Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw

 

Contemporary big band jazz cannot be played much better – Jack Bower, All About Jazz (USA)

the Dutch response to modern jazz ensembles – Detlef Ott, The Gazette (Germany)
In the Netherlands the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw put big band music back on the map. Since 1999 we have been the backbone of jazz program at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, performing alongside at many other venues in the Netherlands and abroad, with many tens of thousands of visitors every year.
We aim to make our cultural heritage of almost a century of Dutch jazz accessible to new generations and at the same time to focus on innovation and new music. [Read more]
Several times the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw was proclaimed the best and most swinging Dutch big band and since the launch of our new album Crossroads (October 2018) this is amply confirmed by the enthusiasm of our audience as well as that of the national and international press.