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Gino Vannelli at the Maastricht Jazz Festival 20 March 2009 with the Dutch Band:
First a live radio interview on L1 Radio in Maastricht.
Gino Vannelli vocals
BRASS:
Printed by Theater aan het Vrijthof Maastricht 20 March 2009...
 A seperate web page for the rehearsal-soundcheck in Maastricht.
The reactions: Nederlands/Dutch: Een e-mail van Wil & Rob Spelbos uit Utrecht, Holland d.d. Zondag 22 Maart 2009 met het onderwerp: Gino in Maastricht.
Hoi Barend & Trees. Eenmaal aangekomen in het gezellige Maastricht hadden we het geluk om even bij de soundcheck te kunnen kijken, waar we natuurlijk ook weer konden bijkletsen met Gino’s grootste fans...Barend en Trees. En dan was het wachten voor het concert van Gino....gelukkig konden we de tijd doorbrengen met onze fanmaatjes Marian en Ron en zelfs Werner was uit Duitsland gekomen om deze avond mee te mogen maken.
Eindelijk was dan het moment daar waar we allemaal op hadden gewacht.....het optreden kon beginnen. Maar na het eerste nummer bleek dat er iets goed mis was met Gino’s zender en was ik even bang dat het dit keer wel een heel kort optreden zou gaan worden.......maar godzijdank is het na wat smijt en gooiwerk (haha) toch allemaal goed gekomen en hebben we weer kunnen genieten van Gino en zijn Dutchband. Gino was weer Super en dat was ook te zien aan al die genietende gezichten om me heen !!!!
Na afloop was er weer een signeersessie, ongelofelijk wat een geduld Gino heeft om aan zoveel mensen aandacht te geven !!!
Ondanks de drukte lukte het toch nog dat ik samen met Ron bij Gino kon komen, dit blijft elke keer weer speciaal !!!!!!
Nu weer uitkijken naar Zondag in Zoetermeer.......Ja het is weer een fantastisch Gino weekend !!!! English/Engels: An e-mail from Wil & Rob Spelbos from Utrecht, Holland dated Sunday 22 March 2009 with the subject: Gino in Maastricht.
Hi Barend & Trees. When we arrived in cosy Maastricht we were lucky to watch the soundcheck for a while where we could chit chat with Gino's biggest fans...Barend and Trees. And than the waiting before Gino's concert...luckely we could spend some time with our fanfriends Marian and Ron and even Werner from Germany was there to experience this evening with Gino again. At last the big moment was there where we all waited for.....The performance could start. After the first songs we saw immediately that there was something badly wrong with Gino's sound transmitter. Big sound failure was in the air...
And I was very afraid for a short moment that this could be a very short concert...but thank God, after some knockabouts and throwing with equipment (hahaha) everything went well so we could enjoy Gino and His Dutchband. Gino was super again and I could see all the faces around me with this glow of joy !!!!
After the concert was a signing session again, unbelievable, Gino has this patience to give attention to all those people !!! INCREDIBLE !!!
And in spite of all the madness Ron and I could go to Gino together, and this feels so special again and again and over again !!!!!!
Now we look forward again to Zoetermeer next Sunday............Yes it's a great Gino weekend again !!!! An e-mail from Theo de Jong, Bass-guitar player in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Time...
He guys,
I'm damned proud of you all! An e-mail from Hans Eijkenaar, Drummer in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Re: Time...
My sentiments entirely! An e-mail from Eddie Conard, Percussion player in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Re: Time...
Hey guys, An e-mail from Karel Boehlee, Piano and more keys player in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Re: Time...
i had a very good time!! An e-mail from Thijs van Otterloo, Saxophone player in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Re: Time...
Gentlemen & Lady, Nederlands/Dutch: Een tweede e-mail van Theo de Jong, Bass-guitaar speler in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. De datum 24 Maart 2009 met het onderwerp: Theo foto 7136
Barend en Trees, English/Engels: A second e-mail from Theo de Jong, Bass-guitar player in Gino Vannelli's Dutchband. Date 24 March 2009 with the subject: Theo Photo 7136
Barend and Trees, An e-mail from Terry in the USA dated Wednesday 25 March 2009 with the subject: Maastricht, Holland Ohhoooohooooooooohhhhhhhhhhoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can tell it was a great show just from the signing session!!! Hehe!! The grins on everyones faces!! Hope you're recovering from your crazy/busy weekend?!?!?! If not, what a way to go!!!
I hope you weren't too high up at the radio station. I could see Bar's reflection in the glass taking photos. I was afraid he would fall out the window!
