Tuesday, 2010 May 25^th, 8 PM

Great Guild Hall

Michiel Borstlap’s Jazz trio (Holland)

Stichting Diabetes Onderzoek Nederland, Wings of Support, Advisory Council Stichting Borstbeeld ambassador,

The Thelonious Monk/BMI Composers Award, Golden Calf Best Score 2008, Edison Jazz Award 2009 winner

Michiel Borstlap (piano)

&

Harry Emmery (bass),

Erik Kooger (drums)

Michiel Borstlap is one of the most interesting phenomena in contemporary jazz music. He enjoys a profile rare among jazz musicians, and is also a published author, Esquire columnist and film composer. The Emir of Qatar commissioned him to compose the world’s first Opera in Arabic (in 2006 Borstlap wrote a book Opera in Qatar about these adventures).

            The Guardian wrote: Borstlap’s balance between accessible grooving and mysterious speculation is subtly sustained, and he the improvisational surprises just keep coming.

Crystalline piano playing

New York Times