Insane lineup at North Sea Jazz '10!

[Kyo]

Now that I made sure I'd get a ticket I can inform everyone else.

This year's North Sea Jazz festival features what is pretty much everyone

from my (extensive) jazz collection except for the retired and the departed:

Stanley Clarke Band with Hiromi (and Ronald Bruner Jr.!)

McCoy Tyner Trio + Joe Lovano

Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio (with Mulgrew Miller!)

Bobby Hutcherson & Cedar Walton Quartet

Chick Corea's Freedom Band (with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes!)

Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project (with Lionel Loueke, Greg Phillinganes, Tal Wilkenfeld and Vinnie Colaiuta)

Sonny Rollins

Pat Metheny Group (a quartet with Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby and Antonio Sanchez)

Marcus Miller's TUTU revisited

Joshua Redman Double Trio

Ornette Coleman Quartet: This Is Our Music Now! (with Charlie Haden and Joshua Redman)

Ornette Coleman Quartet (with two bassists plus Denardo Coleman on drums)

Ornette Coleman Quartet meets Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians Of Jajouka and James Blood Ulmer (yes, Ornette plays with a different lineup on each day of the festival)

Lee Konitz Quintet

Kenny Barron Trio + David Sanchez

Dave Holland y Pepe Habichuela Flamenco Project

Mike Stern Group (with Randy Brecker and Dave Weckl!)

Richard Bona

Jaga Jazzist

Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex Orchestra

Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra

"New York State of Mind": The Metropole Orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza with Lee Konitz, David Binney, Eric Alexander, Chris Potter, Michael Attias, Clifton Anderson, Christian Scott & Jason Moran

Those are just the jazz/fusion guys that I'm (somewhat) familiar with, there's lots more!

And then there's also Joe Bonamassa, Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes, Randy Crawford with the Joe Sample Trio, Norah Jones, Katie Melua, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diana Krall, Joss Stone, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, too...

Even with everything spread across three days and countless venues, I'll never manage to see everything I'd like to see!

But I'm sure it'll be an unforgettable jazz weekend! Btw, I'm most excited about getting to see/hear Bobby Hutcherson!

Edited June 14, 2010 by Kyo

[Kyo]

Bump as this festival begins tomorrow. Can't wait!

[AllenLowe]

I'm going to the Hank Mobley concert with Chewey.

[CJ Shearn]

Make sure you see the PMG, "The Songbook Tour". Word is it's a warmup for a new album next year.

[umum_cypher]

Wow, no expense spared. But what fresh hell is this this Herbie project?

[sheldonm]

Wow, no expense spared. But what fresh hell is this this Herbie project?

I hope it's not the "abortion" he presented to folks in Chicago a couple years ago....with basically the same line-up. To date, still the only jazz performance I've ever walk out of. I'd stay away from that one:-)