CURRICULUM

2008 TIMBAZO Dutch tour “¡Gracias Joe Cuba!”

2008 TIMBAZO North Sea Jazzfestival  with Brian Lynch & José “Pepe” Espinosa.

         Sharing the stage with the Herbie Hancock Quintet.

2008 CABOCUBAJAZZ tour

2008 Cubop City Bigband tour Colombia, Aruba, Curaçao, Suriname

2008 Nueva Manteca Mexico

2008 Drums United Cyprus

2008 Nueva Manteca tour featuring Dave Valentín

2008 Cubop City Bigband tour featuring Andy Gonzalez

2008 Metropole Orchestra tour “Memorias De Cuba”

2008 Drums United tour "Rhythms Of The World”

2008 Various recording sessions: Cubop City Bigband, Metropole Orchestra,

         Nueva Manteca, Drums United, Latin Roma.

2007 Cd release party, founding of NILS FISCHER &  TIMBAZO

2007 Cubop City Bigband tour "Latin Divas"

2007 Bulgaria/Serbia tour Drums United

2007 Drums United tour "Ritmo Inferno"

2007 Recording session Doble Jugada

2007 Nueva Manteca tour "Motown Mambo"

2006 Nueva Manteca tour Colombia

2006 Recording session with Ramón & Elsa Valle in Budapest, Hungary

2006 Pure Jazz Festival Cubop City Big Band

2006 writing  articles for Dutch Magazine "Slagwerkkrant"

2006 Recording sessions for solo cd

2006 Nueva Manteca tour "My Fair Lady"

2006 Nueva Manteca Croatia

2006 North Sea Jazz Festival Cubop City Big Band

2006 Fabian Nodarse tour Belgium

2006 Drums United tour "Ritmo Inferno"

2006 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"

2006 Cubop City Big Band tour Bonaire & Curaçao

2006 Cubop City Big Band tour "Latin Vocal Explosion"

2005 Recording sessions in Madrid and in The Netherlands for solo cd

2005 Nueva Manteca tour "My Fair Lady"

2005 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"

2005 Cubop City Big Band tour "Tribute to Afro Cuba"

2005 Cubop City Big Band tour "Latin Guitar Explosion"

2005 Buena Vista Social Club concert  in  Brussels with Pio Leiva,  El Nene, Cotó  and Luís Frank

2004 Nueva Manteca tour with Orestes Vilató

2004 North Sea Jazz Festival

2004 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"

2003 Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Festival with Nueva Manteca

2003 Nueva Manteca tour "The Westside Story" with Jeroen van Merwijk

2003 Cubop City Big Band Tour "The Mambo Kings"

2002 Trip to Puerto Rico, sitting in with with Michael Stuart and other bands 

2002 till present with FABIAN NODARSE

2002 Nueva Manteca tour with Ralph Irrizarry

2002 Drums United tour "HIT"

2001 Trip to Cuba, playing & recording with members of  "Charanga Habanera"

  (supported by Dutch Ministry of Arts)

2001 Rumbata tour Greece

2001 Gerardo Rosales y su Trabucombo  tour with Frankie Vazquez & Roberto Quintero

2001 Euro Radio Big Band  Meeting for EBU 

2001 Descarga Amsterdam tour with Brian Lynch

2001 Cubop City Big Band tour with tresero Nelson Gonzales

2001 Cubop City Big Band France

2000 till present joins percussiongroup DRUMS UNITED

2000 Nueva Manteca  tour Israel

2000 North Sea Jazz Festival

2000 La Banda Iré in  Imatra Finland

2000 Carlos Matos tour

2000 Bomba Moderna France

1999 Trip to New York (supported by Dutch Ministry of Arts)

1999 Tour Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Curaçao & Aruba with the Cubop City Big Band

1999 Rumbata in Cape Verde

1999 Recording concert video with  "Combinaçao Malta Dumee" starring Carlos Malta

1999 North Sea Jazz Festival

1999 Cubop City Big Band tour with percussionist Armando Peraza

1999 Carlos Matos tour Cape Verde with Luis Morais and Ildu Lobo

1998 till present percussion teacher at Rotterdams Conservatory (CODARTS)

1998 Nueva Manteca tour with Luis Conte 

1998 Nueva Manteca at Salsa Festival Turku Finland

1998 Carlos Matos tour with Titina

1997 till 2001 with LA BANDA IRÉ, houseband in clubs: Amsterdam's "Meander", “De Pater”