Dear Trees,
You may remember me, I was with Werner and he introduced us to each other (please see picture enclosed). I enjoyed speaking to you that evening. As the Seabottom Festival is obviously Gino's last (in Europe?) for the next months I will drive to Lelystad on Saturday, if the weather conditions are fine enough, and we might happen to meet there. It would be a pleasure for me. A few words from the editors (B&T) dated 6 April 2009: Beautiful and funny ride from the green heart of Holland to the hilly south of Holland, first to the radio station L1 Maastricht which was great fun. The women at the reception were very enthusiastic and were grouping together to say that Gino Vannelli was in the building. We walked to the radio studio and the DJ was a kind young man... Funny to be in a real radio studio, for Gino it's pretty normal but for the editors it's a big treat... You can see the slideshow at the beginning of this web page about this radio studio. Gino was in the mood and the interview went well... The dj asked us a few things too like years and dates... What a shock to realize that you are live on a radio station at that moment hahahaha.... And another funny thing was that every minute another person walked through the corridor along the studio window to peep inside and look at Gino... So funny to see... We went to the theater at the Vrijthof for the soundcheck and the musicians arrived too so Barend could help with their musical instruments, which always feels good to be useful... We had coffee and a sandwich and Gino inspected the stage, for us it was a nice long soundcheck and dinner after the soundcheck........ Remember that wine Theo??? aaarrrggghhhhhh!!!! Thank God we had the guts to say something about it because this wine was really rotten to the core. But they made it all right with a new glass of good wine... Dinner was good and we enjoyed it together! This Maastricht concert was so unique again, unique in different ways... Gino who could not hear nothing for 3 almost 4 songs, NO NOTHING through His ears because the transmitter on His pants belt did not work. Wrong equipment, bad batteries, whatever but it did NOT work!!! Gino could have hurt His voice, His ears and His throat but He still sang like there was nothing wrong, amazing... The audience could not hear the difference, you all know Gino, He gives Himself for 10.000% and goes on singing like everything is OK but no it's really NOT OK, Hans Eijkenaar, the Drummer looked very surprised when he saw the transmitter flying over his drums... Because in the meantime in between the first songs Gino threw His transmitter 3 times across the stage to the stage-engineer in such a hard way we could hardly see it go... So sad for Gino but during the 4th song it worked again... No need to tell you how fantastic this show was in spite of the sound equipment. The band was really good and we too are very proud of all the musicians... Great to see Hans Eijkenaar drum Brother to Brother with such powerful arms and we love Erik Rutjes play the guitar in A GOOD THING and the bass-guitar of Theo de Jong was super strong again in People Gotta Move... The percussion sounds of Eddie Conard swinged and he adds more vocal sounds too and gives it all more, how do you say that? More musical harmony and rhythm... The Brass was great too, we are proud of you guys Thijs van Otterloo with the saxophone is so dedicated and plays with more than his heart and Ron Oligschlaeger on trombone and Charlie Biggs on trumpet added their beauty to Gino Vannelli's music...Charlie Biggs was a new face in the band but a very nice man. And Karel Boehlee of course, he speaks music with his face, his expressions are unique and the way Gino and Karel did CANTO was also unique... What a joy to listen to this Dutch Band! The theater was very crowded again and The DutchBeat rocked or do we have to say jazzed!!! "OH YEAHHHH... Walkin the Dutchbeat......" BIG applause!!! What an evening again... And we forgot to say GREAT JOB to John the soundengineer and Leon the lightengineer and to John the tourmanager, deep respect for you all!!!
Last but not least to Gino, the Man and His Music, your voice and your music made many hearts smile and brought many music-lovers in a happy state.
THANKS GINO!!! An e-mail from Claude and Nadine in Versailles, France dated Tuesday 7 April 2009 with the subject: Maastricht
Hello Barend, hello Trees,
I'll write you more later on this week about A Good Thing and the Maastricht concert. An e-mail from Wendy & Sjaak uit Heerlen, Nederland dated Thursday 9 April 2009 with the subject: Maastricht City Hi, good morning, We are a little late but we still say that we enjoyed Gino Vannelli's performance. Good voice and how funny the way he handled that bad sound thing, Brother to Brother was amazing and we could not recognize Wild Horses nomore... The band was great too and we had a nice evening in Maastricht. The signing thing was fun and we were so surprised to see this worldstar in between all those people. We also brought A GOOD THING with us to Heerlen. Thanks Guys! Yes, here is the long expected e-mail review from Claude and Nadine in Versailles, France dated Thursday 9 April 2009 with the subject: Maastricht concert
Hello all! - Short concert (one hour twenty minutes, encore included), mainly due to the fact that it was the first gig of the evening at the concert hall. - Once again, the Man has found a hot drummer: Hans Eijkenaar is funky as hell! Guitarist Erik Rutjes and Eddy Conard on percussions weren't too shabby either. - The horn section was pretty good, but the trumpet player probably got an earful from Gino after the concert (he got an eyeful on stage) after he came in four bars early on Brother to Brother. Yipes! We could smell the early practice sessions the following days... - Gino also broke the world record for the longest monitor throw during the concert! The Man threw offstage not one, but two broken ear monitors during the concert. Luckily for all, the third monitor worked fine. - Gino's interpretation of Canto deserved praise, as the piano accompaniement was somewhat, how can I put it, unexpected. In fact, I'm not sure what was played was exactly what was on the sheet... - Hurts to be in love sounds almost as tired as I just wanna stop was a few years ago. The arrangement suited perfectly the Alain Caron-led band, but the intensity isn't there anymore. - One song was woth the price of admission by itself: People gotta move. The best version I've ever heard!!! All in all, a pretty nice concert, not the best I've seen this year but hey! it was Gino time! Take care! Claude An e-mail from Veronica Dieke in Skellefteå, Sweden dated 21 October 2009 with the subject: Important news from Sweden : )
Gino will appear in Bingolotto canel TV4 PLUS on Sunday ( 1 November 2009 ) 19:00-21:00 PM and in Nyhetsmorgon canel TV4 on Tuesday ( 3 November 2009 ) 05:55-10:00 AM. A link to Sweden. Greetings from Veronica Dieke
Nederlands/Dutch:
MAASTRICHT - De zesde editie van het Maastrichtse Jazz Masters festival is op 20 en 21 maart in het Theater aan het Vrijthof. Op het programma staan Gino Vannelli met een Nederlandse allstars band, de band Zuco 103, pianist Brad Mehldau, gitarist Philip Catherine en pianist Michel Bisceglia.
