Students can buy a ticket for 6 euros by showing their studentpass at the concert hall two hours before the start of the concert.
Urbie Green The New Trombone Collective is always searching for challenging new projects to present the trombone to a broad audience. Urbie Green, born in 1926, is one of the big hero’s of the members of the collective. They are especially fascinated by his sound and way of playing. About 65 years ago Urbie dominated the New York jazz scene. His album “21 Trombones” was a milestone in the recording history of the trombone.
In 1967 Urbie Green brought together the best trombonists of New York. They recorded all the numbers with a strong rhythm section, according to a tight schedule. It was a magical happening - musicians who were normally competing with each other now stimulated each other to even greater heights.
Guitar player Bucky Pizzarelli about Green: “There are no words to describe what Urbie did. Urbie was in a class by himself. You had a few great trombone players in New York but Urbie was alone at the top."
Fascinated by the album a idea originated to recreate it live. This will be happening on July 5th. Combined with world premiers of new pieces for the same combination it will be a unique event. The concert will be recorded for a documentary about Urbie Green.
Soloists
Bart van Lier
Bart van Lier (1950) has worked with various jazz ensembles and big bands, including the Mel Lewis - Joe Haider Big Band, The Slide Hampton Trombone Quartet, Peter Herbolzheimer's Big Band, the Skymasters and the Ramblers. Since 1992 Bart is first trombone player and soloist with the Metropole Orchestra. Bart van Lier performs with several jazzgroups like Bart’s Bones, Nueva Manteca, Trio Bart van Lier and the Bart van Lier Ilja Reyngoud Quintet. Besides his trombone playing he is teacher with the Rotterdam Conservatory and he gives workshops all around the world. He is also author of the book Coordination Training Program for Trombone Playing which is translated in five languages.
Mark Nightingale
Mark Nightingale (1967) started playing trombone at the age of nine. At 15 he won the Don Lusher Award in the BBC Rehearsal Band Competition and became lead trombone with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra a year later. During six years with NYJO he also graduated from Trinity College of Music and formed the 5-trombone group Bonestructure. He has appeared at international festivals alongside Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whigham, Urbie Green, Slide Hampton, Bart van Lier, Bert Boeren, and many others. Mark has been featured with artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Cleo Laine, London Brass, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sting and Shakatak. He has penned many compositions and big band arrangements, plus several books of trombone studies.
Jiggs Whigham
Jiggs Whigham (1943) is a trombonist, band leader and educator. He first came to the attention at 17, as featured soloist and first trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, directed by Ray McKinley. Two years later, he was first and solo trombonist with Stan Kenton. Following a year of studio and Broadway Musical engagements in New York, he became featured soloist with the Kurt Edelhagen Jazz Orchestra at the West German Broadcasting Company in Cologne, Germany. In 1979 he was named Professor and Head of the Jazz Department at Cologne University College of Music, the first appointment of its kind in Germany. In 1995 he was named "Professor for Life" and head of the Jazz-Popular Music Department at the "Hanns Eisler" College of Music in Berlin. He was bandleader of the Swiss Radio Band (Radio DRS) and he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Berlin Radio Orchestra (RIAS Big Band Berlin). He is currently conductor of the BBC Big Band in Great Britain and artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Orchestra. Jiggs Whigham is a lifetime member and general advisor to the International Trombone Association and the German Trombone Society. He is a lifetime member of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
Nils Wogram
Nils Wogram (1972) studied trombone with Reinhard Feldmann, Helmut Seifert and Martin Göß. He won several prizes in Germany like in the federal competition “Jugend musiziert”. In 1994 he won a scholarship to the “New School” of New York city, study of the subjects trombone and composition/music arrangement with Reginald Workman, Buster Williams, Steve Turre, Jimmy Knepper, Conrad Herwig, Slide Hampton, Kenny Werner, Maria Schneider. He continued his studies at the conservatory of the University of Cologne with prof. Jiggs Whigham. In 2000 he started his band “Root 70”, with a CD release “2nd Floor”. With this band he toured Russia in 2002 and played on many important festivals in Germany. Nils Wogram won many prizes like the culture-prize of the state of Northrhine Westphalia, the jazz-prize of the city of Nürnberg and the SWR jazz prize. Since September 2004 Nils Wogram teaches at Lucerne Music Conservatory.
Rhythm section
• Marius Beets - bass
• Peter Beets - piano/keys
• Martijn van Iterson - guitar
• Marcel Serierse - drums
New Trombone Collective
The New Trombone Collective is a famous ensemble comprised of 9 trombone players who all graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts). They are all members of top orchestras in the Netherlands such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Radio Philharmonic and the Brabant Orchestra.
This pictures are only for promotional purposes of the concert. Please ask permission before using a picture by sending an email info@newtrombonecollective.com. Don’t forget to mention the photographer Hans Speekenbrink or for the NTC picture Marco Borggreve.
• Bart van Lier - Photo 1 | Photo 2 (photo: Hans Speekenbrink)
• Mark Nightingale - Photo (photo: Hans Speekenbrink)
• Jiggs Whigham - Photo (photo: Hans Speekenbrink)
• Nils Wogram - Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 (photo: Hans Speekenbrink)
• New Trombone Collective - Photo (photo: Marco Borggreve)
Trailer concert "21 Trombones in the 21st Century"
