MEDIA INFORMATION & TECHNICAL RIDER

HONING | SOMSEN | LIJBAART

YURI HONING - Saxophone

JASPER SOMSEN – Double Bass

JOOST LIJBAART – Drums

HONING |SOMSEN | LIJBAART

BIOGRAPHY YURI HONING

For almost three decades Yuri Honing is one of the

leading saxophone players in the Netherlands, touring

worldwide. 1996 marks the breakthrough in his

international career, after the release of the Yuri Honing

Trio’s album “Stark Trek” – with his longtime friend and

associate drummer Joost Lijbaart and double bassist

Tony Overwater.

Yuri is a multi-Edison Award winning musician for his

albums “Seven” (with Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian - 2002) and

“Goldbrun” (Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet – 2018) and he won the most prestigious

Dutch Boy Edgar Prize 2012. He collaborated with a.o. Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny,

Scott Colley, Vince Mendoza and dance producer Floris Kinkert. The dance album

“Phase Five” reached the European pop music album top 100 charts.

Besides a musician Yuri Honing is a professional painter and sculptor, collaborating

with his artist/composer Mariecke van der Linden.

BIOGRAPHY JASPER SOMSEN

Throughout his career the Dutch double

bassist/composer/producer Jasper Somsen has

collaborated with some of the very best musicians at

the international jazz scene, a.o. Enrico Pieranunzi, Joey

Calderazzo, Jeff Ballard, John Beasley, Jean-Michel Pilc,

Bob Sheppard, Seamus Blake, Lynne Arriale, Jorge

Rossy, Kendrick Scott, Justin Faulkner, EJ Strickland,

André Ceccarelli, Gary Husband, Gabriele Mirabassi,

Bert Joris, Ramón Valle, Yuri Honing and Eric Vloeimans.

His latest release are two highly acclaimed albums: “A

New Episode In Life part I & II” – Jasper Somsen Trio

feat. Jean-Michel Pilc & André Ceccarelli.

Jasper performs worldwide, is a renowned studio producer, can be heard on 40

albums and was a frequently invited guest teacher at the conservatories in

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Arnhem.

BIOGRAPHY JOOST LIJBAART

Drummer/percussionist Joost Lijbaart is one of the most

internationally renowned Dutch musicians, performing

recently all over the world with a.o. the Yuri Honing

Acoustic Quartet and his own projects at the major

venues and festivals, in more than 90 countries. Over

two decades of collaboration with saxophonist Yuri

Honing, they released five trio albums (with double

bassist Tony Overwater) and toured regularly, featuring

musicians from the Middle East, India and China.

Besides being a sideman Joost Lijbaart focuses on his

own projects as a leader, such as his “Group of Friends”, his duo with ECM recording

pianist Wolfert Brederode, the group “Batik” and his recently formed improvisation

trio “Under The Surface”.

At the North Sea Jazz Festival 2003 Joost Lijbaart won the soloist prize at the Dutch

jazz competition, handed officially by Elvin Jones. He is a regular guest lecturer at

conservatories around the world.

CONTACT

Jasper Somsen

Double Bassist | Composer | Producer

Veerstraat 66

NL – 6701 DX Wageningen, The Netherlands

info@jaspersomsen.com

Cell phone: +31-6-12934055

www.jaspersomsen.com

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TECHNICAL RIDER

HONING | SOMSEN | LIJBAART

This Technical Rider contains requirements, crucial to the Artist’s performance.

If there are any problems supplying parts of this contract rider, please let us know

immediately so we can find a solution. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Communication: Dutch and English. Some of the artists speak German and Italian. In

case of any other language, we kindly ask for an interpreter.

Yuri Honing - Saxophone | Jasper Somsen - Double Bass | Joost Lijbaart - Drums

Channel Instrument Stand Microphones/ Specifics

1 Drums Bass Drum Small Shure Bass Drum or similar

2 Drums Snare Medium Shure SM58 or similar

3 Drums OH right Large KM 130, AT 2031 or similar

4 Drums OH left Large KM 130, AT 2031 or similar

5 Double Bass DI from MarkBass amp or seperate DI

6 Double Bass Medium AT4040 or similar (in front of the bridge)

7 Saxophone Large Shure SM 57 or 58 beta

8 Presentation Large Shure SM58 or similar

AUX 1 Saxophone Monitor (separate mixes)

AUX 2 Bass Monitor (separate mixes)

AUX 3 Drums Monitor (separate mixes)

LIGHTING: WASHES AND FOR EACH MUSICIAN ONE SPOTLIGHT

STAGE PLAN

AUDIENCE

If you have any questions considering the technical rider please contact:

Jasper Somsen, info@jaspersomsen.com or call: +31 6 12934055

INSTRUMENTS & BACKLINE

SAXOPHONE – Yuri Honing:

Artist provided

DOUBLE

BASS

DRUMS – Joost Lijbaart:

Drumkit:

First choice: vintage Gretsch or Ludwig

Second choice: Yamaha maple custom

14” snare drum

12” mounted tom

14” floor tom

18” bass drum

Cymbals, sticks and brushes:

3x Zildjan Kerope cymbals: 18, 20, 22 inch

1x Zildjan Kerope hihat: 14 inch

Sticks: Vic Firth (model: Peter Erskine, Jazz)

Brushes: Regal Tip classic

Hardware:

3 cymbal stands

1 hi-hat stand + clutch

1 bass drum pedal

1 drum carpet

1x Music stand with light

Double Bass + Amplifier – Jasper Somsen:

Double Bass:

The instrument has to be in mint condition

Body: all wood front, sides and back (rumble free!)

Scale (between bridge and top nut): 104 – 106,5 cm (3/4 or 7/8)

“D-scale” neck (1stfinger in the 4thposition)

Adjustable bridge, max. height of the strings at fingerboard end:

E string: 9 mm |A string: 8 mm| D string: 7 mm | G string: 6 mm.

Strings: Evah Pirazzi (medium) or Thomastik Spirocore (medium)

Pick up: The Realist (David Gage)

End pin length: min. 35 cm.

French Bow + Pops Rosin

Bass Amplifier:

First choice: Mark Bass Little Mark CMD 121 combo

Festivals choice: Mark Bass Little Mark 800 tube + HR104 Cabinet

Alternative choice: Gallien-Krueger or David Eden amps & cabinets

Please note: 10 and/or 12 inch speakers only. No 15 inch speakers!

1x Large cardiod microphone (AT4040, U87), mounted with rubber bands in bridge or

a DPA 4099 goose neck + DPA string mount

1x Music stand with light