An evening with Bram Wijnands - Barrelhouse Boogie Woogie Piano
23 mei 2026 20:30 t/m 22:00
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Bram Wijnands began playing piano at the age of three. By the time he turned eight, he studied Barrelhouse Blues (Boogie Woogie) and stride-piano recordings of Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Jack Dupree and Memphis Slim. One thing led to another and in 1991, he graduated in Jazz instrumental education and piano performance at the Hilversum Conservatory in the Netherlands, the largest school of Jazz in Europe where he also picked up the bass.
During and after graduation, he performed with Jazz-artists Slide Hampton, Gene Connors, Richard Ross and Deborah Brown, then immediately embarked with his trio on a tour throughout eastern Europe, Russia, western Europe and the United States. Performances have included the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, 18th&Vine Heritage Festival and the Topeka Jazz Workshop Concert Series. In this time span a six-piece ensemble was formed that eventually became a seven-piece, “The Majestic Seven” and later on The Bram Wijnands Swingtet for which he composes and arranges in an authentic 40’s swing style. Other performances included New York Jazz-clubs like Birdland and Mezzrow but also Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Every year Bram returns to Europe for festivals, tours and concerts. With his daughter Lucy Wijnands, an accomplished Jazz singer herself, they traveled together a lot in the past few years, Landmarks were Singapore in 2024, the Breda Jazz Festival in the Netherlands in 2024, Mallorca, Paris, London, Gorlitz (Germany), and the Folly Theater in Kansas City with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra in 2025.
An evening spent watching Bram Wijnands on stage is a unique entertainment experience. His technical expertise, dexterity, swing timing and knowledge of the swing-genre of music is certainly unsurpassed in this day and age; however, it is the joyful exuberance he communicates to the audience that keep loyal fans coming back for more. His singing style is authentic to the period and he immediately establishes an intimacy with his audience that lures people into the music.
Doors; 20.00
Concert:20.30
Dinner before show? Book a table at info@rozenknopje.nl
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