1997 Nueva Manteca tour USA & Canada

1997 Nueva Manteca tour Denmark & Finland

1997 Cubop City Big Band tour with Edy Martinez

1996 Nueva Manteca on Trinidad & Tobago

1996 Nueva Manteca Jazzfestival Kouvola Finland

1996 North Sea Jazz Festival

1996 Cubop City Big Band tour with Chocolate Armenteros

1995 till present with CUBOP CITY BIG BAND

1995 Nueva Manteca tour with Claudio Roditi

1995 Nueva Manteca tour with Bobby Sanabria

1995 Nueva Manteca tour USA

1995 Nueva Manteca tour Germany

1995 Nueva Manteca tour Denmark

1995 “Award for outstanding service to jazz education” in Los Angeles

1994 till present with CARLOS MATOS

1994 Nueva Manteca tour with Orestes Vilató

1994 Nueva Manteca Leeds International Music Festival

1994 North Sea Jazz Festival

1994 Euro Jazz Night TV show

1993 till present teacher at the PENTATON PERCUSSION SCHOOL

1993 Nueva Manteca tour with Armando Peraza

1993 Nueva Manteca tour Porgy & Bess

1992 till present concerts at Dutch concert halls and tv shows such as Van Barend & Dorp,         

         VARA Laat, Reiziger, Klokhuis, Bert Visser.                    

1992 till present  with NUEVA MANTECA 

1992 Nueva Manteca with Giovanni Hidalgo

1991 until today playing in the Dutch jazz, worldmusic and Latin scene

1991 till 1996 studies at Rotterdams Conservatory, graduating Cum Laude

1988 tour in California, USA with highschool band

1988 extensive studies in Santiago de Cuba and Havana

1986 till 1991 busy in local jazz, worldmusic and Latin scene

1983 starts playing percussion

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS

Latin America & Caribbean

Medejazz, Medellín, Colombia 2008

Barranquijazz, Barranquilla, Colombia 2008

Aruba Jazz Festival 2008

Curaçao Jazz Festival 2008

Suriname Torarica Paramaribo 2008

Ollin Kan Festival, Mexico City 2008

Barranquijazz, Barranquilla, Colombia 2006

Bogotá Jazzfestival 2006

Bonaire Jazzfestival 2006

Curaçao Jazzfestival 2006

Heineken Jazz, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2003

Jazz Festival Sint Maarten 1997, 1999

Curaçao KLM Jazz Festiva 1994, 1997

Free Winds Jazzclub Aruba 1999

International Festival Bonaire1999

Pan Jazz Festival VIII Trinidad & Tobago1996

USA & Canada

S.O.B.’s New York City  1995

Congress of Jazz, Anaheim 1995

Catalinas, Los Angeles 1995

City Theater, San Diego 1995

Joshi’s, Oakland 1997

San José Jazzfestival 1997

Festival International de Montreal 1995

Toronto Jazz Festival 1995

Europe/Africa [selection]

North Sea Jazzfestival 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008 (with TIMBAZO)

Latin Village with TIMBAZO 2008

Dutch Blend Meeting with TIMBAZO 2008

Zomerterras Festival with TIMBAZO 2008

Cyprus Jazz Festival Limassol, Nicosia 2008

Pure Jazz 2006

Serbia Spancirfest Varazdin 2006

GreeceTessaloniki Salsa Festival 2001

Latin Dance Beats 2001

Euro Radio Big Band  Meeting 2001

Baia Das Gatas, Cape Verde 1999 [twice]

Jazzfestival Kouvola 1996, 2000

Latin Jazz Festival Iväskyla 1996, 2000

Copacabana Helsinki 2000

Imatra Big Band Festival 2000

Toros y Salsa Festival Dax 2000, 2001

Salsa Festival Turku 1998

Jazzhouse, Kopenhagen 1995, 1997

Århus Jazzfestival 1997

Euro Jazz Night 1994

Leeds International Music Festival 1994

Jazz Behind The Dikes 1995

NILS PERFORMED/RECORDED WITH:

Orestes Vilató

Armando Peraza

Giovanni Hidalgo

Michel Camilo

Andy Gonzalez

Alain Pérez

Metropole Orchestra

Issac Delgado

Pio Leiva

José “Pepe” Espinosa

Pedro Lugo ”El Nene”

Juan de la Cruz “Cotó”

Ralph Irizarry

Ramón Valle

Paquito de Rivera

Dave Valentin

Claudio Rodíti

Brian Lynch

Luis Conte

Bobby Sanabria

Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros

Roberto Vizcaino

Ali B.

Larry Harlow

Carel Kraayenhof

Edy Martínez

Nelson Gonzalez

John Benitez

Lilian Viera

Izaline Calister

Eveline Carels

John Santos

Karl Perazzo

Raúl Rekow

Rebeca Mauleón

Alberto “Molote” Muñoz

Luis Morais (Cesaria Evora)

Denise Jannah

Luis Frank

Laura Fygi

Manuel d’Novas (Cesaria

Sello LA (...sitting in)

Yolandita Rivera

Meñique

Chando Graciosa

Michael Stuart (...sitting in)

Tito De Gracia (...sitting in)

Roberto Quintero

Frankie Vazquez