Rap
Just a little laughter…. this guy is amazing: KAMP Livestock Cattlerap Sessions 2014 – Rhett Parks from studiokamp on Vimeo.
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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…
Kenny Garrett in Regattabar
Tonight I went to Kenny Garret with my friend Gabriela. This amazing saxophonist has been in the scene for over 40 years and he played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard Woody Shaw, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers…
Mumbles
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!…
Taking a breath with Danilo Perez and Joe Lovano
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…
Bob Mover
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…
Birds
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…
Lawyers and trees
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…
Concert Metropolitan Room NYC
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…
Workshop Mindful Improvisation
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…
Over Greg Hopkins en zijn magie
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…
Recording – Between Paris and Leiden
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…