Jazz in the church?

Though jazz music is heavily indebted to the church soul tradition, jazz on the organ in the church is still rather an exception. HOT proves it can be done, and how! Jazz classics of Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker get a most surprising twist. Old music at its turn transforms into sizzling improvisations.
Together with the impassioned clarinet player Steven Kamperman and the versatile Dion Nijland on bass, Berry van Berkum makes the pipe organ thunder, groan and vibrate with HOT air. And as always, the trio takes the audience along on a journey throughout the building.

Festival Organ with a twist!

10 year anniversary festival on the 13th & 14th of October 2023 in Utrecht
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Jazz from the seventeenth century

HOT & Sweelinck takes a dive into the rich waters of Netherlands’ most famous composer, and discovers old and new sounds
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Reflections of Duke

HOT & Brass puts early and late compositions of Duke Ellington into the perspective of a mini organ bigband
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Bird & Beyond

In 2015, some sixty years after his death, we decided to look how much space we could still find in the music of Charlie Parker
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Der Golem

Music with film, or film with music? HOT impersonates the legendary clay monster Der Golem, powerful but turning against its builders
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Agenda
2024
6 April
re-inauguration of the Assendelft orgel (invites only)
HOT
Stevenskerk, Nijmegen, 20.00
27 April
Muziekfestival in de gemeente Het Hogeland
HOT
Zuurdijk, 13.30
7 July
Jazzvespers
HOT i.s.m. Henk Kraaijeveld zang
Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht, 17.00
13 July
Concert
HOT
Domkerk, Utrecht, 15.30
28 Sept
Concert
HOT
Grote Kerk, Vianen, 15.30
13 Oct
Orgelzondagen Bornem
HOT
Bornem (B), 15.00
2025
8 June
Concert
HOT
Johannes de Doperkerk, Mijdrecht, 15.00
2023
6 May
Best of
HOT
Oosterhout, Basiliek Sint Jan, 20.00
4 June
Jazz Vesper
HOT and Henk Kraaijeveld
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk, 17.00
11 June
Lutheran service
HOT
Apeldoorn, Luthersekerk, 12.00
24 August
Sweelinck (New jazz from the 17th century)
HOT
Wageningen, Grote Kerk, 20.00
9 September
Sweelinck (New jazz from the 17th century)
HOT
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk, 13.00
8 October
Sweelinck (New jazz from the 17th century)
HOT
Nijmegen, Paduakerk, 15.00
13 & 14 October
HOT Festival Orgel Anders!
HOT & guests
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk
2022
14 May
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Amsterdam, Orgelpark, 20.15u
10 June
Sweelinck
HOT
St.Gills Dendermonde (B), St.Egidiuskerk, 20 uur
12 June
Lutheran service
HOT
Apeldoorn, Luthersekerk, 12.00u
3 July
Jazz Vesper
HOT
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk, 17.00u
28 Aug
Sweelinck
HOT
Utrecht, Sint-Catharina Kathedraal (Catharijn Classique), 15.00u en 17.00u
3 Sep
"Best of"
HOT
Den Haag, Luthersekerk, 15.30u
2 Oct
Jazz Vesper
HOT
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk, 17.00u
14 Oct
Sweelinck/Duke
HOT
Sint-Niklaas (B), Onz-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, 20 uur
29 Oct
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Kempen (D), Paterskirche, 20.00u
2021
Canceled
24 Jan
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Feerwerd, Kerk Garnwerd
28 Mar
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Utrecht, Online TivoliVredenburg/Transmission Festival
15 May
‘Best Of'
HOT
Rotterdam, Oude kerk Charlois
4 Jul
Jazz Vesper
HOT & Cantorij (o.l.v. Ko Zwanenburg)
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk
31 Aug
Sweelinck - Jazz from the 17th century
HOT
Nijmegen, Stevenskerk
12 Sep
Jazz Vesper
HOT & Cantorij (o.l.v Ko Zwanenburg)
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk
26 Sep
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Zwolle, Dominicanenkerk
10 Oct
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Panningen (B), De Lazaristen
21 Nov
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Feerwerd, Kerk Garnwerd
2020
26 Jan
Bird & Beyond
HOT
Oosterhout, St Jansbasiliek
30 May
Reflections of Duke
HOT
Amsterdam, Orgelpark
18 Jul
Bird & Duke
HOT
Leuven (B), Predikherenkerk
25 Jul
Bird & Duke
HOT
Bellelay (CH), Abbatiale de Bellelay
12 Sep
Reflections of Duke (cd-presentatie)
HOT & Brass
Utrecht, Nicolaïkerk
25 Sep
Reflections of Duke (cd-presentatie)
HOT & Brass
Nijmegen, Paduakerk
27 Sep
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Soest, De Open Hof
9 Oct
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Elst, Sint Maartenskerk
Canceled
11 Oct
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Panningen (B), Kapel missiehuis Lazaristen
25 Oct
Jazz Festival
HOT
Zutphen, Walburgis Kerk
Canceled
29 Oct
Der Golem
HOT & Silent Film
Dendermonde (B), O.L.-Vrouwekerk
Canceled
8 Nov
Reflections of Duke
HOT & Brass
Zwolle, Dominicanenkerk

