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35
minutes were left to the beginning
of the set of CAPTAIN HOOK at
a small hotel
at the dutch Ijssel. Guests were bewildered
and
nervous. Me too. The very good fingerfood
at ZWARTEWATER
stabilized the concelebrators
of a 50th birthday
party.
First
two men – organist and bassist –
arrived on the
scene. It took not an hour
to
place two boxes; drums; equipment.
After a small meal the band
took the stage -
ready for funk-jazz.
Their
CDs GET HOOKED and F.EX are fine
introductions to CAPTAIN HOOK.
Also
their material on the internet gives an
idea of how the
vibes of CAPTAIN HOOK work.
What is the jazz style of CAPTAIN HOOK? Bop?
Our birthday-crowd was not used to this modern
jazz. Some had just passed a german beer-event
SCHUETZENFEST VECHTEL with top40-vibes and German
Beer-Drinking-Vibes. One of the guests is a
dj, who lives in the times of our local DISCO
.“CASSANDRA”
or LANDDISCO or TANZSCHUPPEN:
CRUSADERS: STREET LIFE
JAMES
BROWN
ELP
BOOKER T & OTHERS
could be in his lp-box.
Astonishingly many were on there feet and
dancin to funk-jazz – without knowin
how this was workin out.
Aus
der Gruppe sticht das Saxophon heraus:
IMAN SPAARGAREN
Get
CAPTAIN HOOK, if you are lookin for funky
and percussive jazz
sounds. People,
who are looking for soul-covers are not so
happy
with captain hook.
Impressive is the variety of jazz – standards.
“Girl from Ipanema” and others were turned
in a unique CAPTAIN-HOOK-Style.
In
may 2010 HANK JONES died. So the last piece
was a piece of him in
remembrance.
In
1979 – my year of birth – we heard TO BE
from a
cassette on a legendary tour to the
German OSTSEE. AJ was thrown
out of a pub.
But driven with TO BE on the casette was very
relaxing.
PROGRAM
Es
spielt die Funk-Jazz-Band
CAPTAIN
HOOK ab 21 Uhr.
They
are Nr.
10-15 of dutch/nederlandse/niederlaendischen
Jazz-Bands.
They should be on the agenda of the
greatest dutch jazz festival: NORTH SEA JAZZ.
They should be a permanent act and a perfect act
for
after-festival celebrations.
In German: There is some “LUFT
NACH OBEN”!
If you hear CRUSADERS or NEW CRUSADER life at
NORTH SEA JAZZ, you know, that some Americans
are in another league. But there is in the near
future a road for CAPTAIN HOOK to go in the
steps of these titanic giants and get near
their niveau.
For other bands I would advice strongly to
engage a perfect female-vocalist with a
leather-trouther and a real stage presence.
A
performer and eventually some trax with a
shouter sould enhance
the european
notice/percection/kenntnisnahme or fame of CAPTAIN HOOK.
The
poor and stripped down to basics-jazz is a precious
and rare
thing. A little bit of BOOKER T and soul or funk
should generate an countless and enthusastic crowd in front of
CAPTAIN HOOK.
Programm
in Zwartsluis:
Set I: Eigenes Repertoire
Set
II: Klassiker der Jazz - Geschichte
Set
III: Alte Funk - Nummern
Evtl.
Jam mit anderen Musikern
(Entfiel, da die angekündigten
deutschen
Musiker aus anderen Gründen nicht anreisen
konnten!)
CDS
hooked up
f.ex
RECENSIES
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 26 maart 2009
Trombonist
Bart Lust was onder de indruk
van
Captain Hook
toen hij twee jaar geleden een gastbijdrage had op
hun
laatste cd ‘f.ex’.
Hij stelde daarom een duo-concert in
het Bimuis voor. Captain
Hook is
een frisse band die al
een tijdje aan de weg timmert. In
beschrijvingen van de
formatie komt vaak het woord ‘groove’
voor; de band
lijkt invloeden te vinden in de funkjazz uit de
jaren
zeventig, spierballen
van
Chris Potter en
soms ook een
vleug Soulive. De composities zitten goed in elkaar
en
bevatten sterke, feilloos ingestuurde thema’s. Het
enthousiasme van de muzikanten (Iman Spaargaren tenor-
en
sopraansax, Santeri Sulkunen gitaar, Daan Herweg piano,
fender
rhodes, Pieter Hoogervorst basgitaar, Pieter-Jan
Nijessen drums)
was interessant te aanschouwen.
