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JazzJam@Smederij presents THOMAS HILBRANDIE guitar, DIEDERIK IDEMA piano , HANS LASS bass, SEBASTIAN DEMYDCZUK drumsEntree 10€, students8€
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guitarist Thomas Hilbrandie, pianist Diederik Idema ,bassist Hans Lass and drummer Sebastian Demydczuk. They bring a program of jazz standards , originals and blues traditionals
from the American and Brazilian songbooks. The audience can quickly move into the atmosphere of an authentic jazz club where creative musicians are inspired to get the best out of themselves.
Thomas Hilbrandie is besides a touring and performing guitarist also guitar teacher with a bachelor's degree in light music from the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen and a master's degree in Jazz guitar and music theory from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He also studied through exchange programs at the City of Leeds College of Music in Great Britain and The Collective in New York City in the US. For years he has been able to gain several experiences at various music schools and in his own private practice. In addition, he is active as a performing musician.
Anno 2022 he is active in big band The Stageband. Also as a guitarist and composer in sQuintet, a quintet consisting of trumpet, guitar, piano, double bass and percussion.
Diederik Idema, has been the session leader of the weekly Smederij jazz sessions for decades. Diederik once studied Social Geography, but like so many others with music in their blood, it eventually became the Prins Claus Conservatory. Teaches at the municipal music school (Vrijdag) Groningen.
In addition to his weekly performances in the Smederij, Diederik plays and played for a long time with Jenne Meinema, Will Jasper, the Northern European Jazz Orchestra, Dutch Palladium eva
Hans Lass studied Double Bass Jazz Music at the Conservatory of Groningen and in The Hague. His bass teachers were Koos Wiltenburg, Jan Voogd and Hein van de Geijn
During his studies Hans supervised numerous workshops, masterclasses and presentations with James Taylor, Lee Konitz, Ack van Rooyen, John Scofield, Dieter Glawischnik, Jasper van't Hof, Philip Catherine, Mike Stern, Edwin Rutten, Jenne Meinema, Herb Geller, Ronnie Cuber, Leonardo Amuedo, Henk Meutgeert.....
Drummer Sebastian Demydczuk
started with piano and accordeon, but chose for the drums at the age of thirteen. After finishing his classical training in Poland, he moved to Groningen, and studied jazz drums. After his graduation, he studied in New York. His first giant steps as a drummer were made in the world famous polish jazz band “Simple Acoustic Trio”. Moving to the Netherlands and joining several dutch jazz groups is Sebastian nowadays succesful as a jazz-world music drummer performing internationally with the Dutch-Turkish group Barana. Sebastian has his own recording studio and besides being a drummer and sound engineer, he is also busy as a producer.
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Tuinstraat 2 groningen, Tuinstraat 2, 9711 VD Groningen, Nederland, Groningen, Netherlands
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