EUROPEAN JAZZ STAGE  "...Celebrating a career that spans five and a half decades, we bring you alto master Phil Woods. In this program we also present two concerts where strings play first fiddle. The British clarinetist and saxophonist John Surman is joined by a classical string quartet, and we have a young Dutch talent, Jeffrey Bruinsma. He explores the violin in styles covering jazz, world and classical music. Then there’s Esra Dalfidan, a Dutch singer with Turkish roots. She won the Dutch Jazz Vocal Competition in 2008, and she mixes jazz with oriental traditionals." [RNW-host Daniel Frankl]

listen to the show:

Phil Woods
Phil Woods, Jesse Davis (alto sax); Donald Vega (piano); Daryll Hall (double bass); Leon Parker (drums).

John Surman’s String Project
John Surman (bass clarinet, soprano sax, baritone sax); Patrick Kiernan, Rita Manning (violin); Bill Hawkes (viola); Nick Cooper (cello); Chris Laurence (double bass).

Jeffrey Bruinsma
Jeffrey Bruinsma (violin); Oene van Geel (viola); Maarten Ornstein (C-melody sax, bass clarinet); Gulli Gudmundsson (bass); Afra Mussawisade (percussion).

Fidan
Esra Dalfidan (vocals); Franz von Chossy (piano); Tobias Klein (bass clarinet); Uli Genenger (drums); Tomas Merlo (bass).

Phil Woods in 1968: