

The prize-winning Jazzmania big band at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam 2000

Jazzmania at the European Youth Big Band Festival in Harkany, Hungary, 2001

The Jazzmania Big Band winners of the Dutch National Big Band Competition, May, 2001

The Peter Guidi Quatet at the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois, France, June, 2002

The Jazzmania Big Band performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival, with 'Clifford Brown - Stan Getz Award' winner Joris Roelofs on alto sax

Peter Guidi accepting the 1st prize at the Dutch National Big Band Competition 2001. Jazzmania has won this competition five times. Go to the prize page for a complete list of prizes

Jazzmania at the Amsterdam Uitmarkt August, 2000

Peter Guidi performing with the 'Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw' for a live radio broadcast celebrating 30 years of the leading Dutch jazz radio program TROS 'Sesjun', May 2003

The Jazzmania big band at the Haarlem Jazz Festival, August 2002

Peter Guidi performing with the Jersey big band at the Jersey 'Jazz in the Park' Festival, 2004

Peter Guidi with the 'Holland Feel Good Jazz Award' presented for his work
in promoting jazz in The Netherlands.
February 2004
The Jazzmania big band - plus some past and some future members - during the CD presentation and 15th anniversary celebrations, October, 2004. Also to be seen (4th from the left) is the legendary trumpeter Benny Bailey who also appears as guest soloist on the band's latest cd 'Further Impressions'
Peter together with the late, great Benny Bailey at the CD presentation held in the Amsterdam BIM Huis, Holland's 'Temple of Jazz' October, 2004
Peter Guidi celebrating 15 years as leader of the Jazzmania big band at the BIM Huis, October, 2004
Peter on alto sax at the Sibiu Jazz Festival in Roumania, May, 2005

Peter leading the Jazzmania big band with guest soloist Anton Goudsmit who joined us for our third encore at the Sibiu Jazz Festival in Roumania, May, 2005

The Jazzmania Big Band at the famous 'Schlot' Jazz Club in Berlin, June 2005
The Peter Guidi Quartet performing a special concert at the Castello
dei Conti Guidi, Poppi, Italy, June 2005
Peter's prize-winning Jazz Juniors, plus educators Matt
Wilson and Jay Anderson, at the Langnau
Junior Jazz Festival in Swizerland, July, 2005.
Watch the Jazz Juniors in action - click on the link below for a video
on Youtube of the Juniors playing Charlie Parker's 'Crazeology' at the Langnau
Jazz Festival in Swtzerland. These young musicians can really swing and they
sure know how to have fun playing jazz music. Reminds you of what jazz is
supposed to be all about.
The Jazz Juniors on Youtube: Live in Langnau - Crazeology
The Peter Guidi Quartet at the Padova Porsche Jazz
Festival November, 2005 (photo: Francesco Martinelli)

Peter leading the Jazzmania Big Band at the Meerjazz Festival, May 2006.

Peter leading the Jazzfocus big band winners of the 1st Prize
in the Princess Christina Jazz Concours Big Band Category, December
2006.

Peter leading the Jazzfocus big band winners of the 1st Prize in their category at the International Big Band Competition Enschede, May 2007
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The Jazzmania Big Band at the Teatro Dei Differenti in Barga,
Italy home of the international Barga Jazz Festival, August 2007

The Jazzmania Big Band at the Riva Del Garda Festival, Italy,
August 2007
The Jazzmania Big Band at the Castello Guidi in Poppi,
Italy, August 2007

The Jazz Focus Big Band playing to a packed BIM Huis during
the presentation concert of their CD 'Focused', Amsterdam, January
2008

Peter Guidi accepting the 1st prize at the Dutch National Big Band
Competition 2008. This brings the total of prizes won by Peter's
bands to fifty two.

The latest edition of the Jazzmania big band winners of the 1st Prize in the Dutch National Big Band Competition 2008. Jazzmania has won this title no less than five times. For a complete list of the SIXTY FOUR PRIZES won by Peter's bands go to the prize page.

