Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
This semester I’ve been selected to be a student ambassador for Berklee, supercool! “The Admissions Student Ambassadors give a first-hand account of what it means to be a Berklee student. Student Ambassadors represent the college and share their Berklee experiences…
One of my well respected private instructors in Berklee, Ed Saindon – vibraphone – has just released the first volume of his book-series. Its worth checking out. Its called the complete guide to improvisation and it codifies and explains the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
October 10th there was a concert by the Messenger Legacy. This band is an elite lineup of former members of one of jazz’s most influential bands, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. This configuration features bassist Reggie Workman, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison,…
Today (3 Oct) we had a amazing duo teaching our Global Jazz Forum: George Garzone and John Patitucci. They spoke about playing together, how to take and give space and then played this amazing duet! I’m so thankful for having…
Here a little movie of my performance during the masterclass Tierney Sutton gave last week (October 3rd 2013). It was superinspiring. I’m so thankful to be here in Berklee and being able to study in this amazingly inspiring environment!!
Mijn eerste recital in Berklee was tof, allemaal eigen nummers met een zevenkoppige band. Daarnaast was er een beamer presentatie met stopmotion video’s die ik had gemaakt. Ik heb hierover een blog geschreven voor Radio 6, JazzJong. Lees het hier:…
Met griep, kon ik al mn tentamens doen. Twas gelukkig wel al een beetje beter dan de week ervoor… (in het kader van “je kan maar beter je griep precies de week voor de finals plannen” – als je je…
Het is bijna niet bij te houden… ik spaar mn verhaaltjes maar op, met de gedachte ze dan later te posten… misschien moet ik een wekelijks momentje inlassen…op dit moment waait het ernstig. Orkaan Sandy raast rond en over een…
