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BONAIRE HEINEKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
MAY 25 - 26 -
27 - 28, 2006
Pressrelease feb 12 2006
After the great success of our festival in 2005 Bonaire will host another Jazz Festival in 2006: the Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival 2006. The second annual Jazz Festival on Bonaire will take place on May 25, 26, 27 and 28.
The Festival offers a wide variety of jazzmusic - Latin-jazz , Caribbean, Salsa, Krioyo, Kaseko , straight modern jazz of today and a special: songs and poetry in Papiamentu with jazz.
Bonaire will be an island with music all over the place during this week, not only at main concerts on different splendid beach locations but also in cafes, bars and restaurants, starting at happy hour time until late night with concerts and jam-sessions.
Thanks to sponsors, musicians, friends and the Bonaire Jazz Foundation the island Bonaire seems to have created another regular event on top of existing events as Regatta, the Dive Festival and the wind surfing championship: King of the Caribbean.
May 25 is a festival day without admittance fee. It is the prelude to the main concerts and the center of Kralendijk will be full of musical attractions during this day. To keep thresholds low tickets for the main concerts on May 26, 27 and 28 will be sold for Naf 45 ($25) for the three concerts. The Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival 2006 is organized by the Bonaire Jazz Foundation and her sponsors (see list below)
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The artists We did contract already a number of top musicians to the Festival |
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| The Cubop City Big Band, a group of 20 international musicians from Holland, Surinam, USA and Venezuela. The Band is making a Caribbean tour and will visit Bonaire with Latin and Salsa Jazz of top quality | |
| Anastacia Larmonie from St Maarten and her band with special guest Delbert Bernabela(saxes and flute) from Aruba. Anastacia is a top pianist and an international well known ladysinger | |
| Merietza Haakmat, vocals and Hershell Rosario,guitar both from Curacao will present their interpretation of old Antillean songs and poems with jazzy music as background | |
| Konkie Halmeyer from Curacao and his band. Konkie is one of the best steelpan players you can find in the world of jazz. He will play Caribbean and Latin Jazz pieces. | |
| Question Mark, a band from Surinam with leader and sax player Bud Gaddum.This band is a specialty in the "SuriJazz" , a typical mixture of Surinam rhytmes and Western jazz called Kasake jazz | |
| Ced Ride from Curacao with two sidemen., Stanley Betrian and Pierre Dunker. Ced Ride will do a concert with old poems and songs in Papiamentu with jazzy backgrounds. | |
| Zumtam-Quartet van pianist and componist Ronchi Matthewsfrom Curacao. Ronchi Matthews is already many years one of the best keyboard players in the Caribbean and will hold a special program inspired by his new Cd , to be released this year. | |
| Moogie and Friends from Bonaire. Moogie is a long time resident of Bonaire and many visitors and people of the island know him as a passionate singer and percussionist. This time he will create a special performance in jazz with fellow musicians from the island | |
| Local bands , Stingray, Latin Quartet and the Bonaire Jazz Group |
More info to be announced next months. We are still working to get more attractions to the festival. See our website: www.bonairejazz.com for the latest updates.
The sponsors
We are proud to mention that
Heineken is our title sponsor for 2006 and also for the years 2007 and
2008.
Our main sponsors
are:
Littman's
Remax
Bonaire Fun Travel
Every
festival day has a specific sponsor.
On Thursday 25: MCB
On
Friday 26: Bonaire Partners
On Saturday 27: Yellow
Submarine
On Sunday 28: MultifunctionManagement
Our location
sponsors are Plaza Resort , City Café, Kontiki Beach Resort, Bongos
Beach, Little Havanna and Den Laman Restaurant
The late night jam
sessions at Little Havanna are also made possible by Russell
Insurances
The special "Poetry and Jazz" concert at Fort Oranje is made
possible by Den Laman Condominiums
Other support sponsors are
Rocargo, TCB, and we are also very happy with our service sponsors:
Budget, Gaia Pro, Bonairenet, Bonaire Reporter and Party en Zo for their
services to our Festival
Preliminary programming
On Thursday May 25, free admittance, a concert
with Jazz and Papiamentu songs and poetry at Fort Oranje with Ced Ride and
Merietza Haakmat
Thereafter a presentation of different bands of the
Festival in front of City Café. Late night jam sessions at Little
Havanna.
On Friday May 26: main concerts at Plaza Resort, late night
show at City Café and jam sessions at Little Havanna
Saturday May
27: main concerts at Bongos Beach, late night show at City Café and
jam sessions at Little Havanna
Sunday May 28: Jazz Brunch at
Restaurant Den Laman and main concerts at Kontiki starting with a masterclass
and performance of students of SGB and children from Centro di Barios. Jam
sessions at Little Havanna.
More details on the programming will be published in the coming month. www.bonairejazz.com for the latest news.
For info: info@bonairejazz.com Or call: Miriam Geerlings : 7175369 or Guus Gerritsen: 7174496
Wishing you a pleasant Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival 2006 !
The Bonaire Jazz Foundation
Ben Oleana
Miriam
Geerlings
Lando Tjin Asjoe
Guus Gerritsen
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