Michael Varekamp & the Big Easy | JPA

Trumpeter & singer Michael Varekamp is ten years old when he finds a record in his father's record cabinet: The Townhall Concert by Louis Armstrong. He puts it on and is immediately sold. He can only think "I want that too!". What follows is an intense time of trying, listening, practicing and trying again. Ten years later he travels the world as a jazz trumpeter and Louis Armstrong expert. With such masterful musicians as Jerome Hol and drummer Erik Kooger, The Big Easy dives into the music from New Orleans. Music straight from the heart. With a smile and a tear.

He currently draws packed theaters with theater programs about Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, among others. He has toured around the world with Fra Fra Sound, Dutch Swing College Band and Miles Davis alumnus Sonny Fortune. He has performed at Birdland and Jazz at Lincoln Center New York and most recently played Branford Marsalis. He received the Kobe Award for extraordinary talent in Japan and continues to play frequently abroad.

'Michael Varekamp has an Astonishing sound and beautiful phrasing...' -Le Monde
'Michael Varekamp plays as boundless as Louis Armstrong...' -NRC
'Trumpeter of the nation' -Jazzism 2024

Line -up
Michael Varekamp - Trumpet & Vocals
Wiboud Burkens - Hammond Organ
Jerome Hol - Guitar
Harry Emmery - Double bass
Erik Kooger - Drums

This performance is made possible in part by the Performing Arts Fund and the National Stage Plan.

Entrance €10.00 (at the door €12.50)
Tickets are available HERE