The Jig

Spic & Span

Spic & Span is the fifth album of The Jig. Recorded in the Rock Supplies studios in Amsterdam Baarsjes, home base of the band. The magnificent voice of singer Ruben Seyferth can be heard on six tracks, the other four tracks are instrumental. On Swagger you can hear Bill Evans, the world famous saxophonist (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger). The Jig hung out with Bill during the last Brasil tour where they played at the same festivals. You can listen to the album on Spotify and download it on Bandcamp

Obrigado!

We are back from our 5th tour to Brasil. It was again amazing. We played the festivals in Paraty, Santa Teresa and Rio das Ostras. We met so many lovely people and great musicians. Thanks so much for this fantastic experience. Hope to be back soon!

Brasil 2023

The Jig is returning to Brasil. We will be coming back to the cities where we had a lovely time before during one of our previous four visits to this fantastic country. We will start on 2 June in Paraty RJ on the Jazz&Blues festival. We played in this historic town before in 2015 at the Bourbon festival. After us the award winning singer Laretha Weathersby from Chicago will appear on stage. The day after we play at the international Jazz&Bossa festival in Santa Teresa in the Espírito Santo region. We are honoured to be asked back as part of the 'Best of 10 years anniversary' of the festival. On Thursday 8 June we return to the renowned Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues festival for the third time. In 2019 we recorded our album Live in Rio in front of 20 thousand people on the Cidade do Jazz stage. This time we will appear on the Lagoa de Iriry stage. On the same day legends like guitarist Stanley Jordan and saxophonist Bill Evans from the USA will perform with their bands as well.

Spring gigging

The Jig will be on the road this spring spreading the funk around. You can spot us regularly in Jazzcafe Alto in Amsterdam the coming months. During Kings day, the biggest party of the year in Amsterdam, we will play at a nice podium downtown (to be revealed soon). The day after we are playing in Germany at the famous Jazzfest in Gronau. We will be the closing act of the best festival in Amsterdam: Rollende Keukens. In June we will go to Brazil again. We have been asked to come back to three fantastic festivals which we will announce soon too. Before summer starts, we will head to France to play some gigs over there. More details in our gigs section. Hope to see you at our concerts!

Zugabe!

Before the end of 2022, The Jig will return once more to Germany. This Friday 9 December we will play at Sol Kulturbar in Mülheim a/d Ruhr, the place to be for Soul and Funk in the region. The next day we will be back at Jazzclub Minden after 8 years. This club is famous for its marvelous concerts: last month one of our heroes Mark Lettieri played here. Giants like Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Hargrove, George Duke and Yellowjackets also stood on this stage. For details, go to our gigs section

Back to Germany

Dear German fans, we will be back next week. Playing shows in two of our favorite venues: Friday 18 November KIT Cafe in Dusseldorf and Saturday 19 November Jazzkeller in Krefeld. Hope to see you there!

Vamos a España

After 10 years, The Jig is coming back to Spain again. Next week we will be playing in Santander, Piloña and Madrid. Check out our gig section for all info. Hope to see you at our show!

Spic & Span

Today will release a brand new instrumental track: Spic & Span! With our friend Marco Toro on percussion. Listen on Spotify, YouTube and everywhere else. Made possible by Buma Investeringsfonds. Tomorrow we play the song live at the Loosdrecht Jazz festival.

Freddie Friday Released

Today we release the new track Freddie Friday. Listen to it on Spotify and find yourself back in the streets of Harlem New York in the seventies. Made possible by Buma Investeringsfonds.

Freddie Friday

On 10 June The Jig will release its second track of the forthcoming album. The song is called Freddie Friday. Special feature for our friend Marco Toro on percussion. Meanwhile you can hear us play it live in Den Helder, Amsterdam, Lichtenvoorde and Terneuzen.

100 Thousand

We reached another milestone thanks to you: our track Flowers & Hookers from our first album has more than 100.000 plays on Spotify. Followed by Super, with the brilliant solos of our sax heroes Benjamin Herman and Boris van der Lek. Runner up is our latest track Gotta Try (Gonna die). Special thanks to The New Funky who added our songs to the Funky Jazz, Blues & Soul playlist . Soon we will be releasing a new killer song. And you can see us live in Amsterdam, Den Helder, Lichtenvoorde and Terneuzen.

