Saskia Laroo on the US Summer Fests

Saskia Laroo. Photo: Ruediger Schestag.

Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Asylum Hill Congregational Church - Hartford, CT
Admission: free
Sunday, June 5 2011 at 11:00 AM
Salvation Army - Brooklyn, NY
Admission: free
Sunday June 5, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Brotherhood Synagogue - New York, NY   
Admission: free
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Forbes Library - Northampton, MA
Admission: free
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 6:30 PM
East Hartford Parks & Rec. - East Hartford, CT
Admission: free
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at tba
Norforlk Country Club - Norfolk, CT
Admission:
Sunday, July 3, 2011 at tba    
Redding Town Green - Redding, CT
Admission: free
Saturday, July 16, 2011 at tba 
Omi International Arts Center - Ghent, NY
Admission: free
Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Royal Masala - Hartford, CT
Admission: free

Saskia Laroo, hailed by American public and press at large as "Lady Miles of Europe", is one of the few women trumpet stylists, blowing for more than three decades. Born July 31, 1959 in Amsterdam, she began on trumpet at age 8, never dreaming of becoming a professional musician. That all changed when Saskia, turned 18, after briefly majoring in mathematics at University of Amsterdam switched her focus to a career in music. She worked extensively in various groups from this point, at first mostly on upright bass, though eventually, on both bass and trumpet; the trumpet became her main  instrument. Saskia Laroo combines today's music by uncontrived romps into new styles, eagerly limned as "nu jazz" or "swingin' body-music"--a vivacious blend of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae, and world, that many other artists dare not venture. Her artistry and her groove ring vibrantly and free on her five albums journeying us through the music she has absorbed and plays from heart and soul. 

The Saskia Laroo Band