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Klaar voor een avondje Funk en Soul met een Vleugje Jazz?
Tizaan Alphonso komt met zijn collectief naar de Founders Bar in Maastricht, maar dit keer in een kleinere setting (piano/zang, gitaar, bas en drums). Ze spelen 3 sets met originele muziek, aangevuld met een aantal bekende covers, gearrangeerd op hun eigen funky manier!
Tizaan Alphonso, een internationaal geprezen pianist, zanger en componist, groeide op in een muzikaal gezin, wat hem een diepe en persoonlijke band met muziek geeft, alsof het overal zijn thuis is. Bekend om zijn mix van Soul, RnB, Funk en Jazz, ontving zijn debuutalbum Feel It (2020) lovende kritieken van de internationale en lokale pers, waarbij Rolling Stone India zijn jazz als “buitengewoon” omschreef en Buzz Music (VS) de natuurlijke groove benadrukte. Zijn nieuwste EP, Take It or Leave It (oktober 2024), behandelt thema’s zoals het leven, liefde, hoop, racisme en zelfacceptatie. Het bevat geweldige saxsolo’s van gerenommeerde artiesten als Tom Politzer(Tower of Power, VS) en Reiner Witzel (DE).
In oktober 2024 toerde Tizaan met zijn band door India ter promotie van de EP, en veroverde nieuwe fans. Als leider van de Tizaan Alphonso Collective, een 8-koppige band uit Maastricht met een ongelooflijke chemie, levert hij elektrificerende optredens. De legendarische Nederlandse
saxofoniste Candy Dulfer speelt zijn muziek regelmatig in haar radioshow Candy’s World op Sublime FM. Op 24 januari 2025 had Tizaan de eer om te openen voor Candy in Grenswerk,
Venlo, en werd later die avond uitgenodigd als speciale gast om samen met haar band te optreden. In februari speelde zijn band ook de aftershow van de bekende Britse acid-jazzband Incognito.
Tizaan’s muzikale reis omvat prestigieuze optredens op festivals zoals North Sea Jazz, Jammin’
Juan (Frankrijk) en Park City Live in Heerlen, waar de Collective op het hoofdpodium speelde en het voorprogramma verzorgde van Nile Rodgers. In mei 2024 won de Collective de eerste editie van Podiumbeesten-competitie.
Jo Dautzenberg van Stichting Heerlen Jazz omschrijft hem als een betoverende frontman met de uitstraling van legendes zoals Freddie Mercury en Herbie Hancock.
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Tizaan Alphonso Biography
Critically acclaimed pianist/singer/composer, Tizaan Alphonso has a deep and personal connection with music, strongly connected within his family. Having musicians for parents, making music just feels like being home, where-ever he is.
If he could, Tizaan Alphonso would become the Freddie-Mercury-of-Jazz, or claim to be Herbie Hancock's long lost son. He jokes about these things, yet it is deadly serious. Soul and Funk music has been with him like an extra parent, raising him to this day.
After Tizaan Alphonso’s debut album "Feel It" (2020) and his attempt to revive the glory of Soul, RnB and Funk, Tizaan received praise from the press at home, the USA and India.
"Give in to the Natural Jazzy Groove of Tizaan Alphonso's, New Album 'Feel It' "
- Buzz Music (USA)
"Tizaan Alphonso showcases extraordinary experimental Jazz on his debut LP ‘'Feel It’"
- Rolling Stone Magazine (India)
His musical journey will continue in a new EP called ‘Take it Or Leave it’ (Oct 2024). Tizaan has written the songs on the EP about his life, love and hope, struggles, racism and especially his acceptance of who he is. His story about his home, family and friends is one that is complex, but a rather beautiful story to share on stage through his music.
In Maastricht, he found his family in music: The Tizaan Alphonso Collective. A band
of 8 musicians total. They are really close and all understand the story Tizaan wants to tell with his music. Sometimes you see bands on stage where it’s impossible to sit still and only listen. The Collective is one of them. Every single one of the musicians in his Collective is extremely talented,
and with Tizaan, who will steal the show as frontman, you are in for a party.