Gotta Try, Gonna Die

The Jig presents Gotta Try, Gonna Die. The song is picked up by a lot of Spotify playlists and by national radio NPO 1 and 2 in The Netherlands. The song is also available on Bandcamp and YouTube. We will be releasing more tracks in the coming period. Next year you can expect The Jig's 5th album!

Live in Rio on your own big screen

In the coming week our Live in Rio concert will be broadcasted worldwide on Djazz television. For fans in European and Arabic countries who have this channel: stay up late tomorrow until 1:20 at night, or put it in your agenda for Friday night 6 August prime time 9PM. In the Netherlands (Ziggo channel 611), tune in Tuesday 3 August 6:40PM. In Asia The Jig will be on your big screen in High Definition this Friday 22:30PM. See the full schedule here here.

Veronica

The Jig is back after a long while. We already had the chance to play in Amersfoort at the Musica Mundo festival recently. Now another great gig is coming up: on Saturday 17 July 5PM we play on the Veronica ship at the NDSM Pier. The boat that used to broadcast from out of the open sea has now found its place in Amsterdam Noord. See you there, let's celebrate live music again! Weather will be perfect, it is outside and free. This show is made possible by the Dutch Performing Arts Fund.

T&A Connection

Today we present another project of Jig members: T&A Connection. Bass player Arry is working on songs for a full album together with guitarist Martijn. Drummer Marco Toro (Laberinto, Zambo Jazz, Barry Hay) and other Jig musicians joined. The first track was recorded in Corona style as you can watch in the videoclip. The song called Boogalish was actually written by Marco and keyboard player Bas.

Big Short

We started recording our new studio album. Meanwhile you can enjoy the Live in Rio album released on CD and Vinyl last month. Besides The Jig mothership endeavours, there are some other satellite projects happening that you might like as well. Today we introduce you to Big Short. Singer Ruben and guitarist Martijn just released an EP with 6 tracks. You can listen to them on Spotify

Live vibes in Corona times

Here's the full video of our recent Blue Note Club Sessions concert at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. Looking for more live funk&roll: order our new album Live in Rio at our webshop

Blue Vinyl

Released today! The Jig live in front of twenty thousand Brazilians on glorious vinyl (inc. code for digital) or compact disc. Get it at your favorite record store or order with temporarily free shipping at our webshop

CD Live in Rio available now

As from today, the CD of Live in Rio is in stock and ready to be shipped. Go the our webshop, order the album and have it in your CD player in no-time. Don't hesitate, it is the only way to get some live vibes into your life these days. Thanks for your support!

Shopping time

Today we launched the official The Jig webshop. You can now buy all our CD's and Vinyl online with just a few clicks. The new album Live in Rio can be pre-ordered both on CD and Vinyl and will be landing on your door mat before the end of the year. Thanks for your support!

New Album: Live in Rio

Dear all, we miss you! Maybe you miss us a bit as well. To share the feeling of a live show of The Jig and to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the band we release a new album: The Jig Live In Rio, recorded last year in Brazil in front of twenty thousand people. On this lively recording you can almost smell the crowd. The album is available on all digital platforms as of today. If you want to support the band and feel like giving The Jig and yourself a little tenth anniversary present, please order the digital download from Bandcamp for only €7. Also, you can pre-order the soon to be released beautiful blue VINYL version and/or the CD. Now for a special price! Hopefully we’ll be able to embrace each other again soon and enjoy live music together. In the mean time, we hope you enjoy Live In Rio!

Countdown

On 28 August the 4th album of The Jig will be available on all digital platforms. Live in Rio is the bundling of 10 years of funk into a live climax for an audience of 20 thousand beautiful Brazilians at the Rio das Ostras Blues&Jazz festival. What you hear is what you get: the live mixing at the festival is the sound on the record, like you are there on the field enjoying the show. This is the closest you can get these days to a live performance...

Live in Rio

We just released the first single of our forthcoming album Live In Rio on all digital platforms. Release My Chains was recorded in front of 20.000 people at Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues Festival, almost a year ago. This is what that looked like.

Release My Chains

New song today! We’d like to bring you the vibe of being at a live show. Release My Chains was recorded last year in front of 20.000 people at the Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues Festival in Brazil. Full album will follow.

