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North Sea Jazz Festival
Genre	Jazz
Dates	July
Location(s)	Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500
Years active	1976–present
Founders	Paul Acket
Website	Official site

The North Sea Jazz Festival is a festival held annually on the second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. The festival moved to Rotterdam in 2006 after the demolition of the Statenhal in The Hague where it was originally held. As of 3 November 2017, the festival is officially known as the NN North Sea Jazz Festival.

Biography

The founder of the three-day festival was Paul Acket, a businessman and jazz lover who made a fortune in the 1960s with his pop magazine publishing company. When Acket sold his company in 1975, he was able to start and sponsor the North Sea Jazz Festival. Acket wanted to present American jazz and European avant-garde jazz. In 1976 the first edition of the festival took place. It was an immediate success: six stages, thirty hours of music, and 300 performances drew over 9000 visitors. Acts included Count Basie, James Brown, Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, James Taylor, Benny Goodman, and Sarah Vaughan among others.

The Edison Jazz Awards and the Bird Awards are presented at the North Sea Jazz Festival.

In 1990, two sub-festivals were introduced: North Sea Jazz Heats, a free festival performed in pubs throughout The Hague, and the more exclusive Midsummer Jazz Gala. Both take place on the evening before the festival. Musicians that have performed at the Midsummer Jazz Gala include Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, and Oscar Peterson. Amy Winehouse performed at the festival in 2004 and Adele performed in 2009. Luis Miguel performed in the 2013 edition held in Curacao.

The festival has grown to fifteen stages, 1,200 musicians, and about 25,000 visitors a day. The festival presents concerts in New Orleans jazz, swing, fusion, blues, gospel, funk, soul and drum and bass.

The festival is acknowledged as the "biggest indoor jazz festival in the world" and has a reputation for showcasing different areas of jazz from all eras.

References

1. "NN Group title sponsor of North Sea Jazz". www.northseajazz.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
2. ^ "Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival". APassion4Jazz.net. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
3. "Paul Acket". Biography. MuzikEncyclopedie.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
4. ^ "Port of Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival - Biggest indoor jazz festival". ArtsHolland.com. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

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