Cécile McLorin Salvant, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter Quartet, Laura Misch and many more for North Sea Jazz Festival 2024
Mike Flynn
Friday, February 2, 2024
The world’s largest indoor music festival returns with a star-studded line-up of jazz and pop luminaries that include Sting, Joshua Redman, Jamie Cullum, Cécile McLorin Salvant, John Scofield & Dave Holland, Chucho Valdés and many, many more
The North Sea Jazz Festival is back this summer at its multi-stage venue, the Ahoy, Rotterdam, from 12 to 14 July 2024 with another stellar line-up. Less than an hour’s plane-ride away or direct train from London St Pancras, the festival is bursting with huge international stars from across the worlds of jazz, blues, soul, pop and beyond and will present a number of special projects. These include a new quartet featuring tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Johnathan Blake, as well as Something Else! with Vincent Herring, Binker Golding, Jeremy Pelt, David Kikoski, Paul Bollenback, Essiet Essiet and Lewis Nash. Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Afro-Cuban jazz company Irakere, and Shai Maestro performs with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw.
Among the 60 artists announced so far are some of the world’s biggest jazz stars including Joshua Redman, Jamie Cullum, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Walter Smith III, bassist Avishai Cohen, and French-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf.
A number of emerging artists will make their North Sea debuts this year including Amaro Freitas, D.K. Harrell, Kymara, Lander & Adriaan, Laura Misch, Lawrence, and Veronica Swift.
Reaching all corners of the jazz and soul spectrum, the festival’s broad line-up will also feature record breaking Brit Award nominee Raye, GRAMMY-winner Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamaican-American singer and saxophonist Masego, Mercury Prize winner Sampha, boundary-pushing US rapper and poet Noname, the legendary Sting and much more.
The line-up so far announced includes:
Friday 12 July: Amaro Freitas Trio; Avishai Cohen Bande Iroko; Brittany Howard; Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50; corto.alto; D.K. Harrell; Emily King; Henri Texier 'An Indian's Life'; Jamie Cullum; Kinga Głyk; Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet 'The Next Step Reunion Tour'; Kymara; Laufey; Lehmanss Brothers; Myra Melford - Fire & Water Quintet; Potter*Mehldau*Patitucci*Blake; Raye; Reuben James; Smino; Vulfpeck.
Saturday 13 July: Anouk & Metropole Orkest; Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram; Corinne Bailey Rae presents Black Rainbows; Ibrahim Maalouf and the trumpets of Michel-Ange ; Joel Ross Good Vibes; John Ghost; John Scofield & Dave Holland; Joshua Redman Group ft. Gabrielle Cavassa 'where are we' Tour ; Joss Stone; Laura Misch; Lawrence; Lizz Wright; Maite Hontelé & Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest; Marisa Monte; Masego; Quique; Something Else! ft. Vincent Herring, Binker Golding, Jeremy Pelt, David Kikoski, Paul Bollenback, Essiet Essiet, and Lewis Nash ; Sungazer Plus; Tems; Veronica Swift.
Sunday 14 July: Bamba Wassoulou Groove; Benjamin Clementine; Black Pumas; Cécile Mclorin Salvant; Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society ; Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet ft. James Brandon Lewis, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang; Faada Freddy; Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation; Knower; Lander & Adriaan; Mahalia; Noname; Sampha; Shai Maestro & Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw; Sting; Sylvie Courvoisier Chimaera; Vicente Amigo; Walter Smith III.
For full details and more info visit www.northseajazz.com