NYC

With our upcoming album Live in Rio we also celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the band. Back in 2010 The Jig was already doing a lot of local gigs. But we decided it was time for something big. We went to New York City to record our album in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Recording and mixing in the Grand Street Recording Studios took us six days and resulted in our debut album Brooklyn Blowout. Before and after the studio sessions we did three gigs in Manhattan: Nublu in Alpabet city, Fontana’s in Chinatown and Kenny’s Castaways in Greenwich Village. The song Larry is on our first record and we always play it live: a tribute to the great bass player Larry Graham.

Rock Supplies

Arry Niemantsverdriet, the fabulous bass player of The Jig, is owner of the Rock Supplies Amsterdam. Together with his crew he runs these rehearsal studios in Amsterdam Baarsjes with an abundance of love for music and an inseparable bond with all the musicians. Rock Supplies is homebase of The Jig: to hang around, rehearse and record: the last two albums of the band were cut here. In this Corona crisis, Rock Supplies had to close temporarily. When this is over, let’s all go to Rock Supplies again to keep the place alive and kicking. And to Give It Back !

Denying principles

Today the 4th clip of our concert at Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues Festival. This is where Mr. Ruben enters the stage. The Jig with a singer: that was never going to happen. But sticking to your principles is unhealthy. Therefore, in 2016 the Jig musicians threw them overboard happily and asked lifelong friend Ruben Seyferth to join the band. Here on Come Get It, you can hear that among his inspirators is Prince, one of our favorite funk heroes.

Gorgelen

Dear friends, here's the 3rd clip of our concert at Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues Festival. The song is called Jorge Leigh, let us try to explain why.... It has to do with the sound of Bas, playing here on an original Hammond B3 organ with Leslie speaker. He is actually making a gargling sound, in Dutch we call this "gorgelen". Translated phonetically, with a reference to our Brazilian friends, a dose of fantasy and a lot of beer, we came to the title Jorge Leigh. Enjoy it at home, stay strong and safe

Online funk part 2

To all the people in the world at home: keep on keeping on! Here's the second song of our concert at Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues Festival in Brazil. Pleasure Planet was first recorded almost 10 (!) years ago at Grand Street Recording, Inc. in New York City. The track appeared on our first studio album Brooklyn Blowout. After two more studio albums, we are now preparing the release of The Jig - Live in Rio. Enjoy another preview here, stay safe and we will be back next week.

Online funk

To everybody in the world in these extreme times: stay safe and healthy. We cannot perform for you these days and you might be bound to home. We still want to try to entertain you with some live funk. In the coming period we will regularly post a brand new video with a song we played at Jazz and Blues Festival at Rio das Ostras Brazil for more than 20 thousand people last year. We will be releasing the album on CD, Vinyl and online soon: The Jig Live in Rio. Here's the first song of the show (watch the big curtains opening!): Sideways.

2020 here we come!

2019 was a great year for The Jig with the highlight of performing for more than 20 thousand people at the Rio das Ostras Blues&Jazz festival in Brasil. 2020 promises to become an amazing year as well: the band will release its fourth album: Live in Rio. The launch wil be accompanied by a tour that will come to clubs and festivals in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and who knows what other countries. Hope to see you again next year, thanks for your support!

Obrigado Brasil!

The Jig played three memorable shows in Brasil in June. The first concert was at the extremely beautiful Tartaruga stage on the rocks at the ocean in Rio das Ostras. The next day the band performed for 20 thousand (!) wonderful people on the Costazul stage at the Rio das Ostras Blues & Jazz festival. The final show was at the Manouche club of Casa Camolese in Rio de Janeiro. A live album release is expected early 2020. A video preview can be found here. Nós te amamos Brasil!

vamos tocar!

In the weekend of Corpus Cristi (20-23 June) The Jig will perform at the Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival in Brazil. The band will be closing act on the mainstage and the day after on the Tartaruga stage on a rock by the sea. The Jig is returning to the Brazilian fans for the fourth time, five years after their first appearance at this fantastic festival. After the festival, The Jig will perform at other venues in Rio de Janeiro, so keep a close eye on the gig section. To hear all performing artists, you can follow this Spotify list.

Funk is in the air

Spring is here and The Jig is ready for it. The band will appear on a number of great festivals: Nieuwmarkt Feesten, Rollende Keukens, Seabottom Jazzfestival and Den Helder Jazzfestival. You will also find us every month in the best live bar in Amsterdam: Jazz cafe Alto. In the meantime we are constantly working on the songs for our next album. Stay tuned, because there is more news coming up about new gigs soon....

