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Workshop: Jazz & Swing MUSIC: a geographical & cultural look of their origins / with Adam Lee-Morgan

LIVE Music: Adam Lee-Morgan & House Band

Are you a Swing Dancer and/ or a Jazz & Swing Lover? Then this is a MUST for YOU! Why? THERE IS NO DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC! Swing Dances are coming from Jazz & Swing music and it represents a culture orginated from the afro-american communities. So let’s take a closer look at the differences within the music based on the geographical characterization of the music and their cultural background.

Questions like following will be asked, adressed and explained:

How does Jazz & Swing music from New Orleans differ from music from Chicago & New York and how do those differ from the Kansas City/Territory Band sound?
What are some culture reasons for the differences?

Lecturer: Adam Lee-Morgan – JAZZ Musician & LINDY HOP Dancer

Adam Lee-Morgan started down his swing path in the 2nd grade when he started playing clarinet, and his grandmother bought him his very first record, which happened to be a Benny Goodman record.

Growing up as a jazz musician, the addition of Lindy Hop to his life was a natural one. Adam started dancing in 1997 just a few months before the infamous GAP ad and was dancing five nights a week. In 2001 he moved to Beijing, China where he started the Lindy Hop scene and led a 17 piece big band. In 2010 he returned to the USA to do a Master’s degree in Music Education at NYU, and a few years later moved back to his home state of California, where he taught high school band and was the bandleader and music director for the LA Swing Barons. He presently is working on his Ph.D. in Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, teaches band at Chatham University and the Afro American Music Institute. His passion is for the music of the swing era, specifically that of the Kansas City sound from the ’30s. He also organizes swing dances and leads swing dance bands in the Pittsburgh area.

SCHEDULE:
18.30 Door OPEN w/ Dinner & Drinks
19.00- 20.00H Workshop
20.00- 20.15H Q&A w/ Adam Lee-Morgan
20.15-20.45H DJ
20.45- 00.00H Live MUSIC with Adam Lee-Morgan & House Band

Costs:
Workshop: FREE for Swing Summer Students of Swing Philosophy // Others: Donation based.
Live Music Party: 15 € klick here: https://vintagejazzevents.com/swing-summer-nights/

Location:
KZ- KNSM-Laan 311, 1019LE Amsterdam, Netherlands

For more info & questions:
info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com
+31619287426 or swingphilosophy@gmail.com

Best summer SWING DJs are ready for you! Drop in for classes before the PARTY starts.

Program:
17.00 – 21.00 Classes – schedule tba.
21.00- 24.00 Party starts with DJ!

Where: KZ (KNSM-Laan 311)

Costs:
Drop-in class > EUR 18 (CASH) or buy it ONLINE: https://swingphilosophy.com/drop-in-classes/
If you follow 2 classes is EUR 32pp.

PARTY is DONATIONS BASED
*Anything what you like to give we will accept it with a smile!

You can get your ticket now online: https://vintagejazzevents.com/the-vintage-social-dances/ or pay cash at the door
(We really appreciate if you buy drinks to support the venue)

For more info & questions:
www.vintagejazzevents.com
info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com
+31619287426 or swingphilosophy@gmail.com

✨Did you miss our LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY NIGHTS?✨

We have good news — we are back! This year’s season will be opened by our beloved De Jong Inc!
We can’t wait to dance & enjoy the NICEST MUSIC again with YOU!

🗓️🕦 WHEN: 5 September, 21.00- 24.00H
📍 WHERE: KZ – KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
💸TICKETS: Pay what you can (suggested donation for live music 15€) https://jazzeventsamsterdam.com/kz-opening-live-music-season/

For any questions call, WhatsApp 📞 +31 6 53577930 or email 📩info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com us

Gratis openingsconcert Jazz en de Walvis!

11:30 Lobby beneden open, drankjes verkrijgbaar (kijk ook even boven bij het terras!)
12:30 Concert in Lobby
13:20 Drankjes verkrijgbaar boven in de Balzaal, met terras

Ook dit jaar trappen we de festivaldag weer af met een gratis openingsconcert in de Kompaszaal op het KNSM-eiland. En deze editie doen we dat met het Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest. Het Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest speelt verschillende muziekvormen van Granada tot en met Bagdad uit diverse tijdsperioden en stijlen. Van het rijke Arabo Andalus repertoire tot en met de mystieke Oosterse muziek, en van de geraffineerde improvisatiemuziek uit de Arabische wereld tot en met de
volkse muziek uit de Maghreb. Ze zijn echte ambassadeurs van Andalusische muziek. Speciaal voor dit concert komt het Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest met een paar leden, om het klein en intiem te houden. Verwacht een vrolijke set van gevarieerd Arabisch repertoire waarbij iedere musicus zijn of haar favoriet met het publiek deelt.

Salah Eddine Mesbah – zang en percussie
Haytham Safia – ud
Modar Salama – percussie
Hannelore De Vuyst – viool

Tot dan!

