Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
We were ready for Christmas when we got a message from Shiho; ‘NHK, Japanese Television wants do to a mini-documentary about ChocoJazz, do you have any events coming up?’ Obviously, her deadline was approaching and the holidays were approaching, but we said:…
For the recording of NewVelle Records special Vinyl series, I was invited to sing a beautiful version of ‘Embraceable you’ with Kenny Werner, Dave Liebman, Terri Lynn Carrington, and James Genus!! What an honor to work with such heavy cats. It’s coming…
For this series of bloggy interviews, I’ve shared questions with young artists and musicians living in New York. This time: trumpeter and composer Nadje Noordhuis. I’ve met her through my friend and former neighbor Leala Cyr and I’m excited that she…
For this series of bloggy interviews I’ve shared questions with young artists and musicians living in New York. This time: vocalist and composer Song Yi Jeon. I’ve met her first while studying at Berklee College of music when we were…
Let me tell you a little bit about my collaboration with Robin Koerts. You might have seen some clips or pics on the internet of us performing at various shows, but it’s pretty hard to get what we actually do…
Coming back from Zutphen to New York felt a bit like coming home. But no time to sit down and relax, because we had another ChocoJazz show coming up! Since this year is the year of De Stijl – the art…
Rockwood Sunday afternoon March 19th ’17 Vadim Neselovskyi and I had an amazing gig in Rockwood, and we did a live stream via Facebook. Watch it here! The next one in Rockwood is April 16th, 3pm… see you there?
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