,,Geen massaal programma, maar goed opgezet met een balans tussen vedetten van wereldnaam en aanstormend jong en Euroregionaal talent'', aldus de organisatie. Onder dat nieuwe talent bijvoorbeeld Cesar LaTorre en kwartet Bender Banjax.
Jazz Maastricht Masters is het muzikale sluitstuk van het Tijdens Tefaf-festival dat tussen 13 en 21 maart verschillende culturele festiviteiten brengt rond The European Fine Arts Fair. English/Engels:
MAASTRICHT - The sixth edition of the Jazz Masters Festival in Maastricht is on 20 and 21 March 2009 in the theater at the Vrijthof. Listed on the program are Gino Vannelli with His All Stars Dutch Band, the band Zuco 103, pianist Brad Mehldau, guitar player Philip Catherine and pianist Michel Bisceglia.
,,Not a very big program, but very well constructed with a good balance between worldsstars with big names and young upcoming and still growing local European talent'', according to the organization. The new talents are for instance Cesar LaTorre and quartet Bender Banjax.
Jazz Maastricht Masters is the musical closure of the Tefaf-festival that gives us different cultural festivities around the European Fine Arts Fair between 13 and 21 March 2009. Duits/German/Deutch:
Im Maastrichter Theater am Vrijthof ist am Freitag, 20. März, um 21 Uhr Gino Vannelli aus Montreal (Foto) zu erleben. Er gehört mit 20 Millionen verkauften Alben zu den erfolgreichsten kanadischen Künstlern.
Welthits wie «People Gotto Move» machten ihn populär. Die Maastrichter Bühne betritt er mit einer niederländischen All-Stars-Band. English/Engels/Englisch:
Maastricht - Like every year In Maastricht during the Tefaf Art Fair the Jazz Maastricht Masters will happen again. This year on 20 and 21 March there are worldstars performing at the 6th Jazz Masters. In the theater at the Vrijthof on 20 March, 9am (21.00) you can go through a Gino Vannelli from Montréal (picture) experience. He belongs with 20 million sold albums to the most successful Canadian artists. World hits like «People Gotta Move» made Him famous and popular. He will set foot on the stage in Maastricht with a Dutch All-Stars-Band. Aachener Nachrichten online.de (Germany)
High Class Entertainment and Cultural Activities While TEFAF is in town, Maastricht is full of art and culture. Theatres and arthouses offer a wide range of special performances and expositions of all kinds. The during tefaf festival offers visitors to TEFAF an international programme of dance, jazz, classical music and theatre lasting the whole evening. The festival puts together high quality exhibitions and performances, e.g Jazz Masters Maastricht, Exile on Main St. to the Amati Chamber Music Days. Jazz Masters Maastricht World famous artists, interesting innovators and talent from the Maastricht region, aswell as nearby Germany and Belgium, will perform in Maastricht on stage in the Theater aan het Vrijthof. Also Singer Gino Vannelli will be present. Vannelli is one of the best Canadian artist of all time, with over 20 million of albums sold worldwide. He recorded world hits such as People Gotta Move, I Just Wanna Stop and Living Inside Myself. During the festival he will be performing with a selection of the best jazz musicians in the Netherlands. VVV Maastricht.
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An e-mail from Regina (Cologne/Germany) dated Wednesday 25 March 2009 with the subject: Gino's concert in Maastricht
Hi Barend and Trees !
Weer jazz in Maastricht
Jazz Maastricht Masters zum 6. Mal
05.03.2009, 12:10
Maastricht - In Maastricht findet wie jedes Jahr während der Kunstmesse Tefaf das Jazz Maastricht Masters statt. In diesem Jahr nehmen am 20. und 21. März weltberühmte Stars bei der 6. Auflage des Masters teil.