Tot echte ‘groovende’
funk kan Captain Hook echter niet
worden ingedeeld. Zeker in het
begin bleken de thema’s
bijhoorlijk doordacht waar alle
muzikanten angstig
met
hun handen vanaf bleven. Creativiteit en lef werden
moeilijk
geuit. Solo’s bleven leeg
en fatsoenlijk;
gesyncopeerde ritmes
in bedachte maatsoorten werden
netjes uitgevoerd naar de
mogelijkheden van de individuen.
De muzikanten leken gespannen.
Pas na een half uurtje werd
enige schroom
weggegooid. Herweg blonk uit in
begeleiding
en voornamelijk solo’s met een opvallend
omvangrijke
ambitus. Het is een formatie met veel ideeën en
compositorisch talent, maar zonder brutaliteit waarmee
ze
zich kunnen onderscheiden.
© jazzeno.nl
© volkskrant.nl
© http://www.jazzpress.org/
PLACES TO PLAY
Jazz
in Duketown
21
tot en met 24 mei, ’s Hertogenbosch
Jazz
in Duketown wordt op verschillende locaties
in de binnenstad van
’s Hertogenbosch gehouden.
Op het affiche staan onder
meer Eric Vloeimans’
Gatecrash featuring Kyteman, Amina
Figarova,
een allstars formatie met onder anderen
Bria
Skonberg en Roy Williams, Bart Lust Quartet,
Peter Beets Trio met
Scott Hamilton, Captain Hook,
Cubop City Big Band met Robert
Quintero,
Deborah Carter met Efraim Truijillo,
Ferdinand
Povel/John Marshall, Het Brabants
Jazz Orkest met Ellen ten
Damme,
en Mathilde Santing (sings Sinatra),
Informatie:
www.jazzinduketown.nl
THE BAND
Groovy
zeitgenössischer Jazz
Iman
Spaargaren (saxophones, bass-clarinet)
Santeri Sulkunen (guitar)
klingt
edgy
Daan Herweg (rhodes, piano)
(in
Zwartsluis spielte SEBASTIAN GUMPERT)
Pieter Hoogervorst (electric
bass)
Pieter-Jan Nijessen (drums)
FEATURING
Bart Lust (Posaune) und
Gerben Klein Willink (trompete)!
GERMAN PLACES
(Diese
Liste enthält keine Plätze in
der Schweiz oder in
Austria!
Obschon die Schweiz uns weit voraus war!?))
HAMBURG
COTTON CLUB HAMBURG
Alter
Steinweg 10,
Großneumarkt,
20459 Hamburg
Telefon: 040 343878
Website: www.cotton-club.de/
http://www.jazzzeitung.de/jazz/2009/03/dossier-cottonclub.shtml
Rolf-Liebermann-Studio
http://www.ndrinfo.de/kultur/jazz/jazzkonzerte2.html
Neues Jazz-Festival im Hafen
http://www.jazzhamburg.de/hamburglinks.htm
BREMEN
JAZZAHEAD
– FESTIVAL
KREFELD
JAZZKELLER KREFELD
http://jazzkeller.info/index.php?t=geschichte&p=geschichte_1&id=1
HANAU
JAZZKELLER HANAU
http://www.jazzkeller-hanau.de/
NUERNBERG
KNEIPENBÜHNE OBERWEILING
(NEUMARKT | PASSAU | REGENSBURG)
MUNICH
SCHRANNENHALLE
KNEIPE AN DER SCHRANNENHALLE
KELLER DER SCHRANNENHALLE
BIELEFELD
ZWEISCHLINGEN
GESTRINGEN (ESPELKAMP)
ALTE SCHULE GESTRINGEN
Blues Club im TWIST
COMPANIA
BUFFO
Restrup; Osnabrück Land
CLUB-KONZEPT
Der 2000-Euro-Deal: 100 Personen buchen sich
ein fuer einen Abend mit Funk-Jazz.
Datum und Gig steigt, wenn 100 Personen
feststehen!
Diese Personen bestimmen,
wann und wo das Konzert stattfindet.
ORT:
a) Vechtel
b) Moringen
c)
Twist
d) Hamburg
e) Muenchen
f) Weinheim
SOUNDS LIKE CAPTAIN HOOK
HISTORY OF FUNK & SOUL
SIMILIAR SOUNDS
http://mooimuziek.blogspot.com/2009/05/exclusive-interview-with-clay-drayton.html
GROOVER
WASHINGTON
JUN.
CRUSADERS
(saxophonist Wilton Felder)
TO BE
(LOST GERMANS)
DESENSIS
SHARON
JONES
&
DAP KINGS
WICKED
JAZZ
SOUNDS
ROY AYERS
GIL
SCOTT-HERON
INCOGNITO
MEDESKI,
MARTIN
&
WOOD
BOOKER T.
