EUROPEAN JAZZ STAGE:  From the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam -- home of the worlds leading classical orchestra, and from Rotterdam’s North Sea Jazz Festival, we bring you singing treats -- Karen Malka in combination with bassist Avishai Cohen’s band, vocalists Humphrey Campbell and Paulien van Schaik -- and Cuban maestro Chucho Valdés’ big band accompanying Mayra Caridad.
We’re climbing the vocal Summit in this week’s European Jazz Stage – I’m Benjamin Herman .

Listen to This Week's Show:

1. Chucho Valdés Big Band – San José (C.Valdés) 8:20

2. Chucho Valdés Big Band – Estela (C. Valdés) 14:06
recorded at North Sea Jazz Festival, Hudson Hall, Rotterdam, July 12, 2009

3. Humphrey Campbell - Paper Moon / Come Along with Me (H. Arlen / E. Jefferson) 4:46

4. Humphrey Campbell – Everyday I Have the Blues (P. Chatman) 7:22
recorded at the recital hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 10, 2010

5. Paulien van Schaik & Hein van de Geyn – Mean to Me (R. Turk / F. E. Ahlert) 4:12

6. Paulien van Schaik & Hein van de Geyn – Them There Eyes (M. Pinkhard / W. Tracy / D. Tauber) 4:52
recorded at the recital hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Januari 20, 2010

8. Avishai Cohen ‘Aurora’ – Ma Li Vela (A. Cohen) 6:50

9. Avishai Cohen ‘Aurora’ – El Hatsipor (Biauc / A. Cohen) 4 :21
recorded at North Sea Jazz Festival, Madeira Hall, Rotterdam, July 11, 2009

Paulien van Schaik