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Prior to the Curacao North Sea Jazz festival various concerts are organised at Curacao. Trijntje Oosterhuis will perform on Tuesday, August 30 at the Avila Hotel.
Trijntje Oosterhuis has been one of the Netherlands’ premier vocalists for many years. After fronting the successful pop group Total Touch, she has sung with the likes of Queen, Andrea Bocelli, Burt Bacharach, Solomon Burke, Jean ‘Toots’ Thielemans, Marco Borsato and Lionel Richie. The past year has been highly successful for Trijntje. Within a very short period, she has released three albums that have all reached at least gold status. During this concert, she and her outstanding band will go on a musical journey throughout her entire career, showcasing all her biggest hits. This includes Total Touch songs, her Burt Bacharach pieces, hits in Dutch, but also tracks from her latest album ‘Sundays in New York’. An extraordinary combination of jazz, soul, funk and pop!
The evening starts with a performance of Gino Coelho together with trumpeter Igort Rivas (formerly Buena Vista Social Club) who will create an impressive atmosphere. This will be extra special with the intimate, warm feeling of the idyllic Octagon Square of the Avila Hotel which will create a wonderful combination.
Pre Sale Ticket price a Nafl. 50,- (excl. Taxes & non-seating.) Tickets available July 15th at Albert Heijn Curaçao, Bruna Curaçao & het Avila Hotel.
Tuesday 30 August • Avila Hotel • Time: 20:00
The full program of Curacao North Sea Jazz is known. The last artist that’s been added is Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. The nine-member collective from Brooklyn brings a mix of soul, funk and gospel and are known for their energetic live performances. Music from the heart is also on their latest album 'I Learned the Hard Way.
This year is only the second edition of the festival but the success of the first edition immediately initiated the International Jazz Festivals Organization (IJFO) to have their annual board meeting in Willemstad in September. At the IJFO great and renowned jazz festivals attend like the Montreux Festival, Umbria Jazz, Monterey Jazz Festival, Istanbul Jazz and of course the North Sea Jazz Festival. The directors and board members of the top 16 festivals are at the island of Curacao during the North Sea Jazz festival.
The program:
Friday, September 2
Sting, Kassav ', Earth Wind & Fire, Danilo Perez Trio, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Levi Silvanie, Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band featuring Terence Blanchard, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Saturday, September 3
Stevie Wonder, Juan Luis Guerra, Chucho Valdes Afro Cuban & Messengers, Rubén Blades, Ronchi Matthew and his All Star Band, Roberto Fonseca and Dionne Warwick
The program will be introduced on the three stages by Jorgen Raymann, Howard Komproe and Kevin Carty.
We have now confirmed the time schedule for the festival on September 2nd and 3rd. With the addition of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, we now have a full overview of the festival program for you. You can look forward to a 2-hour performance of legend Stevie Wonder and to headliner Sting, who will be the final act on Friday.
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Today at a press conference in Willemstad Curacao, the North Sea Jazz festival organizers announced that none other than Stevie Wonder will perform at the second edition of Curacao North Sea Jazz. Initiator Gregory Elias is extremely honored that he can announce that Stevie Wonder comes to Curacao to be the closing act of the festival. Stevie Wonder is, with his enormous music career, an icon and inspiration for many other artists.
Stevie Wonder's amazing music career has brought him 49 Top 40 singles, 32 number one hits, an Academy Award for I Just Called to Say I Love You, 25 Grammy Awards and a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. His participation in the massive "We Are the World” campaign against famine in Africa in 1985 was a milestone in the music industry. Also his involvement in fighting apartheid in South Africa is much praised.
Today we can also announce Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kassav who will both be performing on Friday. Earlier we announced more acts and Sting who is the headliner of the first festivalday. The program now looks like this:
Friday
Sting, Earth Wind & Fire, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez, Danilo Perez Trio, Levi Silvanie, Kassav and Branford Marsalis Quartet
Saturday
Stevie Wonder, Juan Luis Guerra, Chucho Valdes Afro Cuban & Messengers, Ruben Blades, Roberto Fonseca, Ronchi Matthew and his All Star Band and Dionne Warwick
Monday the festival starts at the Brionplein with a free concert by Los Van Van. On Thursday Eliane Elias plays at Brakkeput Mei Mei.
