Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
So we wanted to look like a very unconventional chef and singer…. so we turned ourselves into Rockstars! With the fantastic make-up skills by Anja Mendillo and the view and photographic eye of Trudy Giordano we made this glam pictures!…
This summer Teddy and I decided to collaborate in this experimental event called : ChocoJazz! 1 night, 10 courses, 10 songs, 100 guests: It was a huge success. The NieuwPlaatz was packed with amazing people, enjoying amazing food, drinks, art and…
September 2016 this amazing young Dutch photographer came to visit New York for her new project; Streetnotes. A travel website where she interviews and films musicians in their favorite spot in New York. She contacted me and we met up…
August 2015 Very exciting was playing 3 nights in the Blue Note Jazzclub with Kenny Werner and his New Quintet with John Patitucci (bass), Chris Potter(sax), Marcus Gilmore(drums) and Ambrose Akinmusire(trumpet). They are all leading musicians in today’s jazz scene…
Please check out my latest video, and interview, made by Christopher and Jenny for their blog Leiden Living!! I’m playing my new original song “why wouldn’t you …. with ipad loops!
ChocoJazz is a collaboration between myself, jazz musician Vivienne Aerts and pasty chef ChocoTed. We host occasional livestream web shows containing live jazz and live pastry preparations. Secondly, we also host live events where we share sweet culinary one bites…
Ok, a little update for now. After graduating in Berklee I had a long break – almost 3 months – in the Netherlands. It was so great to be back and see my family and friends and have some quiet…
After a long period of closing, finally the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague re-opened after their renovation. They did an amazing job, and if you haven’t gone, please do so. Their collection houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists…
Last weekend I went to Boston Illuminus Festival, an evening with lights projected on buildings, interactive art and technology. More info on http://illuminusboston.org/ Here some pictures 🙂
On Sunday Oct 12th I went to the Honk festival in Harvard square that has been going on for a while. Three days of parade, taptoe, street and swing bands. What a blast, I was so happy that I saw…
Here are just some pictures of my tour-week with Jernej Bervar from Slovenia. Jernej is a fantastic guitar player and he and his girlfriend stayed with us in Leiden, Netherlands. We had a blast, lots of concerts, played for Beatrix…
Just a couple of days after I got back to the Netherlands for my summerbreak, Terence Blanchard was playing with his band in the Bimhuis. He invited me and Ted to come to the show. It was packed, and everybody…
