Zuco 103 · North Sea Jazz Festival · 2001
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Live video · World · 2000s
Zuco 103 — North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, 2001
Why this recording
An official North Sea Jazz archive release, published in 2026 by the festival's channel, this tape documents the Sunday, July 10, 2005 show at the Paul Acket Paviljoen in The Hague. Zuco 103 were promoting a new album, Whaaa!, and the founding trio appears expanded to seven players: Alvin Lewis on guitar, Lesley Kühr on bass, plus Klaus Tofft and Sjam Sjamsoedin. Stefan Schmid and Stefan Kruger double on computer alongside keyboards and drums. At 1 h 15, the video matches the slot the festival listed, 8:30 to 9:45 pm.
Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue
A filmed live concert by Zuco 103 at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2001, then held in The Hague (Netherlands). Formed at the Rotterdam Conservatory, the group brings together Brazilian singer Lilian Vieira, keyboardist Stefan Schmid and drummer Stefan Kruger. Its music bridges Brazilian roots — bossa nova, samba — and European electronics, from nu-jazz to drum & bass by way of downtempo. This full concert conveys the cross-cultural energy of a band that shaped the electro-jazz scene of the early 2000s, carried by Lilian Vieira’s warm voice and by inventive rhythmic programming played live. The capture documents a performance at one of Europe’s most prestigious jazz festivals, at a pivotal time for genre fusion. A reference live concert for fans of world music, nu-jazz and electronic Brazilian sounds, this document shows Zuco 103 on stage in 2001, in a leading festival setting. An invitation to relive a filmed live concert where Brazil meets the machines.
Personnel & credits
- Lilian Vieira — vocals
- Stefan Schmid — keyboards
- Stefan Kruger — drums
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