DEXYs
MIDNIGHT
RUNNERS
FROM COMPILATION FOR WM 2010 SOUTHAFRICA
Two african Funk Numbers:
Jah Wobbles
Invaders
of the heart:
I
am the music
Khaled:
Didi
(Funk Club)
FROM:
BIG NOISE 1
First Glance at Compilation
for WM 2010 & Silver Wedding MOELLENHOFF KUHLMANN
Titelliste von:
P:\a_burnin_remix_afriquedesud\aj_compilation_afriquedesud
01 importiert 05 - Epuguzu 04:06
02 importiert 02 - Shakira - Waka Waka (Esto Es Africa) 03:18
03 importiert 03 - Banana Ba Rustenburg 02:31
04 importiert 13 - Ishumelosheleni 02:46
05 importiert 01 - Mas Que Nada 02:17
06 importiert 04 - Jelebi 05:53
07 importiert 07 - Sweet Mother 10:13
08 importiert 04 - Angelina 05:26
09 importiert 11 - Sidiki 04:53
10 importiert 05 - Amor 03:14
11 importiert 06 - Amor Dub 02:16
12 importiert 03 - Didi (Funk Club) 04:20
13 importiert 05 - Mandela 04:22
14 importiert 06 - Dibi Dibi Rek - Ismael Lo 04:35
15 importiert 02 - Setsinala - Ismael Lo 04:25
16 importiert 07 - Khafet Dammon 03:13
17 importiert 05 - Zing Zong 04:52
18 importiert 06 - Maya 04:51
19 importiert 12 - I Am the Music 01:44
Gesamtzeit: 79:58.
Ende der Titelliste.
OFFICIAL MATERIAL
CAPTAIN
HOOK
Captain
Hook
- Iman Spaargaren (saxophones, bass-clarinet)
-
Santeri Sulkunen (guitar)
- Daan Herweg (rhodes, piano)
-
Pieter-Hoogervorst (electric bass)
- Pieter-Jan Nijessen
(drums)
Jazz funk kwintet Captain Hook verscheen voor het
eerst
op de Nederlandse muziekscene in 2005 met hun debuut-cd
‘Hooked Up’.
In 2007 brachten zij de opvolger ‘f.ex’
uit.
De muziek van energieke grooves in combinatie met
subtiele
medlodieën en harmonische structuren werd enthousiast
ontvangen
door pers en publiek.
De muzikanten smeden een hechte
groepsound die drijft op
improvisatie en exploratie. In eigen
composities combineren zij
lekkere grooves met fijnzinnige
melodische en harmonische structuren.
Het debut album Hooked
Up bracht de groep vele optredens op
jazzfestivals als mede in
gerenommeerde jazzclubs in Nederland.
Ze kregen bovendien de
uitnodiging te spelen tijdens de
prestigieuze Dutch Jazz
Competition 2006.
In 2007 gingen zij een samenwerking aan met
het modern
klassieke saxofoonkwartet Esquire
(www.esquiresaxofoonkwartet.nl).
Verschillende Captain Hook
composities en nieuwe geschreven materiaal
werd gebruikt om de
grenzen tussen klassiek en jazz te verkennen
in een live
situatie. Eind 2008 staat een toernee met Esquire gepland.
In
2007 bracht Captain Hook hun tweede cd ‘f.ex’ uit. Net
als
het eerste album omvat f.ex alleen nieuwe eigen composities.
Voor dit album werden Bart Lust (New Cool Collective Bigband)
op
trombone en Gerben Klein Willink (The Young Sinatras)
uitgenodigd
om hun muzikale bijdrage te leveren.
In 2008 kijkt de groep
verder dan de nationale clubs en festivals
als podium voor hun
muziek. Ook staat er een nieuwe cross-over
project met
verschillende artiesten gepland.
PRESSKIT
Here's
the presskit of Captain Hook y'all! For all interviewers,
talkshow
hosts, radio-dj's and simply interested folks.
Jazz
funk quintet Captain Hook first hit the Dutch music scene
in 2005
with their debut album, Hooked
Up.
In 2007 they released the album f.ex.
With
a musical trademark in which energetic grooves are
combined with
subtle melodic and harmonic structures,
the album soon found its
audience.
The press about f.ex:
‘After
several years of playing Captain Hook obviously matured.
The
second album expresses a sense of quietness as well as
power
playing.’ (P.J. Korten, Jazzflits)
‘The
powerful hornsection gradually shifts to a more
harmonious and
nicely arranged ensemble playing.