Third time lucky in Brasil

The Jig just finished a magnificent tour in Brasil. It was an honour to play for our Brazilian fans for the 3rd time. First the band played in Muriae MG. After that a great show at the VIJazz festival in Ponte Nova MG. A guerilla performance in the Mississippi Blues Bar in Rio de Janeiro was next. And finally a club show in A Autentica, 3 years after The Jig played there for the first time. A deep bow to all our fans and we hope to be back next year!

outra vez para o brasil!

The Jig is going to Brasil again: this August the band will play at the travelling ViJazz festival in Minas Gerais in a number of cities. It will be the third time The Jig will play for the Brazilian fans: in 2014 The Jig performed at the Rio das Ostras festival (together with Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, Randy Brecker and other heroes) for 15 thousand people. In 2015 the band went back for a series of festivals including the Bourbon festival in Paraty and the Jazz&Bossa festival (with Mike Stern). Look at the gigs section to find details on the shows.

Jazz in Duketown

As spring is here again, The Jig is playing at some great festivals. Last weekend we played at Jazz in Duketown in Den Bosch. We played on the festival before but this time it was on the main stage. If you want to see the whole show, look here. We will be playing a lot in the coming period, from our home base the Alto Cafe in Amsterdam to jazzfestivals and clubs in Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and beyond. Look at our gigs section and see you at one of our shows!

Break Me

New track Break Me out now. Listen on Spotify, Youtube or Bandcamp

Hop-funk stomper

The Jig is stepping on the gas this fall. New material is to be released in november by way of the single Break Me, a gritty hop-funk stomper. It will be followed by another brand new track in the beginning of 2018, plus videos. Already a regular special guest, screaming and squirming vocalist Mr. Ruben has joined the band permanently, turning the 7-piece instrumental machine into an even more versatile 8-piece behemoth.

Gigs

The Jig had some great gigs these past days: Rollende Keukens Amsterdam, Soestdijk Palace, Over the Top festival. Yesterday full house in Bergen op Zoom JazzBoz festival. In the coming period you can see us in Den Helder, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Krefeld. Check out our agenda!

Funk is in the air

Spring is coming and The Jig is ready to rock&funk on every stage and any festival. The band will be performing in a lot of towns in the Netherlands and Germany in the coming months. Look in the gig section when The Jig is coming to a place near you. If you are around, come and enjoy one of the shows.

The One

After twenty gigs as part of the Proximo Disco album release tour last summer, nice airplay of our single Come Get It (including performances at Giel 3FM en Tros Muziekcafe) and successful recent concerts in Germany, it's now time for the second radio single The Jig: The One. The striking mash-up video with Sesame Street characters already invoked enthusiastic reactions online. Also on The One, the unique voice can be heard of Mr. Ruben, who gave a major impulse to a lot of our latest concerts.

Rijdende Rechter

Two songs of the latest album of The Jig were used on Dutch television in an episode of 'Rijdende Rechter'. Listen on 8:50 to Sideways and 17:00 to Balls. During a neighbour dispute about cannabis in the back yard.... Here's the Video. In the episode a week later, the track Second Line was used in the programme.

Germany

The Jig is coming to Germany everry month till end of year. In september the band had a fantastic gig at the Ruhr riverside outside KIT Cafe in Düsseldorf, followed by a concert at the wonderful Jazzattack festival in Nordhausen. In October The Jig plays Jazzclub Bielefeld. In November in Saarbrücken at the Jazzfestival on the same stage as Etienne M'Bappé (who played with Joe Zawinul and John Mc'Laughlin). Near the end of the year The Jig returns to the great Jazzkeller in Krefeld. Hope to see you at one of the concerts.

Live @ Giel 3FM

This morning The Jig played live at Giel 3FM. Here's Come Get It: . After that, the band played a cover of Cake by the Ocean and the track The One.

Media

Since the release of the third album Proximo Disco a few weeks ago, a lot of positive publicity appeared. Both in the press and on the radio. Here are some of them: Parool , Muziekcafe Radio 2 , Musicmaker and NPO Soul&Jazz. And there's more to come: this Wednesday 13 July The Jig will appear live in the 3FM Giel morning show with three songs.

