The O Jays Released The 43rd North Sea Jazz Entertainment

The O Jays were founded exactly sixty years ago, among others by Eddie Levert and Walter Williams. True, under a different name, but you have to give it to both after all these years to open the North Sea as they had already done it fifteen times before. It was only the first representation of the group in our country. With Williams, it was always nice to see Friday in the Great Hall of the Nile. At Levert, the best is vocally finished. Despite everything, their performance is unleashed sometimes (especially during Livin's "For the Weekend!" ), making O Jays the steaming soul train that put the festival in motion.

Metropole Orkest

In this other big hall of this three-day event, the Maas – like the regular Big Hall Ahoy – Snicky Puppy, NSJ's bassist Michael League, is full of his performance with the Dutch Metropole Orkest under the direction of conductor Jules Buckley. League, which is artist-in-residence this year at the three-day festival and has therefore devised new arrangements, called pop & jazz orchestrated a "national treasure". That the Metropole and Snarpy Puppy played together earlier and even won a Grammy for their joint plate Sylva ensured a well-oiled sequel to Friday night.

Breeding

Cameron Graves also showed that North Sea Jazz has relied again on width this year. In a sleeveless skull shirt and a bunch of hair that a lot of hard rockers in the eighties had turned green with envy, the classical pianist let his fingers dance on the keys. Graves, who played on the unmatched first album of Kamasi Washington The epic treated an empty tent to its completely original mix of classical, jazz and metal.

First surprise

Do not wait long. Twin sisters Lisa-Kiandé and Naomi Diaz followed in the footsteps of their father, who played at the NSJ with Buena Vista Social Club. In the new Darling Room (where was the Amazon), they brought an expressive mix of electronic, Cuban and other Latin. Without a band, just with two keys and percussion. No sensitivity to the hit here, but serious visceral feelings about each other, about the life and position of the woman in a company run by Donald Trump. The man of the famous statement "catches me by the cat" reminded sisters Diaz, to whom their answer was articulated in the number No man is tall enough for my arms