First inJazz bands for 2022 revealed

InJazz 2022 is first and foremost a free-for-all jazz festival, spread across one night at the BIMHUIS (22 June) and five stages in Rotterdam’s Katendrecht neighbourhood (23 June).

The inJazz selection committee consisting of Raluca Baicu (North Sea Round Town, de Doelen), Frank van Berkel (BIMHUIS, Jazzschip), Sander Grande (MOJO/North Sea Jazz Festival), and Maite Hontelé (Music Meeting), selected 16 bands that will perform (and be recorded on video) during inJazz 2022. 4 of them can be seen on the night of Wednesday 22 June at BIMHUIS in Amsterdam. 12 will be featured during the inJazz Festival in Rotterdam on 23 June. In the next few weeks, all names will be revealed through the inJazz social media channels. And we are happy to give away the first two here!

Marta Arpini pocket orchestra
Composer, vocalist and guitarist Marta Arpini is no stranger to inJazz. Her pocket orchestra was born in 2021 in the recording studio, as an extension of her long time semi-acoustic quintet. Marta Arpini (vocals, electric guitar), Massimo Imperatore (electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Adrian Moncada (piano, synth), Mauro Cottone (bass), Giacomo Camilletti (drums, percussion), Fuensanta Méndez (vocals), Sanne Huijbregts (vocals, kalimbas, xylophone, percussion), Ketija Ringa-Karahona (flute), Jessie Brevé (bass clarinet), Charalampos Chronis (trombone)

Pietre
Pietre is the brainchild of bassist Alessandro Fongaro, a quartet he brought together during the second lockdown, in 2021. Nicolò Ricci (tenor saxophone), Jesse Schilderink (baritone, tenor saxophone), Alessandro Fongaro (double bass), Sun-Mi Hong (drums)

More names for inJazz 2022 in the following weeks via our social media channels and on our website.