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Video of Boogie Woogie Duet Martijn Schok & Ricky Nye

For a live video recording of the boogie woogie duet 'Ricardo Y Martino' by Martijn Schok and Ricky Nye, please click on the picture. Performed during the wonderful boogie woogie festival in Newport, Kentucky, USA: the Ninth Annual Blues & Boogie Piano Summit.

This recording is issued on the live CD '
Ninth Annual Blues & Boogie Piano Summit', produced by Ricky Nye and is for sale.

This recording and many others have been recorded on November 10th 2007 in The Historic Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky, USA.

With Ricky Nye, Martijn Schok, Greta Holtrop, Ann Rabson, Christoph Rois, Bekah Williams, George Bedard, Brian Aylor en, John Schmidt.


 



Opening Boogie Festival 2008

At the right side of this page, you'll see the opening boogie woogie of the International Boogie Woogie Festival Holland 2008.

The DVD impression of the festival is being produced this month. With, amongst others Henry Butler (USA), Little Willie Littlefield (USA), Don 'Papadon' Washington (USA), Jean-Pierre Bertrand (F), Renaud Patigny (B), Martijn Schok and the Kia Light Singers (Africa).

We'll keep you informed about the release of the DVD via this website and www.boogiefestival.nl. You can also apply for the Newsletter by clicking here.

 


Opening Boogie Woogie Festival, 8 maart 2008


New CD Solo Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano

The new CD "Solo Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano" by Martijn Schok is available now!

With 19 boogie woogie and piano blues tracks, including 14 previously unreleased live, studio and private home recordings and a selection of 5 early studio recordings.

All tracks are solo piano pieces with a total playing time of 1h02m.

The CD costs 20 Euro or US$ 30.00 each, excluded shipping costs. For shipping cost information, please click here.

Produced by Martijn Schok
Mastered by Pieter Boer
Graphic Design by Sjef Athmer

(P) & (C) 2008 Schok Records

For more information and to order, please click here.

 



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New CD Ninth Annual Blues & Boogie Piano Summit

The new live CD of the Boogie Woogie Festival in Newport, Kentucky, USA, the "Ninth Annual Blues & Boogie Piano Summit" has been released.

This sold out festival took place on November 10th 2007 in the Historic Southgate House in Newport. Besides Martijn en Greta, performers were pianists Ricky Nye, Ann Rabson and Christoph Rois. Also with singer Bekah Williams and guitar player George Bedard.

The CD of this festival costs 20 Euro or US$ 30.00 each, excluded shipping costs. For shipping cost information, please click here.

Produced by Ricky Nye and Art Caddell.
Mixed by Ricky Nye and Art Caddell
Graphic Design by Matthew De Rhodes - Marsh, Inc.

(P) & (C) 123 Records, 2008.

For more information and to order, please click here.
 



Internationales Dixieland Festival Dresden 2008

16 and 17th of May, the Martijn Schok Boogie & Blues Band performed four times during the Internationales Dixieland Festival Dresden 2008, in Dresden, Germany.

The festival is one of the worlds biggest jazz festivals. A recording of the song "Let The Four Winds Blow" performed by the Martijn Schok Boogie & Blues Band will be issued on the 'sampler CD' of this festival, as produced by the organisation of the event, and will be available via this website.
 


Jazzfestival Dresden


CD Let The Four Winds Blow

The new CD of the Martijn Schok Boogie & Blues Band is available now!
The CD costs 20 Euro or US$ 30.00, excluded shipping costs. For shipping cost information, please click here.

The name of the album is "Let The Four Winds Blow", after the famous composition by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Besides this groovy piece, the CD features more New Orleans compositions and of course boogie woogie and piano blues.

The recording sessions took place in January 2008 in Studio Greenfields Forever in Amsterdam of bandmember and studio technician Rinus Groeneveld. Graphic design and mastering of the album were done by drummer Maarten Kruijswijk.

Produced by Martijn Schok
Mixed by Rinus Groeneveld, Martijn Schok en Maarten Kruijswijk
Mastered by Maarten Kruijswijk
Graphic Design by Maarten Kruijswijk

(P) & (C) 2008 Schok Records


For more information and to order, please click here.


 




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Sold-Out International Boogie Woogie Festival Holland 2008


The International Boogie Woogie Festival Holland 2008 was a sold-out succes. The festival took place on March 8th 2008 in hotel Heerlickheijd van Ermelo. A DVD video impression of the event will be produced which will be available via the festival website.

Martijn invited six boogie woogie piano players from all around the world during his festival in Ermelo. See picture: l-r: Renaud Patigny (Belgium), Little Willie Littlefield (USA), Jean-Pierre Bertrand (F), Henry Butler (USA), Rob Rio (USA) and Don 'Papadon' Washington (USA).

Martijn Schok and his band accompanied the artists during this event. The next edition of the festival will be March 7th 2009. See www.boogiefestival.nl for more information, or contact Martijn Schok.
 

Invited by Martijn for the festival in 2008 were:
Renaud Patigny, Little Willie Littlefield, Jean-Pierre
Bertrand, Henry Butler, Rob Rio and
Don 'Papadon' Washington
Click on the picture for a bigger version.


Boogie Woogie Documentary


Martijn's performance during the International Boogie Woogie Festival Holland 2007 will be included in a new USA documentary about boogie woogie. This documentary is in its production process in 2008.
 

Martijn Schok during the International
Boogie Woogie Festival Holland 2007


Martijn Schok CDs of 1998 and 1996 available again

The CDs
Trainride (1998) and Doin' The Boogie Woogie (1996) of the Martijn Schok Boogie Woogie Trio are available again.

To order the CDs, please click on the CD page of this website.

 


Trainride (1998) - Available again!


Doin' The Boogie Woogie
(1996) - Available again!

 
Package show Little Willie Littlefield & the Martijn Schok Band

The legendary pianist/singer Little Willie Littlefield (Houston, Texas, USA) and Martijn Schok have started a sucessful musical cooperation.

Starting in 2007, both pianists can be booked in a new and spectacular Package Show, entitled "Little Willie Littlefield & the Martijn Schok Band".

A swinging musical program with the real blues, boogie woogie, rhythm 'n blues en jazz.


 


Little Willie Littlefield & the Martijn Schok Band (photo: Toon Bugner)



Boogie Woogie and Piano Blues Newsletter

Would you like to be informed about the latest news and interesting information about Boogie Woogie and Piano Blues? Then you can apply for the Boogie Woogie & Piano Blues Newsletter of the Boogie Promotions Holland Foundation.

Monthly, you will receive interesting news and information about new Boogie Woogie CDs, DVDs, concerts and the International Boogie Woogie Festival Holland.

The newsletter is free of charge...

To apply for the Newsletter, please click here.

 



Martijn Schok Boogie & Blues Band
(photo: Toon Bugner)