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Route 66 through Russia

RUSSIA TOUR

Musica Extrema will be on tour in Russia (and Belarus) this September and October with the program Club Vaudeville. Our tour consists of 18 concerts, starting in Minsk, followed by a visit to Kaliningrad, and then on to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The journey continues in Arkhangelsk in the high north, followed by a long train ride south to Ekaterinburg in the Ural. The final concerts of our Russia tour will take place in Siberia, in – among other cities – Barnaul, Tomsk and Novosibirsk. In short, Musica Extrema ‘On the road’.

 

 

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Club Vaudeville

CD Club Vaudeville release October 2017

Musica Extrema will release their new CD ‘Club Vaudeville’ October 2017 right after their Russia tour. Musica Extrema is the new name for the group Tango Extremo. Lately, The group did so many different projects within various genres, that the name ‘Tango Extremo’ no longer represents their music, therefore the switch to ‘Musica Extrema’.

‘Club Vaudeville’ takes you back to the cinematic 1930s – the post World War I era, a time during which jazz, folk, and classical music blended with entertainment, theatre and variété. Club Vaudeville is a collection of songs in French, German and English. ‘Club Vaudeville’ takes you back in time!

 

 

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2 Sessions

2 Sessions

With pleasure we present the new Ben van den Dungen Quartet CD ‘2s sessions’.
The CD has been recorded just recently after a tour through the South American countries Argentina and Uruguay. Ben chose to record the CD without any preparations beforehand. He had the idea to create this record in the studio itself. The group had played the tracks so much that there would be no problems recording this CD.

The musical pieces, mostly written by Ben himself, were new to everyone, but after playing them a few times in the studio they were actually recorded. The result is this CD.

‘’Jazz has to be ‘danceable’, and the blues gotta be in it’’, said drummer Art Blakey. It could be the motto for the music that Ben plays with this Quartet. He started his career in the early 80’s with Jarmo Hoogendijk, and only started this quartet 5 years ago. The group is a special combination of personalities that could only bring the jazz together. The musicians blend their musical backgrounds and talent which makes this quartet so fortunate. Completely modern with a ‘’happy feel’’ and 100% pure jazz.

Line-up:

Ben van den Dungen – tenorsax en sopraansax
Miguel Rodriguez – piano
Marius Beets – contrabas
Gijs Dijkhuizen – drums

Tourdates:

5-3-2017 Den Haag – Theater Dakota
12-3-2017 Schiedam – Jazzpodium Waterweg
15-3-2017 Zwolle – Theater Cultuurschip De Thor
21-4-2017 Haarlem – Philharmonie
23-4-2017 Nieuw en Sint Joosland – Theater de Wegwijzer
27-5-2017 Den Haag – De Bordelaise
2-7-2017 Rotterdam – North Sea Round Town

We look forward seeing you at one of our shows!

Contact:
JWA Jazz
info@jwajazz.nl
070-3625850

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Tango/Mania


You can find the full tour here.

The International DanceTheatre and Tango Extremo have teamed up and are ready to present their new show ‘’Tango/Mania’’. In this double bill performance The International DanceTheatre plays the main role accompanied by the notes of Tango Extremo, moving the Argentinian Tango to music and dance hailing from the Black Sea area.
Six leading dancers, among Michael Sastrowitomo (winner 2016 Aanmoedigingsprijs Dansersfonds ’79 & Danspublieksprijs 2015), bring unique choreographies to life. Unique choreographies created by some of the most highly anticipated choreographers like Neel Verdoorn (NL) and Corneliu Ganea (RO).

As well as The International Dancetheatre and Tango Extremo are well-known for their bold and unique projects. Therefore it is not completely unexpected that these two ‘’head honcho’s’’ put their hands together to make this extraordinary project happen.

Cast International Dancetheatre: Neel Verdoorn (Choreography), Corneliu Ganea (Choreography), Michael Sastrowitomo, Rossana Caldarera, Roisin Verheul, Jeroen van Acker, Teddy Bot, Dalton Jansen (Dance)

Cast Tango Extremo: Tanya Schaap (Violin), Ben van den Dungen/Christof May (Sax), Hans van der Maas (Accordion), Rob van Kreeveld (Piano), Marijn van der Ven/Thomas Pol (Contrabass)

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Ben van den Dungen Kwartet – Argentina / Uruguay Tour 2016

Two-Tone Dresses

Ben van den Dungen Kwartet – Argentina / Uruguay Tour 2016

November 11th, 2016. The day that the quartet trades the Dutch’ cold winter weather for the sun of Latin America. Ben (sax), Miguel (piano), Steve (bass) & Gijs (drums) will be showing their art for the following 2 weeks to the audience.

The first stop will be the Montevideo Jazz Festival on the 14th and 15th of November. There they will be giving workshops and concerts in Teatro Solis.
Two days after playing the before mentioned shows they’ll be heading to Ushuaia. Ushuaia is known to be the most Southern peak of human society where the gentlemen will be showing their art to the crowd.

Short after, they’ll be heading to the Pre Festival de Jazz (EMU) in La Plata. Of course, Buenos Aires may not lack on this Journey and so the Quartet continues its’ journey to the beautiful capitol of Argentina.

On the 16th edition of the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival the quartet will close off their tour.
Keep an eye on this page to stay up to date of the tour!