Maxime Bender ‘Universal Sky’ | Amersfoort World Jazz Festival 2023

Maxime Bender ‘Universal Sky’ (LU) presents: Daniel Migliosi Endorsed Talent of Echternach Trifolion Mixing contemporary post-bop with elements of soul-jazz , Maxime Bender’s Universal Sky make unashamedly contemporary music that majors on melody and flow. Individual, but recalling Wayne Shorter, the leader’s tenor and soprano saxophone works over beds of guitar, organ and drums that stay harmonically open, mobile and always graceful. Maxime Bender’s composition are influenced by all kinds of musical genres throughout his life, from rock and pop to classical and jazz. Bender constantly seeks to evolve, be it as an instrumentalist or as a composer. For this concert, Bender invites young trumpet player Daniel Migliosi to join him on the stage as ‘endorsed talent’ of Echternach Triofolion. Maxime Bender – saxophone Manu Codjia – guitar Jean-Yves Jung – organ Jérôme Klein – drums Daniel Migliosi – trumpet Mixing contemporary post-bop with elements of soul-jazz , Maxime Bender’s Universal Sky make unashamedly contemporary music that majors on melody and flow. Individual, but recalling Wayne Shorter, the leader’s tenor and soprano saxophone works over beds of guitar, organ and drums that stay harmonically open, mobile and always graceful. Maxime Bender’s composition are influenced by all kinds of musical genres throughout his life, from rock and pop to classical and jazz. Bender constantly seeks to evolve, be it as an instrumentalist or as a composer. For this concert, Bender invites young trumpet player Daniel Migliosi to join him on the stage as ‘endorsed talent’ of Echternach Triofolion. Maxime Bender – saxophone Manu Codjia – guitar Jean-Yves Jung – organ Jérôme Klein – drums Daniel Migliosi – trumpet Sena Performers International Laureate Festival 2023 In 2023, the 5th edition of the Laureates event took place, for which ‘endorsed exceptional talents’ were selected from all parts of the world: Poland, South Africa, India, Australia, France, Italy, Lithuania, Thailand, Luxembourg, Spain, and The Netherlands. The Laureates Festival gives these young artists the opportunity to present their talent during full- length concerts, not only to a broad audience, but also to the attending international festival organizers and international press. https://worldjazznetwork.com https://amersfoortjazz.nl