On Wednesday 24.03, the Dutch Nu-Jazz Movement is going to present its first official joint release: "WHAT'S NU?". A brand new album filled with tracks by all four bands, recorded especially for this cd and soon available worldwide through Social Beats/Unique Records. Apart from new band tracks, a hand full of remixes were added by Phil Martin, Part Time Heroes and State Of Monc for extra appetite. We'll promise you a packed program in March, with shows by The Jazzinvaders, Monsieur Dubois and State Of Monc and the charming support of MC Lennie St Luce and DJ Philippona. Party will be held at the Paradiso (upstairs) and starts at 20h30 (door: 19h30).

State of Monc entered 2010 with a fully packed Bimhuis in Amsterdam last month. The legendary concert room was sold out and could hardly capture over 400 enthusiastic listeners. Luckily the VPRO recorded this evening, Radio 6 broadcasted it live, and now you can listen to the full concert and watch video snippits HERE.

Again another fresh edition of the podcast is out there! The Dutch Nu-Jazz Movement's record label Socialbeats started a brand new Podcast called 'Socialized Beats Podcast'. We know you're into Dutch Nu-Jazz, so you're probably also into soul, funk, breaks, latin and other groovy stuff... You should definitely check out this Podcast hosted by Phil Martin & Diesler! Every month a new and fresh episode with the best from their vaults and sneak peaks from their forthcoming releases. And of course a lot of Dutch Nu-Jazz! Alltogether stuff you want to hear! Subscribe in one click: click here.

State of Monc just got back from an intense week in Jakarta, where they performed twice at the great Java Jazz and at clubs such as the Black Cat and the Erasmushuis. This year's edition of Java Jazz, the biggest indoor jazzfestival in the world, covered bands like Breakestra, George Duke, Roy Hargrove and John Legend among many many others. "North Sea Jazz without rain" you might say! State Of Monc met an enormous crowd at the outdoor stage and an even bigger one on the next day, when 7000 people were digging their sound in the main hall. As the Dutch embassador put it: "Great to have a Dutch band over here, playing such innovative and exciting music... The best way to promote The Netherlands as a forward looking country!"

Very good news received us recently: The Dutch Nu-Jazz release ‘What’s Nu?’ will be released soon in Japan as well. P-Vine (Japanese partner of Social beats) will take care of distribution and promotion of the album. No wonder since The Jazzinvaders sold over 10.000 copies in the land of the rising sun!

Meanwhile reviews of the album already rotate on the Internet. What to think of this one:

"One could be negative and say ‘Dutch Nu-Jazz/Old West London Broken Beat’, but I, amongst many, was greatly disturbed when the Broken Beat scene and music collapsed abruptly and prematurely two years ago when Goya distribution – the hub of the scene – went into receivership. Most of the UK artists in that genre then went into different areas of music, so where did it leave us fans of the most important and fresh Jazz Fusion-tinged contemporary club music of the past 20 years? It wasn’t being made anymore (so I thought). For modern Jazz Dance music we’d just been left with countless paint-by-numbers rehashes of the Nicola Conte-originated’ Italian Jazz Quartet with a four-to-the-floor bass drum’ sound (think ‘This Is What You Are’). Actually, I’m glad to say Broken Beat didn’t go away, it moved to Holland and this compilation is the perfect example of where we are with it in 2010.

Actually (luckily) nothings changed and this compilation just explodes with the most incredible and diverse examples of what makes this music brilliant and why it’s important it continues. It features the only other act outside West London and the UK that made it correctly at the scene’s peak – The Flowriders, plus the ever-brilliant Jazzinvaders, Monsieur Dubois and the startling State Of Monc – who steal the show with the most incredible Broken Jazz dancers.

Personally, if you love this style like I do, buy it immediately. I don’t think I’ve heard a better example. This compilation will not be bettered this year." - dj Snowboy

In cooperation with Cinerama, Dutch Nu-Jazz fans get a great discount for Theo Maassens movie "No Mercy" ("Zonder pardon"), only at Cinerama in Rotterdam. You can watch this movie for just €6.00 in stead of €8.50. All you need to do is print out this newsletter and show it at the box office. And oh, did we already say you can subscribe to our newsletter on our homepage?

The Jazzinvaders started recording their 3rd album. This time, the focus will be more on vocal jazztunes, hence a leading role for singer Linda Bloemhard. But that's not all, also the instrumentation will be a bit different: they've welcomed the sound of the electric bass and electric pianos. It is all in progress, but it will definitely get The Jazzinvaders to the next level. Within this process of movement the line-up of the Jazzinvaders has also undergone a change. The wonderful pianist Erwin Hoorweg and equally brilliant sax player Tom Beek have decided to spend more time on their own projects. In their place, The Jazzinvaders have found some excellent new bandmembers to complete the new album and to perform on stage like Berthil Bustra on keys and special request tenorsaxophonist Guido Nijs!