Bernard van Rossum will be doing a 4-day residency at Almería’s renowned Clasijazz big band culminating in a concert at Auditorio Maestro Alfredo Padilla. Clasijazz big band features some of Spain’s top musicians, in addition, for this collaboration the band will feature Flamenco guitarist Francis Hernández, Flamenco singer Sonia Miranda and percussionist Carlos Cortés. The program will consist of entirely original compositions from van Rossum’s BvR Flamenco Big Band.https://clasijazz.com/evento/cjbb-vii-bernard-van-rossum-bvr-flamenco/

Coming up in next month’s @ud_festival the BvR Flamenco Big Band will be featuring Karim Baggili at the Amsterdam Ud Festival.

Bernard will be arranging some of Karim’s beautiful music and featuring the Ud (and guitar) on this special collaboration.

November 6th Meervaart Theater Amsterdam!
https://www.meervaart.nl/theater/programma/details/1342…

Looking forward to directing the Codarts (Rotterdam Conservatory) Big Band, bringing Flamenco and Jazz departments together and performing the BvR Flamenco Big Band music at the beautiful LantarenVenster!

The BvR Flamenco Big Band will be playing at Wanderlust Festival at Den Haag’s Zuiderstrandtheater, featuring special guest dancer Irene Alvarez!

https://www.residentieorkest.nl/en/concerts/wanderlust/

A real busy period coming up with concerts in Netherlands and Spain featuring some of the world’s most renowned Flamenco musicians, among them Antonio Serrano, Carles Benavent, Karen Lugo and Rycardo Moreno!

Looking forward to playing at one of Spain’s most important festivals, the great San Javier Jazz Festival.

Featuring  vocalist and Paco de Lucia sideman David de Jacoba, dance tornado Karen Lugo and guitarist Rycardo Moreno.

http://www.jazz.sanjavier.es/en/artistas2019/BVR-Flamenco-Big-Band.html

Super excited to join forces with this living legend of the Flamenco bass Carles Benavent, a man who played among others with Chick Corea, Miles Davis and Paco de Lucia.  In addition to the BvR Flamenco big band music, van Rossum will be especially arranging some of Benavent’s pieces for this concert.

https://www.bimhuis.nl/en/calendar/bvr-flamenco-bigband-carles-benavent/

The BvR Flamenco Big Band will be working with  Jose Quevedo “Bolita” and his band (Paquito Gonzalez, Londro, Pablo Martin Caminero) to put together a mixed program featuring compositions from both Jose and Bernard van Rossum. A privilege to collaborate with these top Flamenco artists.

31/1 Bimhuis: https://www.bimhuis.nl/agenda/big-band-bolita/

2/2 Tivoli: https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl/agenda/bolita-big-band-jose-quevedo-02-02-2019/