One for the Road

On Sunday afternoon, 18 October, Muziekpodium DJS hosts One for the Road, a quintet of five musicians with deep roots in the Rotterdam and Dordrecht jazz scene.

The musicians have known each other since the 1960s and 70s, when they played in ensembles such as the Rijnmond Sextet, Misty and the Sunday Evening Orchestra, and the Barend Petersen Quartet. In the 1970s they won prestigious first prizes at the Laren Jazz Festival with Jazzeker and Sessie Bon. Later they reunited in Kiss me Kate (Inter Amicos) and the Dordrecht Jazz Quartet.

Under the name One for the Road, they now perform a broad repertoire: from American Songbook classics by Cole Porter to the modern jazz of Bill Frisell, and from the hard bop of Hank Mobley to the funky grooves of Herbie Hancock.

Line-up: Johan van den Ban - clarinet, Jaap Schallenberg - guitar, Bert Arends - piano, Erwin Huigen - double bass, Henk Scheepstra - drums. Admission is free.