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Steven Kamperman — alto clarinet

In 1998, clarinettist and composer Steven Kamperman (1970) did the prestigious Dutch ‘VIP tour’ with his band 1 Step 7 Seas, followed by a tour including performances at the SJU Jazz Festival (1999) and North Sea Jazz Festival (2000). In 2002 - together with the Turkish singer Behsat Üvez - he founded the Turkish-Dutch world-improvisation ensemble Baraná, resulting in a decade of intense cooperation and 6 highly acclaimed CDs. Their ensemble Baraná – in different line-ups – was heard from Mexico to Siberia. Since 2012 Kamperman has been performing with his own Steven Kamperman Trio establishing links between modern, ancient, eastern, and western modal music, and in duo with the famous French hurdy-gurdy player Valentin Clastrier. As a composer for other ensembles, he also wrote several string trio’s and, in 2015, the acclaimed opera 'Little red riding hood' for Holland Opera, receiving four star reviews in Volkskrant, NRC and Theaterkrant.

Dion Nijland — bass

Dion Nijland (1970) studied double bass at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Besides his activities with HOT (Het Orgel Trio) he plays jazz and improvised music in groups such as Dimami, VanBinsbergen Playstation, The Chronometer’s Orchestra and De Bende van Drie. For almost 10 years Dion was part of Talking Cows, a famous Dutch jazz quartet . In 2006 Dimami took part in The Young VIPs Tour with, among others, Anton Goudsmit on guitar. He has played with a wide variety of groups in France, Germany, Chile, Bolivia, Iraq, Turkey, India, Portugal and the USA. In 2006 he took part in the Oostpool Theatre Group production of Brel, featuring Jeroen Willems in the title role. In 2009 he joined The RO Theater group in the theater play Woyzeck and shortly after did a large tour with the dance company Station Zuid in a piece called Ghost Note: a danced tribute to jazz. As a double bass playing improviser he was musician in residence in his hometown Utrecht in 2009, as well as in Nijmegen in 2011. Dion teaches double bass at ArtEZ conservatory in Arnhem.

Berry van Berkum — organ

Berry van Berkum (1960) studied the organ, improvisation and piano at the Arnhem Conservatory with Bert Matter and Jacques Hendriks respectively. He participated in masterclasses with Harald Vogel (BRD) and Louis Thiry (F), and pursued his improvisation studies with Bert van den Brink and Jan Welmers, and composition with Andries van Rossem and Klaas de Vries. Berry van Berkum was a prizewinner at international organ competitions, including the Dollard Festival (BRD), and has recorded music by Messiaen, Welmers , Bach and others for radio and CD. He is a well known solo player and (jazz) improviser in the Netherlands and abroad. He was appointed organist of the Nicolaïchurch in Utrecht 2011 and is since may 2018 organist of the Dominicanenchurch in Zwolle as well.


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Photography HOT: Allard Willemse Photography
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