Zondag 08 februari, 13:00, PCC Jazz Club, Meeuwerderweg 1, Groningen
Stageband Jazz Orchestra feat. Kurt Weiss, trumpet
Zondag 08 Februari is Kurt Weiss te gast bij Stageband Jazz Orchestra.
Het orkest speelt een eclectische mix van composities en arrangementen van oa Bill Holman, Bert Joris, Peter Herbolzheimer, Henri Gerrits, Steven Sluiter en Kurt Weiss.
Gastsolist is trompettist Kurt Weiss!
Uit zijn bio:
“The music career of trumpet player Kurt Weiss has taken him to over 40 countries around the globe. This has included extensive tours with the orchestras of Ray Charles (1993‐1995), Artie Shaw (1991‐1992), and Glenn Miller (1989-2001).
During his residency in New York City (1989‐2001), he also performed with the orchestras of Maria Schneider, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mario Bouza, Barry Harris, Dave Burger, Jimmy Dorsey and the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
Weiss has also performed with various artists such as Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra, The Gypsy Kings, Natalie Cole, Donna Summer, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Tormé and Steve Grossman to name a few.
Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Kurt Weiss has been living and teaching in the Netherlands since 2001 and is currently professor of trumpet, jazz theory, jazz arranging and jazz history at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen, Netherlands. He has also given numerous clinics around the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Finland, Italy and Spain.
During his tenure in Holland, Kurt has been the conductor of the Utrecht’s Jazz Orchestra, Stage Band Groningen, West Coast Big Band, and the Northern European Jazz Orchestra. As conductor, Weiss has lead these big bands to win the top prize 4 different times at various jazz festival competitions throughout the Netherlands. He was also awarded a soloist prize for his conducting at the Hoofddorp Meer Jazz Festival (2011). Kurt is the first conductor ever to win this prize in it’s 18 year history.”