✨A day devoted to the BIG BAND! 🎶🎺THREE BIG BANDS, Lindy Hop Workshop & History Talk about the evolution of Big Band! This is bringing you Big Sounds, KZ and Jazz Events Amsterdam! Something that should happen more often and it’s such a rich world!✨

WHAT: A day full of LIVE music with CALEDONIAN Big Band, BIGGLES Big Band and JAZZALIKE Big band playing 🎺, a dance workshop for the newbies💃🏽, a history talk about the history of the Big Band🗣️, a fun quiz with prices and DJs playing only Big band music! 🎺

PROGRAMME:🗓️🕖
13.00 – 13.30 – Venue open for lunch and drinks
14.00 – 14.40 Lindy Hop workshop for beginners
15.00 – 16.00 CALEDONIANS Big Band
16.00 – 16.30 History Talk: The evolvement of the Big Band
16.30 – 17.30 BIGGLES Big Band
17.30 – 18.30 Dinner and Quiz
18.30 – 19.30 JAZZALIKE Big Band
19.30 – 23.00 Big Band DJs

💸 COSTS – PAY WHAT FITS YOUR BUDGET
EUR 17,50 — for those that don’t have much
EUR 20 — for those that can miss a bit more)
EUR 25 — for those that are all good
EUR 30 — for those that can support the ones that don’t have that much
Link: https://vintagejazzevents.com/big-band-day-presented-by-big-sound-jazz-events-amsterdam/

We are excited to celebrate BIG BANDS MUSIC with YOU!

For any questions call 📞 +31 6 53577930
Or email 📩info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com us.

REGISTRATION OPEN, EARLY BIRD ends 31st of May!

Bad Ass Jazz Festival is a place of sharing, learning, inspiring each other and celebrating human expression through dance. BAZZ celebrates the legacy of Jazz by bridging dance communities like Swing, its descendant Street dances or other Afro-Diasporic dances together. With a goal of softening the borders between these styles while acknowledging their evolution and differences.

This is both dance & music festival, so equal importance is on live music. So rather than music being here for dancers, we share the space equally with musicians and fuel each other with energy and inspiration!

With an intention to celebrate and acknowledge Jazz and it’s legacy, at BAZZ you can also hear and party to variety of live & DJ music that falls into that spectrum, however, we will always centre Black American Old School Jazz!

Throughout the weekend you can learn from Bad Ass teachers and get down with amazing people to LIVE music by musicians who really know how to get people moving! In a charming city of Amsterdam, a monumental art nouveau building Kompaszaal will provide us with a space to learn during the day, and in the evening Kompaszaal will turn into a sweaty nightclub where you can enjoy live music covering the wide spectrum of genres from Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, Funk all the way to Amapiano, Afrohouse, and much more – Basically everything that makes us pump the chest and shake that butt.

Where: Kompaszaal (KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam)
What: 3 days of workshops and full on inspiration
When: 10 – 12 October 2025

Questions? Email: swingphilosophy@gmail.com or whatsapp: 0031653577930

WE could not miss the chance of doing some Lindy Hop with Thy and Breonna while they are in town!

This event is part of BAD ASS JAZZ FESTIVAL, for the whole event check here

The workshops are oriented towards higher level dancers. For both of the workshops you need to be comfortable with Swing Outs, Sugar Pushes, Charleston and faster tempo dancing. You should have been dancing for more than 2 years, or you have been taking unlimited classes with Swing Philosophy for at least a year. If you have less experience, but you think you can handle it, reach out to Teodora from Swing Philosophy.

TICKETS AVAILABLE 1st of MAY

WHAT
17.00 Doors open for drinks
17.30 – 19.00 Lindy Hop Workshop 1
19.10 – 20.40 Lindy Hop Workshop 2
20.30 – 21.00 Dinner
21.00 – 01.00 Party Swing Night with Eric Peidro Swing Band

WHERE
Kompaszaal (KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam)

COST
1 workshop EUR 30
2 workshops EUR 50
2 workshops & Friday Party EUR 70

Solidarity price for those in struggle, PAY WHAT YOU CAN, no questions asked, just email us

Questions? Whatsapp 0653577930 or email swingphilosophy@gmail.com

JAZZ WARRIORS Big Band are playing for us at our Big Band Night in KZ!

We are all about the glorious music of the 1930&40, mixed with nowadays life. It’s an experience for young and old, for the listener and for the dancer, for the party animal and for the wallflower. We have the space for all of it in the allure of our 1956 stunning art-deco venue.

WHAT: Live Music by Jazz Warriors BIG Band – a night full of live music, tasty drinks and if you feel like it a dance!
WHEN: 21.00 – 00.00
WHERE: KSNM-Laan 311, Amsterdam

COST: Donations based, we advise EUR 15 for the live music

You can donate cash at the door or digitally at: https://vintagejazzevents.com/big-band-night/
Questions: info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com or whatsapp 0031653577930

Amsterdam’s HOT Jazz Club the Jazz Lobby! A great opening concert by guest artist(s) followed by an old school jam session. This is where the party is happening, so come and groove with us.

-Program:
21h Bar open for drinks
21h Opening Concert at the Lobby by MATHIEU NAJEAN & HOUSE BAND!
22h Jam session!
About the band:
Mathieu Najean began his musical career by learning the classical bassoon in Angoulême, where he grew up. He also began playing jazz, a few years later on the tenor saxophone. He studied jazz saxophone at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
Since 2018, Mathieu Najean has been based in Paris, where he formed a septet to perform his compositions. In 2020, he released his first album under his own name. The album “Panorama” by the Mat Najean Jazz Band was well received by critics.
In 2023, he released a second album of compositions, this time in collaboration with New York singer Cait Jones.
In 2024, he released an album of quartet standards featuring vibraphonist Maxime Prébet as a guest.

-Costs:
*Party: EUR 15 (in cash) at the door OR online > https://vintagejazzevents.com/jazz-lobby/
Suited up and elegant is the suggested dress code
Voluntary donations for the band are very much appreciated!
“The Jazz Lobby” is situated in the unique monumental/art deco Kompaszaal, that used to be the waiting hall of the Dutch Kings Steam Shipping Company.
More info & questions:
www.vintagejazzevents.com | info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com