Fee Aaij Qwartet - I Am The Joker at Theatre De Roode Bioscoop

Saturday night 'JOKERJAZZ' by Fee Aaij Qwartet

In April 2024 the young dutch pianist Fee Aaij and her Qwartet will make their debut with 'I am The Joker', a conceptual album of improvised music. The album celebrates a sound in which modal jazz and art rock are combined. However, The Joker thinks this description lacks depth.

So, imagine:
Radiohead, J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Brad Mehldau and, of course, David Bowie running into each other in the middle of the night. While being lost in a big medieval castle, they sit around a long table where they start telling each other folk stories. Yet something feels off. The tales mysteriously seem to conclude the same thing;...

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Saturday night 'JOKERJAZZ' by Fee Aaij Qwartet

In April 2024 the young dutch pianist Fee Aaij and her Qwartet will make their debut with 'I am The Joker', a conceptual album of improvised music. The album celebrates a sound in which modal jazz and art rock are combined. However, The Joker thinks this description lacks depth.

So, imagine:
Radiohead, J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Brad Mehldau and, of course, David Bowie running into each other in the middle of the night. While being lost in a big medieval castle, they sit around a long table where they start telling each other folk stories. Yet something feels off. The tales mysteriously seem to conclude the same thing;
A figure, a presence, they all know, although never have met.
Watching them from afar The Joker laughs silently. It’s time…

Fee Aaij - Piano, compositions and concept
Huub Schoolkate - Electric guitar
Pauline Timmerbeil - Electric bass
Daniel Louis - Drums

NB: Members of the audience may be recorded on video and may appear in online publications or on local TV station AT5.

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