Album Release Show

On Father's day, The Jig will throw a big funk party in the Sugar Factory to celebrate the release of their third album Proximo Disco. The band will play all the songs of the new album and more on Sunday 19 June. The good news is that the vinyl version of Proximo Disco will be presented this night as well. By buying the entry ticket you get the new CD for free. And you can stick around all night to dance at the Wicked Jazz Sounds Club Night. Sugar Factory is at Lijnbaansgracht 238 near Leidseplein. Doors open 20:30, show starts 21:00. We would love to see you there!

Proximo Disco out now

Today The Jig releases their new album Proximo Disco. Available on CD in your record store and for sale on the internet. Songs will be performed live this weekend at Alto, Meerjazz and Red Light Jazz Festival. An album special will be broadcasted tomorrow on Radio 6 show Co Live! between 7 and 8pm. Enjoy!

Come Get It

Out now: the new single Come Get It. As a preview to the album, today The Jig launches the digital release of the song Come Get It. With Mr. Ruben going wild like our hero Prince. Listen to the track on Youtube, Spotify, Itunes, Amazon. Tonight The Jig will play the song live for the first time at the Rollende Keukens festival.

Proximo Disco

Breaking news: the brand new album Proximo Disco will be released 3 June. Here's the cover design by UK illustrator Ben Newman. Before the summer, The Jig will do a release tour of 13 gigs around the country. Starting on 27 May on Amersfoort Jazz and with the official release party in Sugar Factory on 19 June. Look around on the renewed website, inspired by the new album. And see you at the concerts!

New Album News

The Jig is honored and excited that renowned, award-winning and most importantly topping illustrator Ben Newman is doing the artwork for our forthcoming album. To be released in may, followed by a tour of course. Releaseparty: June 19th in Sugar Factory, Amsterdam. Save the date!

Paris DJ''s

The track Grindbag from our first album was already picked by Paris DJ's for their online compilation Foot Stompers & Freaky Soul Vol.1 Foot Stompers & Freaky Soul Vol.1. Now it's available as part of a 5 CD-Box with the coolest funk music and beautiful artwork.

Belgium & Germany

The Jig did a marvellous mini tour: first the band went to Brussels to meet up with DJ ReeDoo in his new ultra-funky club Soul Inn in the center of town. After that we went to Düsseldorf to play in the hip and beautiful KIT Cafe. Last stop was Jena to perform at the steaming Freakout party in Kulturbahnhof. Check out the videoclip.

Videoclip

Here's the videoclip for the brand new single The One. An ode to the wonderful kids show Sesame Street. The One is the first vocal track for instrumental outfit The Jig, which hates all singers except Mr. Ruben - who is featured on this track. The full album can be expected in the spring of 2016!

The Jig denies principles

The Jig with a singer: that was never going to happen. With this instrumental funkband it’s all about the marvellous mingling between horns and rhythm section. They don’t need a spoiled ego maniac in front to take a packed house to a higher level. The band proved this over the past six years. But sticking to your principles is unhealthy. Therefore, the Jig musicians throw them overboard happily en present their new single wíth vocals: The One. In this biting banger you can hear the voice of Mr. Ruben. A voice that can be described as a unique mix of Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) and Prince. A perfect fit with the funk with rock ‘n’ roll attitude of The Jig. As from today The One is avalaible on all major online platforms, like Bandcamp , Spotify and iTunes. In the spring of 2016 a complete album will follow where Mr. Ruben can be heard on several tracks.

Never say never

Never in the existence of mankind would The Jig work with a singer. Until now. Yes, well, couldn’t help it. It just happened. The soon to be released track The One features a rare specimen of a vocalist we dig. Want to know who and how it sounds? This saturday our rock ‘n’ funk-throated guest will pop up at our gig in Jazzcafe Alto (22:00 - 03:00). Be there or stay in the dark. The choice is yours...

Here we go again

Summer's gone, The Jig is back. After a show during Sail, september kicks in seriously with shows in Amsterdam, Uden and Den Bosch. In December a tour will bring the band to stages in Belgium and Germany. More gigs will follow. And on top of that, The Jig will soon release a revolutionary new track. Followed by more songs with famous guests, leading to their third full album in the spring of next year.

Nós amamos Brasil!

To all the cheering and dancing people in Santa Teresa, Paraty, Belo Horizonte, Ipiabas & Rio de Janeiro and to those who made this possible: Muito obrigado!! Look for a video impression of our amazing tour in Brazil the past 2 weeks and look at a real piece of Brazilian television featuring The Jig!

