Jazz in ‘t Web 24 Juni 2023

By Jelle Post |

Toegegeven, Jazz in ’t Web is niet het eerste (of grootste) jazzfestival in 010. Maar wel het laagdrempeligste, verrassendste en gezelligste. Voorjaar 2023 maken we de programmering bekend. Maar wacht niet te lang met het kopen van uw kaarten. Want we beloven vijf mooie namen uit het Nederlandse jazz-circuit: West Coast Bigband, ArtVark, Daan Kluwer […]

Rijnmond Big Band Show

By Jelle Post |

De Rijnmond Big Band Show is er weer! Dinsdag 25 april 2023. Natuurlijk in Theater aan de Schie in Schiedam. En natuurlijk is de toegang weer gratis. Kom genieten van swing met de standards uit het Great American Songbook. De West Coast Big Band begeleidt Dennis van Aarssen, Catalijne en Franklin Brown. Bekende nummers van […]

Rijnmond and Theater aan de Schie present: The Rijnmond Big Band Show.

By Jelle Post |

The Rijnmond Big Band Show is back! An evening full of swing, crooners and easy listening in Theater aan de Schie in Schiedam. The West Coast Big Band accompanies Dennis van Aarssen, Esther Hart, Franklin Brown & Maxine, who sing wonderful standards by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Nina Simone and many others. The […]

West Coast Big Band Show ft. Franklin Brown

By Jelle Post |

Date: Sunday 3 April Start: 14:30 pm | Hall open 14:00 hours Entrance: €15,- including service costs Especially for the occasion, the West Coast Big Band will put on a dazzling swinging theater show in De Theaterbakkerheij with Franklin Brown (including the Eurovision Song Contest 1996). Think of the 50’s and 60’s, Las Vegas, the swinging crooner […]

West Coast Big Band winner IBBC 2021!

By Jelle Post |

On Saturday, November 27, 2021, the West Coast Big Band took part in the (International) Big Band Competition (IBBC) in Hoofddorp. Due to covid no international competitors. Nevertheless, the eight very best Dutch bigbands participated. We are very proud that we have won again! And our own Kees Kamphuis (trumpet) won the prize for best […]

Full agenda!

By Jelle Post |

After months of forced rest, the band is back in full swing! The coming months, several nice concerts are scheduled. In October and November, the band will play at two private parties (in Zandvoort and in the Beauforthuis in Austerlitz). But also on Thursday 11 November, in Studio 1 of the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep […]

West Coast Big Band plays Peter Herbolzheimer

By Jelle Post |

The West Coast Big Band has delved into the archive of innovative arrangements of the well-known German orchestra leader Peter Herbolzheimer (1935 – 2010). Herbolzheimer, trombonist with Bert Kaempfert, among others, gained great fame as an arranger and composer for German films, TV series and major events (including the 1972 Olympic Games). With his own […]

New CD “West Coast Big Band plays Bierens”

By Joop Meijlink |

Very excited to share with you our latest CD: “West Coast Big Band plays Bierens”. In the spring of 2020 we were contacted by Marc Bierens if he could interest us to make a big band recording of his compositions. Of course we were! After hard work from the incredible arrangers, weeks of rehearsals with […]