Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
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…
October 2012 This weekend there was an extra day holiday (because of Columbus 11 October)… so I met up with my Dutch friend from Boston – Thijs who is doing a phd about cancer treatment). We rented a car 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!!
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…
In mijn tijd hier in Boston heb ik al wat meegemaakt, Sandy (de sneeuwstorm in Februari) en Lucy (de orkaan in oktober) en de brand tijdens midterm week (vorig jaar maart)… Maar dit, dit is echt verschrikkelijk. Een bomaanslag, 2…
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…
Renzo – art wall V&D Op het moment dat je heimwee hebt naar het echte Nederlandse, je familie ver weg, je vrienden die je al te lang niet gezien hebt, mijn favoriete stad Leiden… is er altijd wel iemand die…
