Klezmokum Foundation
& Greene Room
The Klezmokum Foundation was established in 2006 by American jazz pianist Burton Greene.
In the years that followed, many concerts were organized with the support of the Jewish Maror Funds. In June 2021, Burton passed away at the age of 84, and it was his express wish that the foundation continue its musical activities in his spirit. To that end, the foundation’s name and statutes have been amended, and a new location has been rented at Elementenstraat 16 in Amsterdam-West, where Burton’s memory can be kept alive through exhibitions, workshops, living room concerts, and guest performances.
SOUND-LEE! Sextet
18 Mei 2025
Plays the music of Lee Konitz, Sal Mosca, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh
Jorrit Dijkstra/altsax
Natalio Sued/tenorsax
Giuseppe Doronzo/baritonsax
Guus Janssen/piano, arr
Raoul van der Weide/contrabas
Thomas Jaspers/slagwerk
The Sound-Lee! Sextet ventures into the now over 70-year-old repertoire of American alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and his direct kindred spirits—pianists Lennie Tristano and Sal Mosca, and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh—with open ears.
The emotional detachment of the pieces in this repertoire serves as an ideal source of inspiration for improvising musicians with a love for rhythmic finesse, melodic crosscurrents, and fermenting harmonies.
The musicians seek improvisational solutions much like a tightrope walker who, thrown off balance and on the verge of falling, must creatively find a way to save their performance.
Lee Konitz about the 2003 released CD of the Sound-Lee! Quartet: "They missed the point but made a new one!"
(Andy Hamilton – Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art, p. 230)
Luister naar Sound Lee op Bandcamp
Doors open 14:30 - 15:00 / 17:00
Greene Room / Events
Sunday, May 18
Sound-Lee!
Sextet
Doors open 14:30
15:00 / 17:00
Elementenstraat 16 Amsterdam-West
Elementenstraat is a side street of Transformatorweg in Sloterdijk. Parking is free after 7:00 PM and also on weekends. The building can be reached by bus 22, stop Contactweg, or by metro lines 50-51, stop Isolatorweg. Take the right exit, turn left at Rataplan, and then take the first right.