Arno Krijger

Scofield Tribute Duketown
2025-06-08 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | duketown, den bosch, Netherlands
invitation to relive and replay the beautiful songs of the great John Scofield – Aron Raams gtr
Marc Schenk – drums and Sven Happel bass.
special guests Tom Beek tenorsax and Michelle Davids – vocals

Festival Leidse Hofjes
2025-06-08 13:00 - 17:00 | leidse hofjes, Leiden, Netherlands
exact location to be announced
Stijn van de Weteringen Saxophone
Tim Hennekes drums
Arno Krijger – Hammondorgan & pedals

Arbenz-Osby-Krijger HAMSESSIONS
2025-06-07 | HAMSESSIONS, GENT, Belgium
Festival in Gent – Belgium – HAMSESSIONS

Arbenz-Osby-Krijger in Birdland
2025-05-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Birdland Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Nieuwe Veste Big Band
2025-05-30 | Breda Jazz Festival, Breda, Netherlands

Arbenz-Osby-Krijger TOUR 14-25 May
2025-05-16 08:00 - 2025-05-23 17:00

Arbenz-Osby-Krijger
2025-05-11 | Dumont Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Scofield tribute
2025-03-19 08:00 - 17:00 | bussel, oosterhout, Netherlands
invitation to relive and replay the beautiful songs of the great John Scofield – Aron Raams gtr

Florian Arbenz trio
2024-11-30 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-29 08:00 - 17:00 | basel
touring with Florian Arbenz (drums) – Jorge Vistel (trp) and me on the Hammond organ & pedals

Florian Arbenz trio
2024-11-28 08:00 - 17:00 | peltjazz, Belgium

Robotkiller
2024-11-16 08:00 - 17:00 | DJS, Dordrecht, Netherlands

Hammond Sandwich ft. Paul van Kemenade
2024-10-13 08:00 - 17:00 | paradox, Willem II straat, Tilburg, Netherlands
Paul van Kemenade – altosax // Jeroen Doomernik – trumpet // Carlo de Wijs – Hammondorgan & pedals // Arno Krijger – Hammondorgan & pedals // Chris Strik – drums

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-21 | veneto jazz, Venice, Italy
touring with Florian Arbenz (drums) – Greg Osby (alto) and me on the Hammond organ & pedals

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-20 | Birdland, Neuburg, Germany

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-19 | Pappelgarten, Reutlingen, Germany

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-18 | Kulturforum, Villach, Austria

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-17 | jazzdock, Prague, Czech Republic

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-16 | Bayerischer Hof, Munchen, Germany

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Jazzkongress, Freiburg, Germany

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER
2024-04-14 | trafohaus, Jena, Germany

ARBENZ/OSBY/KRIJGER tour
2024-04-13 | hothouse Jazz, Leiden, Netherlands

Nils Wogram's Nostalgia
2024-02-28 08:00 - 17:00 | jazzclub Zurich, zurich, Switzerland

Nils Wogram's Nostalgia
2024-02-27, 2024-02-26 | maennedorf, Maennedorf, Switzerland
rehearsal for upcoming recordings

Nils Wogram's Nostalgia
2024-02-25 | Horgen jazzclub, Switzerland
we’ll play a gig in Horgen (near Zurich)

Nils Wogram's Nostalgia
2024-02-24 | Trombone festival, Basel, Switzerland
We’ll play at the Trombone Festival in Basel with Bart Van Lier and Jiggs Whiggham as guests

Arbenz/Osby/Krijger
2023-11-19 | Porgy & Bess, Noordstraat, Terneuzen, Netherlands
Florian Arbenz – drums // Greg Osby – saxophones // Arno Krijger – organ & pedals
Touring Italy/Germany/Switzerland/ Holland

Arbenz / Krijger / Osby: Conversation #9: Targeted
By Chris May
March 22, 2023

This mind-bending album skewers any notion that modern-day organ trios are all unimaginative bores churning out reheated cliches lifted from Blue Note and Prestige albums of the 1950s and ’60s.
With that stereotype in mind, one would hesitate to apply the term “organ trio” to the collaborative group on Targeted. But its instigator, the Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz, uses the description in his liner notes when introducing Hammond organist Arno Krijger. Arbenz actually calls the band a “slightly unusual organ-trio,” proving that it is not only the English who can make with the understatement.
Even so, considering that the lineup is completed by saxophonist Greg Osby, in magnificent form, even Arbenz’s nuanced description might seem a bit of a stretch, if not plain inadequate.
When Krijger’s solo kicks in at 3:43 on track one, however, the choice of words is justified within seconds. The sound is not just menacing, it positively snarls at you. The track is Eddie Harris‘ “Freedom Jazz Dance,” though like the other two standards to be heard, Victor Feldman‘s “Seven Steps To Heaven” and George Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy,” the version here is so radically rebooted that one would be forgiven for barely recognising it. The other tracks are Arbenz’s “Sleeping Mountain” and “Old Shaman” and Osby’s “Vertical Hold.”
Between the six tracks there is enough light and shade—enough snarling and caressing—to deliver a wonderfully well-rounded forty-minutes of listening pleasure. And it is by no means just Krijger’s show. Osby, on alto and soprano, is consistently intriguing, whether at full throttle or crooning. Arbenz is a vivid colourist and beat provider and his opening solo on “Seven Steps To Heaven” is among the album’s (many) highlights. As organ trios go, this is definitely one step beyond. Hopefully, a second album will follow. Meanwhile, this one is a killer.
Postscript: Targeted is not Arbenz and Osby’s first time on record together. The duo have been an on-off item since 1998, and in 2020 released the self produced and highly recommended Reflections Of The Eternal Line. That year, by the way, was an unusually good one for saxophone and drums albums, with, out of the US, drummer Ted Poor and alto saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo‘s perfect little masterpiece, You Already Know (Impulse!).

Track Listing
Freedom Jazz Dance; Sleeping Mountain; Vertical Hold; Seven Steps To Heaven; I Loves You Porgy; Old Shaman.
Personnel
Additional Instrumentation
Greg Osby: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Arno Krijger: Hammond organ; Florian Arbenz: drums, percussion.

Arbenz/Osby/Krijger
2023-11-18 | Rathaus Jever, Berlin, Germany

arbenz/Osby/Krijger
2023-11-17 | paradox, Willem II straat, Tilburg, Netherlands