Brazil revisited

The Jig is going to Brazil again! After the amazing experience last year at the Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues festival, the band has been asked to come over once more to play at three festivals: Jazz&Bossa Festival in Santa Tereza, Bourbon festival in Paraty and Ipiabas Blues Jazz Festival in Barro do Pirai. On top of that, The Jig will play at club A Autentica in Belo Horizonte and the Jazzahead party in Rio de Janeiro.

Springtime

This spring, The Jig will show up at a number of great events: on Kingsnight, there's a big party at the Zeedijk at Cafe Zilt. On Labour day the band will work hard in the Cactus in Hengelo. In the Ascension weekend you can see the Jig at the tasty Rollende Keukens festival. On Whitsunday the band will perform at the renowned Jazz in Duketown festival in Den Bosch and in june at the Den Helder Jazzfestival. Look at our gig section for more info and updates, because more gigs are coming up!

Tour l'Europe!

Just before Christmas, The Jig crossed borders once more, this time by doing a blitz tour through three countries: first we went to Strasbourg for our first gig ever in France at the notorious Muddclub of Phil Mudd. Then we rushed on to the other European hotspot: in Brussels we were invited by DJ Reedoo to play at the Bar du Matin for the second time. The day after we crossed the border again to play for the third time at the Jazzkeller in Krefeld. The mini tour ended in Minden Germany at the famous Jazzclub, where a/o George Duke, Dizzy Gillespie, Maceo Parker played before us. Look here for a short video impression.

The Jig in the Winston

Being an Amsterdam band, The Jig plays across the country and far abroad, just to spread the funk of course. But lately, our hometown was not paid tribute enough. Especially for the Amsterdam fans and all strangers the band will play Club Winston in the Warmoesstraat on Friday 14 November. Support act is Weaah. Start 9pm, entry €6,-.

Killas, Thrillas & Chillas

The track Grindbag is part of a soul/funk compilation of Paris DJs. It's volume 1 of the Foot Stompers & Freaky Soul series entitled 'Killas, Thrillas & Chillas'. One of the other artists on the album are the New Mastersounds from Leeds UK. Grindbag was first released on the Jig debut album Brooklyn Blowout recorded in New York and on 7'' vinyl single. You can find more information and order here

Rio das Ostras

The Jig recently did a couple of shows in Brazil. Highlight was the concert at the Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues festival. This festival in the state of Rio de Janeiro is the biggest of its kind in South America. The festival directors Stenio Mattos and Manfra saw the Jig two years ago at the Amersfoort Jazz festival and invited the band. The Jig was this year’s only European act. The artists on this edition included heroes like Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, Scott Henderson and Raul Midon. The Jig played on the main Costazul stage for a crowd of 15 thousand (!) dancing and cheering Brazilians. Next up was trumpet legend Randy Brecker; closing act of the night was the impressive New York bluesman Popa Chubby. Jig members had the change to meet the musicians and all the new fans in Brazil. After this amazing experience the band travelled to Sao Paulo to play in the Serralheria club. The Jig teamed up with Sao Paulo band Black Mantra and together they gave the audience a genuine funk party. Take a look this video (drone shots included of Rio das Ostras!) of the appearances.

Brazil

Breaking news: The Jig is going to Brazil ! In August we will do 3 concerts at the Rio das Ostras Jazz&Blues festival. Giants like Marcus Miller, Randy Brecker, Raul Midon and HBC (Scot Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers) will be performing on this festival too. We are honored to be part of that ticket. On Saturday 16 august, we play on the main Costazul stage. After the festival, we will head to Sao Paulo to play at the Serralheria club.

The Jig with Benjamin Herman

Wednesday 14 May, The Jig will headline the JustJazz festival in Delft. The band will bring a special guest that night: saxophone player Benjamin Herman. Benjamin played with the Jig before: listen to the brilliant solo on the single Super from the album Aargh! This time, he will be performing live with the band. The festival takes place in Theatre De Veste, free entry.

Black list

The track "Flowers&Hookers" is listed in the Radio 6 Black List (Zwarte Lijst) chart of 2014. Conveniently positioned in between Janet Jackson and Beyonce (could be worse) you can find The Jig at nr 1056. The whole list -starting with Stevie Wonder and ending with Marvin Gaye's "What's going on"- can be found here

Disk of Six

In this last week of the year, you can hear the new single Super on Radio 6 Soul&Jazz in every program as the "Disk of Six" (Schijf van 6). With brilliant solos by Boris van der Lek and Benjamin Herman. SUPERRRRR!

