What do singers Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Holiday and Nina Simone have in common? They are legendary women of a cinematic music era. When the stars were in the spotlight, you were touched in your heart and it was impossible to sit still. It was not just their performance and their voice, but it was the rock-solid songs from the Great American Songbook that made their music immortal.

Grand Ladies of Swing takes place in New York's most famous nightclub, "The Cotton Club". In the show, the music casts its spell on you and the wonderful stories and projected images will make you feel as if you are spending an evening in the legendary Cotton Club. With the big hits of this era, performed by a small big band with singer, the Round Midnight Orchestra will ensure an unforgettable performance.

Eglė Petrošiūtė – a rising jazz & world music vocalist whose face and voice is getting more and more familiar among the lovers of improvised music, presents a project called “Mistura Fina” which will take you on a nightly flight to Brazil, from Amazon to Rio. With natural elegance and a touch of wild spirit that breaks free through her music and improvisation, Mistura Fina brings tribute to the greatest jazz singers and horn players, including brazilian rhythms and Stevie Wonder, her music echoes a sophisticated, but entertaining blend of influences.

Egle Petrosiute – vocals
Hans Vroomans – piano
Jeroen Vierdag - bass
Mark de Jong – drums
Alaor Soares – percussion

At age 13, Lo decided to take up the saxophone. He spent his teens playing in numerous pop-, soul- and jazz-bands in his hometown Leiden, the Netherlands. After college, he was admitted to the Hilversums Conservatorium and studied under Ferdinand Povel. Besides solo projects, Lo has been part of numerous successful music groups including “All the King’s men”, “Liquid Spirits”, “the Princess Project” and Dri3man. For Summertime Festival, Lo will be performing his own work as well as music by Bill Withers, Stevie Wonders, Steely Dan and Donny Hathaway.

The Latin jazz mainstay for many years (12 successful albums to date) - is renewed! Nueva Manteca is back in all its glory - a new, breathtaking band with a fresh, international line-up hailing from the Netherlands, Venezuela, Germany and Uruguay. The kick-off for the renewed band was a triumphant tour in Israel in 2019.

Over the years, the band performed at prestigious festivals, venues and clubs around the world, including Montreal Jazz Fest, Barranquijazz, SOB's (NYC), Curaçao Jazz Fest, Yoshi's (San Francisco) and many times at the North Sea Jazz Festival. Another highlight was their performance at Heineken Jazz in Puerto Rico together with Paquito D'Rivera and Michel Camilo, where the band enjoyed many famous guest musicians such as Armando Peraza, Giovanni Hidalgo, Orestes Vilató, Luis Conte, among others.

Line up
Oscar Cordero – trumpet
Ben van den Dungen - saxophone
Marc Bisschof - piano
Samuel Ruiz - bass
Enrique Firpi - drums
Nils Fischer - percussion

Originally conceived as a pure interpreter of the Hot Club de France tradition, The Basily Gipsy Band has developed its own unique take on different gypsy styles. They have played in almost every major music venue in the world and with their disarming stage presence and genial musicality have always delighted audiences. Highlights were a joint performance with Stephanie Grapelli and the invitation to play at a private party of none other than The Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck. The tour in Japan was also a great success with no less than 18 concerts throughout the country.

The band, consisting of members of the Basily gypsy family. A varied programme full of swing, romance, entertainment and with a laugh and a tear. Welcome to the world of the Basily's!

Marjorie Barnes was born and raised in New York City. Her career is spanning more than 30 years, leading her to New York’s Broadway (musicals as Hair, I Love My Wife, and Dreamgirls), California (where she joined the renowned pop group The Fifth Dimension as a lead vocalist) and London for a starring role in the West End production of Bubbling Brown Sugar. Marjorie made Europe her home; living first in England, then Paris, Vienna and finally settling in the Netherlands. She has worked with such great names as Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., and Billy Eckstein; also with jazz/funk trumpeter Tom Browne, bassists John Clayton and Marcus Miller, and drummer Mel Lewis.

Line-up:
Marjorie Barnes - vocals
Bob Wijnen - piano
Frans van Geest - bass
Marcel Serierse – drums

Where some know TOINE as an engaging singer-songwriter, others know him as a virtuoso blues and jazz guitarist with a deep, energetic groove. The natural way in which Toine Scholten from The Hague manages to combine these worlds makes him unique.

During the corona-lockdown, TOINE released a series of videos shot at special locations in The Hague. From the helipad of the Haga Hospital, for instance, he made a deep impression with his composition 'Thank You', an ode to the hospital staff. In the ADO Den Haag stadium, he performed music by Anouk and counted her among his fans.

His first EP will be released later this year. Expect interpretations of music by Tears for Fears, Drake, Bobby Hebb and other compositions so new they have not yet been recorded.

Line-up:
Toine Scholten - Vocals, Guitar
Rein Godefroy - Keys
Udo Pannekeet - Bass
Niek de Bruijn - Drums

The Dutch Swing College Band, the Netherlands' leading and best-known jazz orchestra, still guarantees professional performances of traditional jazz music at world level. The swinging orchestra, founded on 5 May 1945, is widely regarded as the calling card of Dutch jazz and has released a cautious estimate of more than 150 albums.

Last year, the Dutch Swing College Band went on world tour for the umpteenth time; via England, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Germany and Switzerland, it returned to the Netherlands and gave a number of concerts in Thailand. This year, the orchestra is playing in Israel, Scandinavia and Austria, among other places. This makes the orchestra one of the most successful export products of the Netherlands.

Of course, the line-up has changed many times over the years, making the Dutch Swing College Band more than just an ordinary group of musicians. The predicate 'institute' is more appropriate here. With refreshing arrangements in the unmistakable Dutch Swing College sound, played by a rejuvenated orchestra, the Dutch Swing College Band is now energetic as never before.

Line-up:
Keesjan Hoogeboom - trumpet, vocals
David Lukács - clarinet, soprano, tenor saxophone
Bert Boeren - trombone
Peter Kanters - banjo, guitar
Adrie Braat - bandleader, double bass
Anton Burger – drums