BIRDtv: De Deeldeliers

BIRD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Rotterdamâs â BIRDâ is a club, cafĂŠ and restaurant with a live music programme that's deeply rooted in jazz, and also branches out towards soul, funk, hip-hop and electronic music as well. Its name âBIRDâ refers to the nickname of the legendary New York jazz saxophonist, bebop co-founder Charlie Parker (1920-1955). BIRD serves Neapolitan pizzas, good wines, no-nonsense beers and an all-round metropolitan rawness. Since 2014, this urban jazz club and DJAZZ.tv have been collaborating for a series of music programmes: âBIRD.tvâ, allowing you to experience the best BIRD concerts and interviews as from a first row seat! This episode is reserved for âDe Deeldeliersâ, featuring poet and so-called âNight Mayor of Rotterdamâ Jules Deelder (*1944). His poems cover Rotterdam city life, drug use, and jazz. In De Deeldeliers, he is accompanied by Hammond organist Bas van Lier, tenor saxophonist Boris van der Lek, and drummer Erik Kooger.