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WE ARE THE SIDEWINDERS

The Sidewinders @ International Jazz Festival Havana, Cuba

Soul jazz. We love it! The sensation caused by soul jazz fifty years ago, we bring it all back live on stage now with our Amsterdam based quintet The Sidewinders.

We play the best compositions of our heroes from the famous Blue Note label (Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Hank Mobley) in the classical line up of trumpet, tenorsax and (extended) rhythm. And added some of our own compositions in the same vein. Music from the sixties, when modern jazz was influenced by gospel, latin and boogaloo and became funky. The groove as tight as the drainpipe-trousers, and the solo’s as pointed as the shoes!


We played the Havana Jazz Festival Havana Cuba to great succes, North Sea Round Town, legendary clubs like the Melkweg (Jazzbop hosted by dj Graham B) and the North Sea Jazz Club, Goois Jazz Festival, Paris cafe's and lots of hip parties.
 

Matthijs Willemsen - trumpet

Eldert van Oosten - tenor saxophone

Bart van Os - Wurlitzer piano

Marijn Mees - bass

Kees van Herk - drums

Special guest: Jaime Rodriguez - percussion

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CONTACT

Matthijs Willemsen
T +31 (0) 6 10632171
mww@quicknet.nl

Bart van Os
T +31 (0) 6 81823210
bendwheel@gmail.com

AGENDA


Sat 23 Nov 2024 / 20:15
Breugem Festival
Amsterdam
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Fri 13 Dec 2024 / 21:00
Jazzcafé De Twee Spieghels

Leiden
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WE PLAYED...

International Jazz Festival 'Jazz Plaza' - Havana, Cuba
North Sea Round Town - Rotterdam
Jazztival
- Alkmaar
Goois Jazzfestival - Bussum
North Sea Jazz Club - Amsterdam
De Melkweg (Rabozaal) - Amsterdam
Jazzfestival - Bergen aan Zee
Tolhuistuin - Amsterdam
TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht
Cafe des Sports - Paris, France
Jazzcafé De Twee Spieghels - Leiden
Sail @ NDSM - Amsterdam
Jazz op de steiger - Amsterdam
Werk aan het Spoel - Culemborg
Café Van Leeuwen - Amsterdam

Hanneke's Boom - Amsterdam
Slottuintheater - Zeist
Sonnevanck - Wijk aan Zee
Theater Vis à Vis - Almere
Gelderlandfabriek - Culemborg
Stadskantine - Alkmaar
Pompstation - Amsterdam
HAL25 - Alkmaar

Kleurstoff - Amsterdam ZO
De Nieuwe Anita - Amsterdam
De Harmonie - Edam
De Groene Zwaan - De Rijp
Gallery City Scapes - Amsterdam
Offshore - Bergen aan Zee


and many more

 

THE SIDEWINDERS in NYC SKATE FILM

New York filmmaker Greg Navarro just finished his skateboarding video about the Upper West Side Curb Club in Manhattan. And our version of Duke Pearson's classic 'Sweet Honey Bee' is part of the soundtrack!

The video plays in Thrasher, the biggest skate magazine in the world. Over 60,000 views in a couple of days and still counting...  One of the comments reads 'Wow the jazz push to front slappy to jazz music is some big brain shit'. Well said, nothing to add. 

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