Trip Through The Years - Oscar Jan Hoogland

12 international top players

For 50 years, the BIMHUIS stage has been a hub in an international network of musicians who value freedom, improvisation and independence. Oscar Jan Hoogland celebrates with 12 international top players who embody the spirit of the BIMHUIS. In various line-ups they celebrate the typical BIMHUIS sound based on defining names and movements, such as the cross-swinging Misha Mengelberg, Senegalese singing, the Chicago scene, crackling electronics, the South African kwelas of Sean Bergin, free improvisation in addition to challenging composition, the brutal The Ex, sultry Ethiopian melodies, Latin grooves and jazz by masters such as Monk, Ellington and Sun Ra.

About Oscar Jan Hoogland

Oscar Jan Hoogland is a leading figure in the Amsterdam improv scene. As the last student of Misha Mengelberg, he has a strong bond with the history associated with 50 years of BIMHUIS. He has put together a supergroup especially for this concert, in which he plays piano and electric clavichord.