The Jazzmania Big Band performing at the Teatro Corallo during the
Divino Jazz Festival Naples, Italy, September 2008

The Jazzmania Big Band performing at the Molini Meridionali, during
the Divino Jazz Festival Naples, Italy, September 2008

Peter Guidi on flute leading the Jazz Mania Big Band during its 20th Anniversary
Celebration at the BIM Huis, Amsterdam, October 2008
Photo copyright Jazzbofoto Hans S. Sirk

Peters' Jazz Juniors one of the prize winners in the Prinses Christina Jazz
Competition, December 2008

Peter's Jazz Focus Big Band at Amsterdams' famous Toomler Club, March 2009


Peter in his 'don't mess with me' Italian suit during the Jazz In Paradise
show in the Paradiso, Amsterdam, March 2009

Peter and the Jazz Focus Big Band in a sold-out Paradiso during the Jazz In
Paradise concert, Amsterdam, March 2009

Peter and the Jazz Juniors in a sold-out Paradiso during the Jazz In Paradise
concert, Amsterdam, March 2009

Peter rehearsing the first edition of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Rotterdam
April, 2009

Peters' Jazz Juniors with Job Cohen the Mayor of Amsterdam, May 2009

Peter performing with the first edition of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra,
in the BIM Huis Amsterdam, May 2009

Members of the Jazz Juniors interviewed by Dutch National News (Een Vandaag,
Ned 1) after a performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival
with the Dutch National Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Peter Guidi, July
2009

Peter with the Jazz Focus Big Band performing during the Uitmarkt, Amsterdams'
annual music festival. August 2009

Members of Peter's Jazz Juniors appearing with Walter Hamel at the Tivoli,
Utrecht as part of the 1st Prize they received at the IJAZZ Awards, September
2009

Peter in his 'don't mess with the band leader' outfit celebrating his birthday
in the BIM Huis, Amsterdam (dig the Italian 'Correspondent' shoes!)

Peter and the Jazzmania Big Band during the Big Band Party in a sold-out BIM
Huis, Amsterdams' international jazz arena, January 2010

On 29 April 2010 Peter Guidi was awarded a Knighthood by the Dutch government
(Knight In The Order Of Oranje-Nassau) for his pioneering work in jazz education
in the Netherlands

The Jazz Juniors directed by Peter Guidi with Benjamin Herman as guest soloist
on alto sax in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 2010

Peter giving a workshop to the Straight Ahead Big Band at the Standard Bank
Jazz Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, July 2010

The Jazz Kidz directed by Peter Guidi appearing at the North Sea Jazz Festival
For Kids, July 2010

Peter's Jazz Juniors at the Junior Jazz Festival in Langnau, Switzerland,
July 2010

Peter conducting the Jazz Focus Big Band winners 1st Prize in the National
Prinses Christina Big Band Competition, November 2010

Peter performing with his Quartet at the Stavelot Jazz Festival, Belgium,
November 2010

The Jazz Focus Big Band directed by Peter Guidi during the second edition
of Jazz In Paradise in the Paradiso, Amsterdam, May 2011
Peter soloing with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw during the second
edition of Jazz In Paradise in the Paradiso, Amsterdam, May 2011

Peter and the Jazzmania big band featuring Mathilde Santing at the Jazz In Duketown Festival, Den Bosch, June 2011

Peter leading the Biggest Big Band Ever to play in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 2011

Peter performing on flute with the Biggest Big Band Ever in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 2011

Peter conducting the Jazz Focus big band 1st prize winners of the International
Big Band Competition, Kerkrade, October 2011
* To watch videos of Peter and his bands visit the Video Page. For a detailed biography of Peter Guidi go here. For a detailed biography of the Jazzmania big band go here. For a complete list of the SEVENTY SIX prizes won by the jazz department go here. For more photos and information about the Jazz Workshops, including the prize-winning Jazzfocus big band and Jazz Juniors, visit the Jazz Department page.