Michael Moore 70

45 years ago he already gave his first concert at the BIMHUIS, together with cellist Ernst Reijseger and drummer Michael Vatcher. Just a year before that, Michael Moore arrived in Amsterdam for the first time. Since then he has regularly performed on our stage every year, in all kinds of formations. Familiar names and new acquaintances from the Amsterdam scene return in his new seven-piece ensemble. What continues to drive him is his curiosity about music, especially music he does not yet comprehend, music with a lot of freedom and music in which players are aware that everything can change completely at the drop of a hat.

Alto sax and clarinet player Michael Moore is renowned all over the world for his beautiful tone and his rich musical imagination. He grew up in Northern California, studied at the conservatory with Jaki Byard, George Russell, Joe Maneri, Ran Blake and Günther Schuller, and spent two years in New York before he made his move to Amsterdam. He is a fixture of  the Amsterdam improv scene, as a writing member of ICP Orchestra and as the leader of his own bands. He has collaborated with many greats, including Lee Konitz, Dave Douglas and Fred Hersch.

Sanem Kalfa voice/cello,George Dumitriu viola/guitar, Michael Moore clarinet/alto saxophone, Ilja Reingoud trombone, Timothy Banchet piano, Bjørk Semey bass, João Guerra drums