A couple of months ago, to be precise in April 2023, Venus Tunes Live was invited by Banyan Tree Events to perform all the way in India! World Jazz Festival Bengaluru is part of a whole festival tour held in several Indian cities. There were also shows in other cities but we flew straight to Bengaluru, then Mumbai and we performed both acoustic jazz and also made people dance together with Zosja as Venus Tunes Live. This was the last performance of the evening and we are joined here by Alexander Beets (tenor saxophone) and Ellister van der Molen (trumpet). Special thanks to Banyan Tree for inviting us and Alexander Beets and Sven Rozier for putting the program together and coordinating our travels! Also see out India aftermovie with a mix of the other performances.
This is a tune called Kalunga Dance, from my latest album Dark Horse, order it here or buy it at a concert, the next one is Brebl, Nijmegen 1 day after my birthday on 16th of April! Hope to see you there!In this performance, we featured percussionist/vocalist and world citizen Helene Jank. She lived and worked in Brazil for quite a while and I really think it's audible here. I love the way she and the band creates this moment of space within the concert and this is also why - I think - visiting concerts is important because then you get to experience the whole context of the concert. How is the program build up, how does the audience respond and what does music makes you feel. More info:Susanne Alt: sax, Matthijs Geerts and Ike van Bergen: keys, Thomas Pol: bass, Yoràn Vroom: drums, Helene Jank: percussion Performed at 16th of January 2026 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Recorded by Onno Prillwitz Filmed by Robert Glass and Albert Nooij. - A couple of months ago, to be precise in April 2023, Venus Tunes Live was invited by Banyan Tree Events to perform all the way in India!World Jazz Festival Bengaluru is part of a whole festival tour held in several Indian cities. There were also shows in other cities but we flew straight to Bengaluru, then Mumbai and we performed both acoustic jazz and also made people dance together with Zosja as Venus Tunes Live.This was the last performance of the evening and we are joined here by Alexander Beets (tenor saxophone) and Ellister van der Molen (trumpet).Special thanks to Banyan Tree for inviting us and Alexander Beets and Sven Rozier for putting the program together and coordinating our travels!Also see out India aftermovie with a mix of the other performances.
