Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Just something cute and funny; Clark Terry, amazing trumpet player starts scatting and …. mumbling! Recently a documentary about his life “Keep on Keepin’ about his life was made. Please check it out on http://keeponkeepinon.com/ Here the mumbling clip, enjoy!…
What I’ve been working on these days? – Air 🙂 A while ago I had class – with Danilo Perez and Joe Lovano (!!!). And I had to sing a song with the band. After the song Joe commented that…
Eindelijk, Bob Mover heeft een nieuwe cd (juni 2013) en ik zag hem in Boston een optreden met gitarist Joe Cohn en drummer Bob Gullotti in oktober. Joe Cohn volg ik al jaren en het was geweldig om Bob nu…
Recently I am taking a class about creativity in the music. We go to the Museum of Fine Arts, we choose a painting and then we have to write a composition to the painting. This class gave me a lot…
This evening I went out with Dimphna, a Dutch friend of mine who is doing her PHD at Harvard Medical School/ Dana Farber. There was live music near the prudential center, in the lobby of the Mandarin Hotel. It was…
November 2013 I played my first gig in NYC, in the metropolitan room in Manhattan. A full hour concert with all original songs. Really exciting! I spend a lot of time working out the program, doing the marketing and preparing…
For a while – after getting my master degree as a Psychologist in the Netherlands I’ve been working in a private practice. Since I got to Berklee I have been (only) using these skills in my music using it as…
Greg Hopkins is een dinosaurus, hij was overal bij, hij speelde met de grootste namen (Dizzy, Ella en Stevie Wonder…) en is met zijn xx jaar nog steeds ‘on the scene’. Zo schreef hij bijvoorbeeld alle arrangementen voor de tour…
Why do we play answers? by VIVIENNE AERTS & ANGELO GREGORIO Ik zou nog langer kunnen blijven in Parijs, maar ik voelde dat het goed was. Ik was bijna een maand op tour en ik weet nu wel wat uit…
This week I received the news that the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds has awarded me with a scholarship, in order to finish my studies in Berklee! I’m very happy and honored and I would like to thank the Cultuurfonds and the…
Last week I met Lee Ritenour because he was in the jury of the Montreux guitar competition. There I was with Leandro Pellegrino, my Berklee School mate, who won the competition. Lee told us that he would be in Paris…
Today (Tuesday 15 October) there was a special event in Berklee. They brought the Gagaku ensemble from Japan. They would perform in the evening in the Berklee Performance Centre, and, during the lunch break they would do a clinic to…
