Musica Extrema Announces Finland-Sweden Tour for September 2024

The renowned Dutch ensemble Musica Extrema has announced its highly anticipated Finland-Sweden tour. This unique musical journey, taking place from September 14 to September 22, 2024, will offer audiences in both Finland and Sweden the opportunity to experience the virtuosic and versatile sounds that have made Musica Extrema famous worldwide.

The tour dates are as follows:

  • 14/09/24: Rovaniemi, Korundi Hall, Finland
  • 15/09/24: Salla, Sallan Kunta, Finland
  • 17/09/24: Gammelstad, Nederluleå kyrka, Sweden
  • 19/09/24: Gunnarsbyn, Folkets Hus, Sweden
  • 20/09/24: Gunnarsbyn, Folkets Hus, Sweden
  • 21/09/24: Gunnarsbyn, Forsberg, Sweden
  • 22/09/24: Lansjärv, Folkets Hus, Sweden

With this tour, Musica Extrema brings its signature blend of styles and genres to Northern Europe, where they are sure to captivate audiences with their virtuosity and innovative approach to live music.

Sly M

SLY M is a new band in the Dutch jazz scene. This group consists of musicians who can go in any musical direction, but swinging hard is the main focus. Neo-bop, free, Latin, and everything else that comes along in modern jazz is thrown into the blender.

SLY M is made up of three young talents and one veteran. The musical character of the band is simply the result of the greatest common denominator of the musical personalities playing in it. The music is organic and comes more from the hips than from the head.

SLY M calls it street-improvised music. The music is sensational, breathtaking, moving, and exhilarating at the same time. Influences from “The Old Days” and modern jazz blend seamlessly.

Line-up
Ben van den Dungen – saxophones
Jelle van der Meulen – piano
Matheus Nicolaiewsky – bass
Mitchell Damen – drums

Check out the SLY M concerts in our concert agenda.

BVDD QUARTET FT. CHARLES BELLE

Ben van den Dungen and the French painter Charles Belle have worked together before. During the concert, the painting ‘My Favorite Things’ was created.  Because of the favourable reviews, a second success was inevitable. And so the two artists joined forces again for a special concert. On September 30, 2022, the Ben van den Dungen Quartet and Charles Belle will perform during Obsession Blues at the Saline Royal in France.

Latin Grammy Award

A tribute to beloved Art Blakey by legendary group Nueva Manteca on their 13th album. For your consideration at the 2022 Latin Grammy. Viva la música, viva el Latin jazz!

The Legacy Of Blues

Ben van den Dungen presents his new music programme “The Legacy Of The Blues “The music and the blues of cities like New Orleans, Chicago, Memphis, New York and Nashville mixed with jazz music from his hand.

Jazz and the Blues. Identical twins. One cannot exist without the other. Blues tells you about life. Jazz gives it colour. The blues is the story and jazz makes it swing. The small suffering of man and the certainty that tomorrow will be better. That is what makes this combination so universal and contagious. Jazz and the blues. A smile and a tear!

More info coming soon!

NEW MUSIC NUEVA MANTECA

ARE YOU READY!?

Whitin a few weeks some new songs of Nueva Manteca will be released! Below the dates of the upcoming singles – and finally NUEVA MANTECA’s new album ART. It’s a twofold tribute, to Art Blakey and our dear founder and spiritual father, Jan Laurens Hartong.

March 18: Moanin – https://fanlink.to/moanin

April 1: Blues March – https://fanlink.to/bluesmarch

April 8: ART – NEW ALBUM!! – https://fanlink.to/nuevamanteca

? by Selina Fernandez-Shaw Alvarez & Michael Varekamp