Rockit

Name: Rockit
Start: 2026-11-14T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-14T19:00:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 · 16:00

Rockit presents an evening with Al di Meola, Nate Smith, Tigran Hamasyan, Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets at De Oosterpoort in Groningen.

Line-up

Nate Smith

About: Al di Meola

Over five decades on stage, Al Di Meola has become one of the defining voices in jazz fusion. His guitar playing - precise, lightning-fast and steeped in Latin and Mediterranean colour - has earned him a devoted following across the globe.

258K

monthly listeners on Spotify

47.7K

subscribers on YouTube (official channel)

6M+

records sold worldwide

peak position 'Saturday Night in San Francisco' in the German album chart (2022)

What's new

2026-01
Al Di Meola starts in January 2026 with 'The Guitarchitect Tour', an acoustic tour that combines five decades of music with multimedia visuals and personal stories.
2026-06
In June 2026, Di Meola performed at London's Barbican as part of the Summer Jazz Series, as the highlight of his European tour.
2024-07
On 19 July 2024 - three days before his seventieth birthday - Di Meola released the double album 'Twentyfour' via earMUSIC, a project he started during the pandemic.

Tour

BerlinNewport BeachSolana BeachOrindaSeattleLondonRichmond

Tracks

Elegant GypsyClassic fusion album from 1977, considered one of his most influential works

Friday Night in San FranciscoLive album from 1981 with McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, a milestone in acoustic guitar music

Race with Devil on Spanish HighwayIconic track from 'Elegant Gypsy', showcase of his lightning-fast technique

Saturday Night in San FranciscoLong-awaited follow-up from 2022 to previously lost recordings from 1980

TwentyfourDouble album from 2024, written during the pandemic and released shortly before his 70th birthday

About: Tigran Hamasyan

Raised in Gyumri and shaped equally by Armenian sacred music and American jazz, Hamasyan has built a career stretching from Montreux to stages worldwide. His thirteen studio albums reveal a pianist who fuses intricate polyrhythms and Armenian modal colours with electronics and progressive rock.

122K

monthly listeners on Spotify

114K

followers on Facebook

studio albums released

What's new

2026-02
Hamasyan released his thirteenth studio album Manifeste in February 2026 via Naïve Records, recorded in Yerevan, Athens, Moscow and Los Angeles.
2026-02 t/m 2026-03
To promote Manifeste, Hamasyan toured North America with performances in New York, Seattle, Boston and Cincinnati.
2024-08
In August 2024, The Bird of a Thousand Voices appeared, a double album based on the Armenian folk tale 'Hazaran Blbul'.

Tour

New YorkCincinnatiSeattleBostonBerlinSydney

Tracks

Mockrootalbum from 2015, breakthrough with the progressive rock audience

Luys i LusoECM album from 2015, released in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

The Call Withinalbum from 2020 on Nonesuch Records

The Bird of a Thousand Voicesdouble album from 2024, based on the Armenian folk tale 'Hazaran Blbul'

Manifestethirteenth studio album, released in February 2026 via Naïve Records

About: Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling brings together bebop, spoken word and vocalese in a style that is entirely his own, anchored by a four-octave baritone and a lyricist's precision. Two Grammys, seventeen nominations and two decades atop the DownBeat Critics Poll mark him as a singular figure in contemporary jazz.

Grammy nominations (2 won)

Jazz Journalists Association Awards 'Male Vocalist of the Year'

70+

countries where he has performed

23.3M

streams on Spotify ('Moonlight Serenade')

What's new

2026-02
Kurt Elling released the album In the Brass Palace on February 13, 2026, recorded with the WDR Big Band Cologne under the direction of Bob Mintzer.
2025-10
Elling made his Broadway debut in October 2025 as Hermes in the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York.
2025-09
On September 2, 2025, Elling performed for the first time as Hermes in Hadestown, a role he played until January 25, 2026.

Tour

DetroitWashingtonThree OaksChicagoSan FranciscoHamburg

Tracks

Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and HartmanGrammy Award winner Best Jazz Vocal Album 2010

Secrets Are the Best StoriesGrammy Award winner Best Jazz Vocal Album 2022, with Danilo Pérez

Moonlight SerenadeMost popular track on Spotify, more than 23 million streams

Upward SpiralCollaboration with Branford Marsalis Quartet, 2016, no. 8 on Billboard Jazz Albums Chart

In the Brass PalaceLatest album (February 2026), recorded with the WDR Big Band Cologne

About: Yellowjackets

For over four decades this Los Angeles band has woven jazz, funk and soul into a sound that holds up both critically and commercially. Their 27th studio album Fasten Up (2025) shows that the creative drive of Russell Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, Will Kennedy and Dane Alderson is far from spent.

101.7K

monthly listeners on Spotify

Grammy nominations (2 won)

studio albums released

highest position on Billboard Top Jazz Albums (Timeline, 2011)

What's new

2026-03
Yellowjackets performed as headliner at the 28th Twin Cities Jazz Festival in Saint Paul, Minnesota (June 19-20, 2026).
2026-01
Fasten Up was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the 2026 ceremony.
2025-07
The band performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.

Tour

Washington DCTokyoSeattle

Tracks

Fasten Uptitle track of the 27th studio album (2025)

The Lionsingle from Fasten Up (2025), featuring Raul Midón

PoliticsGrammy winner Best Jazz Fusion Performance (1989)

And You Know ThatGrammy winner Best R&B Instrumental (1987), from the album Shades

Claire's Songone of the band's most famous compositions, considered characteristic of their sound

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