Summer outdoor jazz concert at The Hague Marriott on Sunday August 14th. The Henrique Gomide Quartet will perform in the Garden Terrace. This quartet plays a sophisticated samba jazz style referring to the 50’s and ‘60’s. Both Brazilian and own compositions will be performed. The concert will be presented by jazz aficionado and co-initiator Ronald Blom.
After the first and highly successful concert with Deborah J. Carter and her trio, there is now a Latin style performance by the Henrique Gomide Quartet. The summer garden concert is an initiative by The Hague Marriott and jazz lovers Ronald Blom and Robbert Coops en financially co-powered by GoodSense (www.goodsense.nl).
This second concert forms the prelude to the festive and official Grand Opening on September 15th of the fully renovated The Hague Marriott. From an artistic point of view the choice for the Henrique Gomide is a surprising one: an international band in which saxophonist Caspar van Wijk (with The Hague roots!) flourishes.
Henrique Gomide is band leader, composer and pianist. He originates from Sao Paulo, Brazil and has performed with both Brazilian jazz as well as contemporary, classical musicians. He has recorded four albums with his trio Caixa Cubo.
He has played on important jazz events such as Hot Club (Portugal), Silkeborg Jazz Festival (Denmark) and CCFM (Mozambique). The quartet is completed by Caspar van Wijk (Dutch), André de Cayres (Brazilian) and Antoine Duijkers (Dutch).
Caspar van Wijk plays saxophone in a variety of formations, like the VanWijk/Derudder Kwartet. He studied under Simon Rigter(Rotterdam Conservatory), Ferdinand Povel and Jasper Blom (Amsterdam Conservatory). In 2008 he won the Princess Christina Jazz Concours. André de Cayres plays bass and double bass and operates from Germany. Antoine Duijkers provides the drums. He is specialised in African percussion (from Ghana and Senegal) and performs in different combos, with Jen Brown, Torque Trio and Filippa Gojo amongst others.
The concert of the Henrique Gomide Quartet takes place on Sunday August 14th 2016 (16.30 – 18.30 hrs) in the Garden Terrace of The Hague Marriott (outdoors). The ticket price (including welcome drink and snacks) is 15.00 Euro. After the event a tasty barbecue is being held at also 15.00 Euro. In case of bad weather the event will be moved indoors, but the weather forecast is looking good.
