The NRJ Orchestra of the Netherlands is an outstanding example of how contemporary, original, authentic and free can modern jazz big band be. Its performance of absolutely unbound by conventions, and does not lack detachment as well as the wish to play jazz absolutely without any academism. The ensemble radiates vital energy, authorial invention, performing sovereignty and pure joy of playing. The combination of NRJO with the phenomenal jazz guitarist Anton Goudsmit will offer exceptional experience appealing to adherents of all spectra of modern jazz.