Date: Sunday 3 April Start: 14:30 pm | Hall open 14:00 hours Entrance: €15,- including service costs Especially for the occasion, the West Coast Big Band will put on a dazzling swinging theater show in De Theaterbakkerheij with Franklin Brown (including the Eurovision Song Contest 1996). Think of the 50’s and 60’s, Las Vegas, the swinging crooner […]
West Coast Big Band winner IBBC 2021!
On Saturday, November 27, 2021, the West Coast Big Band took part in the (International) Big Band Competition (IBBC) in Hoofddorp. Due to covid no international competitors. Nevertheless, the eight very best Dutch bigbands participated. We are very proud that we have won again! And our own Kees Kamphuis (trumpet) won the prize for best […]
Full agenda!
After months of forced rest, the band is back in full swing! The coming months, several nice concerts are scheduled. In October and November, the band will play at two private parties (in Zandvoort and in the Beauforthuis in Austerlitz). But also on Thursday 11 November, in Studio 1 of the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep […]
New CD “West Coast Big Band plays Bierens”
Very excited to share with you our latest CD: “West Coast Big Band plays Bierens”.In the spring of 2020 we were contacted by Marc Bierens if he could interest us to make a big band recording of his compositions. Of course we were!After hard work from the incredible arrangers, weeks of rehearsals with an extended […]
CD “Frits Landesbergen and the West Coast Dream Band” out now!
Our new CD “Frits Landesbergen and the West Coast Dream Band” can now be ordered at https://www.espcd.com/. We are very happy with the result and received positive feedback as you can read here.
West Coast at the International Big Band Competition
Yesterday we participated in the Top Class of the International Big Band Competition in Hoofddorp. It was a nice performance of the repertoire we are working on lately (a.o. Bob Brookmeyer, Bert Joris, Frans Elsen and Francy Boland). We got quite a few positive reactions from the many musicians walking around. Unfortunately it was not […]
Frits Landesbergen and the West Coast Dream Band
Een te gek nieuw project met Vibrafoon Maestro Frits Landesbergen. Frits en de West Coast Big Band hebben de handen ineengeslagen om een aantal van de meest swingende bigband-muziek uit de Amerikaanse westkust uit te voeren. De Terry Gibbs Dream Band was een “who’s who” van west coast jazzmuzikanten die muziek speelde van enkele van […]
Sigrid Hof – Diamant Theater
On Saturday the 17th of February the West Coast Big Band gave a spectacular performance at the Diamanttheater in The Hague. This time with singer / comedienne Sigrid Hof. Sigrid Hof, known for Holland’s got Talent 2016, felt very much at home in the intimate theater and engaged the audience in her usual witty manner. […]
Bert Joris & Philip Catherine – Neighbours Meeting Colours
De al 40 jaar actieve, in Den Haag gevestigde West Coast Big Band haalt twee Belgische jazzgiganten naar Nederland voor het project Neighbours Meeting Colours, geïnspireerd op het album Meeting Colours van het Brussels Jazz Orchestra. Gitarist Philip Catherine tekende voor de kleurrijk gelaagde, melodische composities en trompettist Bert Joris voor de prachtige arrangementen. De […]
Winners! International Big Band Competition 2017
On Saturday, June 10, 2017, the West Coast Big Band took part in the International Big Band Competition (IBBC) in Hoofddorp. This year the band participated in the highest category, the Top Class. The competition in this class consisted of only top big bands from, amongst others, Berlin, Prague and Krakow. And we are very proud that […]