Jazz & Chocolate in NYC
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…
Tag: jazz
Singing for Beatrix
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…
Summer hang with Jernej & Tina
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…
Article in NRC next
Yesterday my name appeared in the Nrc Next – a Dutch national Newspaper. It was an article by Anouk Vleugels about crowdfunding. It tells about new ways to fund your studies, like I did before going to Berklee. Actually I’m…
Sesame Street & Jazz
A couple of weeks ago I saw somebody post an amazing cute little movie on Facebook. It was Sesame street. But, that was not all; it was a jazz episode! I’ve been talking with a friend of mine that has…
Boxes
During one of the Global Jazz classes – Creativity in the arts – my perspective on music changed. Our teacher was Anthony Scibilia and during the course we would work with different visiting artists like Joe Lovano, Danilo Perez, John…
NYC March 2014
There comes a point that I really need to go to NYC. Sometimes that city will mix you up and you’ll always get some new inspiration. I wanted to see my friend Joanne, and guitarist Joe Cohn, and my Parisian…
Duke Ellington playing baseball
Last semester I took a class with Greg Hopkins about arranging for large ensemble. Earlier I have been writing about how fantastic of a musician and teacher Greg is – click here to read more about him 🙂 … In…
Berklee Concert – Celebrating Blakey: A Jazz Messenger Reunion
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,…
Breakfast with bebop
One of my songs is called Breakfast with Bebop. Its about my former Hamster, his name was bebop and he loved jazz… Hamsters dont live long lives, but it was great fun having him around for a while… I hope…
Jong jazz blog… Berklee recital
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:…
NYC – zingen in Somethings Jazzclub
9 november 2012 Mijn fiets… Dus afgelopen vrijdagochtend ging ik met de bus naar NYC. Ik zou eerst op donderdag gaan, maar er was een wind waarschuwing en op woensdag had het super gesneeuwd. Raar weer hier aan de oostkust,…