKIA
NEXT WEEKEND ALSO IN AMSTERDAM (WARREN PERFORMS IN THE USA)
FR DEC 26 20.00-23.00 at RESTAURANT POMPSTATION with JAZZKIA
SU DEC 28 21.30-02.00 at JAZZ CAFE ALTO with JAZZKIA
USA TOUR
WE DEC 31 8PM-1AM at THE SENIOR CENTRE, HARTFORD, CT with LEGACY
SAT JAN 3 8-11PM at SCATZ, MIDDLETOWN, CT with LAROO/BYRD FUNKY4
THU-SAT JAN 8-10 APAP (PRE)CONFERENCE VISIT, NYC, NY
FR JAN 16 6PM at RODEPH SALOM, PHILADELPHIA, PA with the AFROSEMITIC EXPERIENCE
FR JAN 30 8PM at WOODLANDS COMM TEMPLE, WHITE PLAINS, NY with the AFROSEMITIC EXPERIENCE
SOME PAST HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014:
CD and DVD RELEASE "LIVE IN ZIMBABWE"
SINGLE and VIDEOCLIP RELEASE "AFRICA DANCIN""
PERFORMANCES AT FESTIVALS & CLUBS; BIG & SMALL
with our own bands: the SASKIA LAROO BAND, DUO LAROO/BYRD, JAZZKIA, AFROBOP, SOLO ACT, THE BYRDSPEAK ENSEMBLE, LAROO/BYRD FUNKY4
special collaborations with TROMBONIST "MR DEFUNKT" JOSEPH BOWIE, SAXOPHONIST HANS "BIG BOY" DULFER, THE AFROSEMITIC EXPERIENCE, VIBRAPHONIST JAY HOGGARD, BASSISTS PATRICK LAUWERENDS & JORIS TEEPE; POET PIETER DE BRUIJN KOPS; SENEGALESE PERCUSSIONIST PAPE SECK & HIS DAUGHTERS; DJ DANSOR and many more.
in the NETHERLANDS at AMSTERDAM ARENA JAZZFEST; PARADISO a.o. FOR OPENING NIGHT OF THE AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT, JAZZ CAFE ALTO & THE COTTON CLUB, AMSTERDAM; THE MAHOGANY HALL, EDAM; HET BEAUFORTHUIS, AUSTERLITZ; AMERSFOORT JAZZFESTIVAL; NOORDERZON FEST, GRONINGEN; JAZZ HILLIGERSBERG; NORTH SEA ROUND TOWN, ROTTERDAM and many more.
in the USA at THE AMISTAD BLACK TIE GALA, HARTFORD, CT; THE JEWISH FEST, ATLANTA, GA; WINSTON SALEM, NC; BERKELEE, CA; NYC, NY, WASHINGTON, DC and many more.
in POLAND at THE KROKUS JAZZFESTIWAL, JELENIA GORA.
in GERMANY at JAZZCLUB LUENEN
PRESS ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:
CD REVIEW "LIVE IN ZIMBABWE" IN DUTCH NATIONAL NEWSPAPER TROUW BY STAN RIJVEN
CONCERT REVIEW "LIVE AT THE COTTON CLUB" BY PHILIP WOOLEVER FOR ALLABOUTJAZZ
OTHER ARTICLES IN THE NETHERLANDS: IN MUSIC MAKER MAGAZINE BY BERT MIDDELBOS, AMSTERDAM NEWSPAPER "HET PAROOL" BY ALBERT DE LANGE; IN NIEUWSBLAD VAN HET NOORDEN; IN GOOI EN EEMLANDER BY KLAAS KOOPMAN many thanks to NOL VAN BENNEKOM; BY EDDY DETEMEYER FOR "DRAAI OM JE OREN".
RADIO AND TV PERFORMANCES:
RADIO/TV PROGRAMMA "NOARDERWYN" FOR OMROP FRIESLAND; RADIO PROGAMMAS "EERST JAAP", MYKE & CO.
Jazzy greetings,
Saskia Laroo
new website: saskialaroo.com
US cell: +1 860 8699531 | NL mob: +316 55713113 | Skype: saskialaroo2 |
>buy my new DVD + CD Saskia Laroo Band - Live in Zimbabwe: http://saskialaroo.
US cell: +1 860 8699531 | NL mob: +316 55713113 | Skype: saskialaroo2 |
>buy my new DVD + CD Saskia Laroo Band - Live in Zimbabwe: http://saskialaroo.
>book me solo or with my bands: http://saskialaroo.com/
>check my agenda
>check my latest videoclip Afrika Dancin'
>check my latest newsletter
"Some fools say jazz is also a monolith.
Not as long as there are vibrant energizers like Laroo's crew playing.
Her stage was small scale, but her performance was large.
It was exactly the kind of thing that keeps jazz alive."
By Philip Woolever for AllAboutJazz, Nov 18, 2014