Virus

The Jig performed live during the last Virus show on AVRO Radio 4 from the Rotterdam Schouwburg presented by Giel Beelen. They played some of couple of their own new songs and did a version of Prokoviev's Romeo&Juliet together with the super-talented violin player Kristie Su. You can watch the whole show or just the Prokoviev part.

Super !

We proudly present our new single, featuring Benjamin Herman & Boris van der lek. Out now on Spotify, iTunes and every other digital channel.

Article

The september edition of Jazzism pays attention to The Jig. The band members are interviewed about all the aspects of their funk music: home base Rock Supplies in Amsterdam Baarsjes, their friend Joseph Bowie, Boris van der Lek and Benjamin Herman, the concerts and the writing process. Read the full article here

Ready to rumble

We hope you are enjoying your summer, wherever you are and have been. The Jig had some time off after releasing the well-received album Aargh! in april, playing several Dutch venues and festivals the past months and enjoying an inspiring tour through Germany. Now we are ready to rumble again, starting this weekend as a headliner at the sympathetic and cool Tex Free Festival in Venlo. End of this month we have the honor to be the closing act of one of the best and creatively acclaimed festivals in Holland: the Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour. After a whole day of cycling and enjoying music in the wonderful countryside near the city of Groningen, you can finish off dancing to the sounds of The Jig in Garnwerd. From then on you can find us each weekend playing at different locations, check out the giglist.

The Jig on Tour

The Jig came home from a marvelous short tour through Germany with an in-between return to Holland. It started in Hamburg in the Stellwerk together with our friends of the Mighty Mocambos from Hamburg. The day after The Jig played two shows: in the afternoon in the Generator bar in Hamburg, in the evening back in Holland at Swingin' Groningen. After that all the way to Dresden to play at the wonderful BRN Festival at the Lustgarten. Last show was in Berlin for our second appearance in the great b-flat club. Look below for the video footage. The Jig will be back in Germany in October again !

Reviews

The first reviews of the new album Aargh! are coming in. Here some quotes: Dusty groove: "Razor-sharp funk from The Jig – a group who come across with a really classic feel throughout – and a vibe that's a lot like The JBs at their early 70s best! Like that legendary group, these guys have a great way of fusing their horn parts with their rhythms." Jazzism: "Two years ago The Jig made its debut with the critically acclaimed Brooklyn Blowout, followed by a vast amount of shows throughout Europe. This second album Aargh! is again phonkey,filthy, dirty and sleazy."

Aargh! Radio 6 Week Album

This whole week you can hear the tracks of the new album of The Jig on Dutch national radio. Aargh! is Week Album on Radio 6 Soul&Jazz. After the fantastic album release party in Sugar Factory Amsterdam last Saturday, the album is now available everywhere. Jazzism magazine wrote the first review, take a lot at it here.

Aargh!

The Jig will release its new album Aargh! with a full concert in Sugar Factory on saturday 20th of April. On Aargh! the band has deepened its original funksound which contains hints of soul, afro, jazz and r&r. Guests on the album are Joseph Bowie (Defunkt), Benjamin Herman and Boris van der Lek. The single Bike Ride is available for free on Facebook right here. Aargh! will be available in both virtual an real-life recordstores from monday April 22.

New album preps

In October, the Jig had a marvelous short tour in Germany. The band did gigs in Luenen, Krefeld, Hamburg and Berlin. Look at the video here. In 2013 The Jig is definitely coming back to Germany: the first show has been confirmed. Before that, the Jig will release its second album. After the well received debut album Brooklyn Blowout recorded in New York, the band stayed in Amsterdam this time for the successor. Recordings have recently been finished in the bands own Rock Supplies studios in Amsterdam. Some fantastic musicians and friends of the band are joining on the new record: Joseph Bowie from Defunkt, the highly influental funk band from New York. And the two best saxophone players of the Netherlands: tenor sax player Boris van der Lek (ex Herman Brood Wild Romance) and alt sax player Benjamin Herman of the New Cool Collective. In January the album is finished in Studio 150 in Amsterdam: mixing will be done by Joeri Saal (Candy Dulfer, Paul Weller, Zuco103), mastering by Zlaya Hadzic, who also mastered Brooklyn Blowout.