JazzJam@Smederij presents the PRINCE CLAUS CONSERVATORY BIG BAND conductor KURT WEISS
Entree 10€ students 8€
Supported by Kunstraad Groningen
The PCC BIG BAND features young and talented musicians from all around the world.
Listen and meet all the young talents at one of the oldest Jazzbars in the Netherlands.
A night filled with swingin Big Band music.
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About Kurt Weiss………
The music career of trumpet player Kurt Weiss has taken him to over 40 countries around the globe. This has included extensive tours with the orchestras of Ray Charles (1993‐1995), Artie Shaw (1991‐1992), and Glenn Miller (1989-2001).
During his residency in New York City (1989‐2001), he also performed with the orchestras of Maria Schneider, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mario Bouza, Barry Harris, Dave Burger, Jimmy Dorsey and the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
Weiss has also performed with various artists such as Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra, The Gypsy Kings, Natalie Cole, Donna Summer, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Tormé and Steve Grossman.
Originally from Delaware, Kurt Weiss has been living and teaching in
the Netherlands since 2001 and is currently professor of trumpet, jazz theory and
arranging at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen. He has also given
numerous clinics around the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Finland, Italy and
Spain.
During his tenure in Holland, Kurt has been the conductor of the Utrecht’s Jazz
Orchestra (2005‐2007), Stage Band Groningen (2011‐present), West Coast Big Band
(2006‐present), and the Northern European Jazz Orchestra (2011‐present). As conductor, Weiss has lead these big bands to win the top prize 4 different times
at various jazz festival competitions throughout the Netherlands. He was also awarded a soloist prize for his conducting at the Hoofddorp Meer Jazz Festival (2011). Kurt is the first conductor ever to win this prize in it’s 18 year history.
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