From performing solo at corporate events, presenting his band at every pop or jazz competition all the way to playing at the North Sea Jazz festival as part of the Fringe Orchestra ft. Bex Burch. He was invited to perform at Jammin' Juan in France, Jazz Circle Viersen, So What's Next Festival (Eindhoven), Poppodium Volt (Sittard), Les Temps Mêlés (Verviers), Limbo Jazz Express (Cultuurhuis Heerlen), MainStage of Park City Live and continues to grow a fanbase with his catchy debut album "Feel It". The L1 television featured him live for their 'Tot overmaat van
ramp' cultural program during the pandemic. In addition to this, his song "Living in The City" was also featured on radio (Sublime-FM) with the legendary Candy Dulfer.
In May 2024, the Collective won the first edition of the Podiumbeesten competition organized by Vista College Heerlen, and got to open for Nile Rogers on the Mainstage of Parkcity Live Festival 2024
"He showcases himself as a very good pianist and when you hear him singing with his sunglasses on, it’s like watching Stevie Wonder! Really knows how to put himself in the center of a band, in a way that we only know from legends!
His music sits so much in the groove that you can't help but dance along yourself. Hearing him perform is a big mix of Freddie Mercury, Herbie Hancock and Al Jarreau”
-Jo Dautzenberg(Stichting Heerlen Jazz)
Read MoreIf he could, Tizaan Alphonso would become the Freddie-Mercury-of-Jazz, or claim to be Herbie Hancock's long lost son. He jokes about these things, yet it is deadly serious. Soul and Funk music has been with him like an extra parent, raising him to this day.
After Tizaan Alphonso’s debut album "Feel It" (2020) and his attempt to revive the glory of Soul, RnB and Funk, Tizaan received praise from the press at home, the USA and India.
"Give in to the Natural Jazzy Groove of Tizaan Alphonso's, New Album 'Feel It' "
- Buzz Music (USA)
"Tizaan Alphonso showcases extraordinary experimental Jazz on his debut LP ‘'Feel It’"
- Rolling Stone Magazine (India)
His musical journey will continue in a new EP called ‘Take it Or Leave it’ (Oct 2024). Tizaan has written the songs on the EP about his life, love and hope, struggles, racism and especially his acceptance of who he is. His story about his home, family and friends is one that is complex, but a rather beautiful story to share on stage through his music.
In Maastricht, he found his family in music: The Tizaan Alphonso Collective. A band
of 8 musicians total. They are really close and all understand the story Tizaan wants to tell with his music. Sometimes you see bands on stage where it’s impossible to sit still and only listen. The Collective is one of them. Every single one of the musicians in his Collective is extremely talented,
and with Tizaan, who will steal the show as frontman, you are in for a party.
From performing solo at corporate events, presenting his band at every pop or jazz competition all the way to playing at the North Sea Jazz festival as part of the Fringe Orchestra ft. Bex Burch. He was invited to perform at Jammin' Juan in France, Jazz Circle Viersen, So What's Next Festival (Eindhoven), Poppodium Volt (Sittard), Les Temps Mêlés (Verviers), Limbo Jazz Express (Cultuurhuis Heerlen), MainStage of Park City Live and continues to grow a fanbase with his catchy debut album "Feel It". The L1 television featured him live for their 'Tot overmaat van
ramp' cultural program during the pandemic. In addition to this, his song "Living in The City" was also featured on radio (Sublime-FM) with the legendary Candy Dulfer.
In May 2024, the Collective won the first edition of the Podiumbeesten competition organized by Vista College Heerlen, and got to open for Nile Rogers on the Mainstage of Parkcity Live Festival 2024
"He showcases himself as a very good pianist and when you hear him singing with his sunglasses on, it’s like watching Stevie Wonder! Really knows how to put himself in the center of a band, in a way that we only know from legends!
His music sits so much in the groove that you can't help but dance along yourself. Hearing him perform is a big mix of Freddie Mercury, Herbie Hancock and Al Jarreau”
-Jo Dautzenberg(Stichting Heerlen Jazz)
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