Masha Bijlsma Band

with great power of persuasion masha bijlsma sings classic jazzsongs as well as compositions/arrangements from the members of her band, using repertoire from diverging composers as thelonious monk, fats waller, nat adderley, charlie haden, kate bush and noa.after having played the piano and the bassguitar masha started singing at the age of 19. at the end of 1990 she started the masha bijlsma band. this group was an instant succes and developed quickly: in spring '92 it was the support act of the billy cobham band at the int.jazzfest gronau. masha's career has rocketed since then: she very succesfully performs with her band, playing international jazzfestivals (mülheim, bonn, gronau, kempten thüringen, wiehl, drum rhythm amsterdam, dresden, kaufbeuren, chur, north sea jazzfestival) and doing many gigs in holland, germany, belgium, switzerland, danmark, sweden, luxemburg, greece und bulgaria. also concerts in indonesia (jakarta)and the usa (austin, texas)tv and radio performances ( a.o. in indonesia, sweden, greece, danmark, bulgaria ).guest–soloists with the masha bijlsma band were among others: tony lakatos, benny bailey, bob malach, jarmo hoogendijk and gary thomas.masha's debut cd 'winds of change' was very well received by the press; her 2nd cd 'lebo' (with usa–tenorstar bob malach), released august '96; masha's third cd 'profile' (feat. tony lakatos, produced by hein van de geyn) was released march '99. may '00:'profile' has been nominated for the edison jazz award 2000. this 'dutch grammy' is the most prestigious award from the dutch music industry. fourth cd: lopin' produced by hein van de geyn (ex dee dee bridgewater) March 2003.masha’s ‘how long has this been going on’ from the lopin’-cd has been released in aug. 2003 on the compilation-cd “the finest in female vocal jazz” together with tracks from a.o. cassandra wilson, diane schuur and diana krall. masha's new cd 'whispers and moans' has been released october 2008. guests with the band are tony lakatos saxophone and bart van lier trombone I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)