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	Saskia Laroo Band : tours to Africa The Saskia laroo Band will perform on two seperate festivals in Africa: with the complete eight persons band on: April 30-May 4: HIFA; Harare International Festival of the Art, Zimbabwe They will perform on April 30 for the last Dutch Queensday Celebration. Since last year that same date has been called by the United Nations as International Jazzday, which will celebrate his second edition this year. They have composed a song especially for this event and will do more concerts and jamblends with other multidisciplinairy acts as well as give workshops. This tour has been made possible with support of nfpk and the Dutch Consulate in Harare, Zimbabwe. with the five piece formation on: June 14 + 15: Jazzkif, Seventh edition of Jazz in Kinshasa, DR Congo

	Jazzkia+ : Tribute to kind of Blue Trumpet player Saskia Laroo, inspired by pianist Warren Byrd, has spearheaded a new acoustic jazz project. With her quartet Jazzkia augmented by tenor saxophone, she re-creates the melancholic luster of Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", rendering selections from this historic state-of-the-art album of modal jazz and originals which mirror the mood. A premiere was staged on June 23, 2012 at Tools bar and Grill in new Britain, Connecticut, USA. Listen to Flamenco Scetches Jazzkia

	Duo Laroo/Byrd : Tribute to Miles & Monk What if trumpet player Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk would have left their differences behind and did perform together for real? In this spirit, Saskia and American pianist/vocalist Warren Byrd have released in 2011 their first duo album featuring their original compositions as well as Miles and Monk standards. The duo have already logged several tours both local and abroad to their credit.. More on Tumblr Duo Laroo/Byrd

	Jazz meets Hiphop This is another new project by Saskia with emphasis on electronic funky jazz. Since her first album "It 's Like Jazz", she has been combining rap and bebop improvisations, sensing an easy connection between the two music styles; thus from these enterprises she has developed a special musical presentation. Jazz meets Hiphop debuted on May 2012 at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Watch Jazz meets Hiphop

	Dutch Delight in Turkey Saskia and her Quartet Jazzkia have been invited by the prestigeous Borusan Music House to present a special Dutch Delight concert with challenging music November 16, 2012 commemorating of 400 years of relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. Special guest of this concert includes the adventurous Turkish guitarist Sevket Akinci. Currently we are working to extend the tour with more dates. More about NLTR400 MCN en Dutch Delight

	Saskia Laroo Band in de USA The Saskia Laroo Band performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild on May 19, 2012 as a part of their event "Distinctively Dutch Women in Jazz". This beautiful concert hall is seated in the guild's community center complex--the ghetto-situated headquarters of a profilic outreach mission to Pittsburgh's disadvantaged spearheaded by native Bill Strickland. An audience of spirited seiors were enthralled by the complete eight-piece Saskia Laroo band's high-energy mix of jazz, hip-hop, and African rhythms. Listen to the whole concert Saskia Laroo Band

	Other tours this year As in previous years, 2012 enabled Saskia's music to be heard at many points around the globe. She has performed with her assortment of acts in several countries, some of which include the Ukraine, Greece, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico and Oman. Between her many performances in the USA and in her homeland the Netherlands, or abroad, she cherishes the revered audience both great and small. Saskia Laroo contact agenda