Undercurrent Quartet & Pedro Ivo Ferreira

In 2025 Undercurrent Trio & Suzan Veneman had their 'Cloud Song The Netherlands Tour' and played concerts at o.a. TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), BIMhuis (Amsterdam), Paradox (Tilburg), Jazz in Wageningen, Hot House (Leiden), Nieuw & Diep (Den Helder), Sound of Europe (Breda).

"★★★★☆ It is really to be hoped that Suzan Veneman will be heard a lot more with the Undercurrent Trio of reed player Iman Spaargaren, who last year released the equally exciting and sparkling album Cloud Song" (Gijsbert Kamer, de Volkskrant, concert review)

"On 'Cloud Song' the trio has invited a fourth kindred spirit. Suzan Veneman, a pleasantly idiosyncratic trumpeter with a beautiful sound" (Robin Arends, Jazzism)

‘Cloud Song’ is pure beauty compressed onto a small silver disc" (Tom Beetz, Jazzflits)

"The album ‘Cloud Song’ can easily be set to ‘repeat’ to discover the intensely colorful sound contrasts and playful interactions" (Bernard Lefèvre, Jazzhalo)

Short Biographies:
Jazz trumpet player Suzan Veneman is quickly establishing her place on the scene, capturing audiences with her adventurous and soulful sound. Comfortable with many genres in of modern music, she can be seen playing with a wide variety of bands, including the Beets Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra, the Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Zack Lober’s NO FILL3R, Sprank, the Patrieck Bonnet Quintet and her own ambitious projects ‘Zinder’ and the Suzan Veneman Sextet.

Iman Spaargaren plays different reeds. He was Young VIP in 2012 which gave him the opportunity to perform with his own group at renowned venues all through The Netherlands.
"Melody and lyricism are strong features of saxophonist and composer Iman Spaargaren. With clear expositions he wanders on paths leading to adventure" (Jan Jasper Tamboer, het Parool).

North Sea Jazz Composition Prize winner Guillermo Celano plays guitar:
”Celano spices his cohesive compositions with stylistic quirks, creating intensely melodic and refreshing frameworks for improvisation – a rare gift” (Andy Hamilton, The Wire)
Guillermo has worked with o.a. Michael Moore, Joachim Badenhorst, Clemens van der Feen, Ellery Eskelin, Chris Cheek, Ingrid Laubrock, Gerard Kleijn, Joost Kesselaar, Robin Verheyen, Josef Dumoulin and Gorka Benitez.

Pedro Ivo Ferreira is a Brazilian bassist, composer and educator whose vision blends his Brazilian roots with a deep curiosity for improvisation and contemporary music. He studied double bass with Sizão Machado, before continuing his studies in Paris and Amsterdam, where he deepened his artistic vision under the guidance of Marc Buronfosse, Ernst Glerum and Frans van der Hoeven.
Now based in the Netherlands, Pedro is an active presence in the European jazz and improvised music scenes. He performs with projects such as Orè, Nefertiti Quartet, Federico Calcagno Octet and Cacha Mundinho. With the Nefertiti Quartet, he recorded four albums — Danses Futuristes (2015), Morse Code (2018), Frameless (2022), and Live in Paris (2023) — performing widely across Europe. The group was selected for Jazz Migration #5 and won the Euro Radio Jazz Competition in Copenhagen in 2019.
As a bandleader, Pedro explores the intersection of structure and spontaneity. With his ensemble Orè, he merges Brazilian rhythms with free improvisation and contemporary music. Their third album, Matter Antimatter (2025), reflects this ongoing dialogue between clarity and abstraction, form and formlessness. He also leads Noneto Desconcertante, a project dedicated to his own arrangements and compositions, and a tribute to Guinga.

Marcos Baggiani is a versatile drummer with firm roots in improvised music. Over the years he has been working with o.a. Sylvie Courvoisier, David Kweksilber, John Edwards, Ernst Reijseger, Han Bennink, Achim Kaufmann.