The soloing on f.ex is
excellent, especially the
contributions of Santeri Sulkunen are
noteworthy.’
(Johan
Bakker, Nederlands Dagblad)
The press about Hooked Up:
‘The
music is performed very subtly. The five musicians,
who have
clearly no trouble in finding each other’s wavelength,
play
with dynamics, sensation and atmosphere.’
(rakenDra
Smit, Muziekwereld)
‘From
the word go the album sounds promising and as it
progresses it
gets more and more fascinating. Sulkunen’s fluent
guitar
sound is striking. Spaargaren sounds especially fresh
on soprano
and one can’t help but think of Branford Marsalis
during
the “Bring on the Night”-tour by Sting.’
(P.J.
Korten, Jazzflits)
‘Mouths
dropped in wonder and admiration when the music committee
heard
this quintet’s album.’ (Henk
Loman, Jazzweekend Bergen op Zoom)
‘Captain
Hook delivers funky jazz, pushed along by an outstanding
rhythm
section. The music sounds fresh and the production is bright.
The
best part about it is that every composition is original.
These
are true artists. They can easily join the ranks of the
jazz-funk
heroes of the early seventies.’
(www.soundslike.be)
Their
albums opened doors to numerous jazz festivals,
as well as famous
jazz clubs in The Netherlands. It even
got them a
invitation to play at the prestigious Dutch
Jazz Competition 2006.
F.ex
features trombone player Bart
Lust (New
Cool Collective Bigband)
and Gerben Klein Willink (The Young
Sinatras) in Captain Hook’s original
compositions.
In
2008 they toured with classical
saxophone-quartet Esquire
(www.esquiresaxofoonkwartet.nl).
Several Captain Hook compositions,
as well as new written
material by Corrie
van Binsbergen a.o.,
were used as a means of exploring classical and jazz music in a
live context.
In
2009 Captain Hook played at the BIMhuis,
Amsterdam; had a
television appearance in VPRO’s
‘Vrije Geluiden’;
and had a radio show
at 'Weekend
Winfried, NPS Radio6'.
The
christmas edition of 'Jazzism'
magazine will
feature a
NPS-cd with a gourgeous track by Captain Hook on it!
LINKS
Website:
http://www.captain-hook.nl/
CD's:
Captain
Hook - f.ex »»»
GREEN PUPPET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=febNEaybRAg&feature=related
CONCEPT X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oghecz-fh_Y
GANGSTERISM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL9HJD26fVU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiW7Y2A_ELw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiW7Y2A_ELw&feature=related
BONUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30fIxXC6x4&feature=related
BACK TO FUNK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BYspnWEwU&feature=related
NOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BYspnWEwU&feature=related
GROUP: KISS ME KILL ME
LEX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
LABELS & ARTISTS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_funk_musicians
http://lastfm.spiegel.de/group/Jazz+Funk+Soul%C2%BA/connections
http://www.planetfunk.ch/artistspart1.htm
DOWNLOADS
http://groups.filestube.com/group/64cd26700429dd18,view.html
http://groups.filestube.com/tag/funk
See 'Events' for more details
29th
of
may 2010 - 50th Birthday
Zwartsluis – Hotel Zwarte Water
24th of may 2010 -
International Jazz Festival Enschede - Enschede
21st of may 2010 - Jazz in Duketown - Den Bosch
12th of may 2010 - Cafe Trianon - Nijmegen
11th of may 2010 - Hot Club de Gand - Gent (B)
9th of may 2010 - De Fuut - The Hague
15th of april 2010 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
25th of march 2010 - De Lindenberg, JIN - Nijmegen
20th of march 2010 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
28th of january 2010 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
15th of january 2010 - De Tor - Enschede
17th of december 2009 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
26th of november 2009 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
14th of november 2009 - De Muze - Antwerp (B)
7th of november 2009 - DJS, Dordrecht
23rd of october 2009 - Jazz Maastricht, Maastricht
10th of october 2009 - Buster - Antwerp, (B)
6th of october 2009 - Dizzy - Rotterdam
24th of september 2009 - Cafe Alto - Amsterdam
30th of august 2009 - Live @ Weekend Winfried NPS Radio6
17th of july 2009 - De Parade, Utrecht
20th of june - Festival Fresh Jazz / Huiskamer van Schiedam, Schiedam
4th of june 2009 - Cafe Alto, Amsterdam
8 may 2009 - Jazzdag, Amersfoort
26th of march 2009 - Doubleconcert Captain Hook/Bart Lust quintet, BIMhuis - Amsterdam
15th of march 2009 - Theater Borra - Amersfoort
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