At Into The Great Wide Open, this year is all about order and chaos – how that which disrupts can actually be a breeding ground for change. Exactly that tension is what you hear in jazz: the genre where wrong notes do not exist, rules are thrown to the wind, and that's how the most beautiful things originate. The residents immerse themselves in that chaos. Five days without rules and frameworks, to do what jazz is all about: improvising.

And it doesn't stop there. The music initiated on the island will be recorded in The Womb in The Hague and presented live during Into The Great Wide Open. The album release will take place during the Super-Sonic Jazz Festival, between 18 and 22 November 2026. This six-month journey will be captured in a documentary, to be released around January 2027.

THE ARTISTS:

Siegfried Hart (drums): Introspective drumming talent whose Aruban roots resonate in every beat.

Euan Jenkins (drums): Luxembourgish Scot in Amsterdam who has been drumming since he could walk.

Deborah Slijkhuis (bass): Zwolle-based multi-talent on bass who prefers thinking in feelings rather than genres.

Bnnyhunna (keys): Edison winner, professional genre-bender and Super Sonic house cat who has collaborated with artists like Braxton Cook, Rimon, José James, Gaidaa, Arp Frique, and Akwasi.

Rafael Devánte Sinay (guitar & keys): renowned session guitarist living a double life as a hit songwriter for the likes of Bente and Kevin.

QUANZA (guitar): Afro-surrealist guitarist connects Hendrix with hip hop, all while challenging Western performance standards and passing through seven chakra gates.

Gino-Conchise (multi): 'Born from a coconut' multi-talent inspires humanity to seek inner silence, doing so with countless instruments.

Hatoon (vocals): Alias ‘the afrofuturistic fairy’. Weaves futuristic soul and Sudanese folk into an enchanting new sound. 

Tallulah Rose (sax): Scottish saxophonist and singer who previously turned Vlieland upside down with neo-soul band ROSEYE.

Diana Dzhabbar (sax): Afro-Ukrainian multi-instrumentalist who has already performed at ADE and collaborated with José James and Benjamin Herman.

Lezaam Beets (trombone): Versatile trombonist who lives for collaborations, preferably with as many people as possible at the same time.

Sydney Lowell (spoken word): Blends poetry with soul, both literally and figuratively. Her heartwarming sentences glow with love, justice and introspection.

Image by Angie Louws.