What an opportunity to perform solo at one of the greatest jazzfestivals in the world! The atmosphere was concentrated and good, here’s a review (in Dutch..):
Solo-concert @ North Sea Jazz Festival, great review
- July 25th, 2015
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Halfway tour, great concerts to come
- June 2nd, 2015
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The tour of all the groups involved meets many people enjoying the music. They did so in Middelburg, Amsterdam, Utrecht, at Jazz in Duketown in Den Bosch, and on many more stages throughout the country. The MOON TRIO receives great reception, The Zeeland Suite is going strong and appears to be a true festival-band, and in the meantime Estafest shows it’s great flexibillity and OGU keeps growing musically.
Please check out the next row of concerts that are coming up. And enjoy!
Buma Boy Edgar Prize Tour..! Release of the Zeeland Suite Revisited-The Movie & introducing Jeroen van Vliet Moon Trio
- March 24th, 2015
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On the first of may we will present at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam the brand new DVD / CD of the Zeeland Suite Revisited – The Movie. On the 2nd of may we’ll be performing at Paradox, Tilburg.
The coming months will be busy with many concerts throughout the Netherlands, please check the agenda on this site under Concerts.
Besides the Zeeland Suite Revisited, my new Moon Trio will perform, playing all new compositions. With Gulli Gudmundsson (bass) and Mark Schilders (drums) and a new set-up of effects on both piano and bass.
There will be concerts of Estafest, trio OGU and myself piano-solo within this tour.
I hope to see you at one of the concerts!
Concert-evening Buma Boy Edgar-Prize 14 december at the Bimhuis
- November 17th, 2014
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Preparing the evening of december 14 at the Bimhuis for the prize-giving ceremony and all the music that we will perform: the preparation itself is already a pleasure. Many great musicians will perform in different settings, people who travel from great distances like South-Africa (Carlo Mombelli) and Berlin (Claudio Puntin), Köln (Afra Mussawisade, Etienne Nillesen) and Brussels (Erwin Vann). I’m very proud and honored to play that night with these line-ups:
trio Ogu:
Bram Stadhouders, guitar
Etienne Nillesen, percussion,
with special guest: Claudio Puntin, bassclarinet
Duo with Eric Vloeimans, trumpet
Estafest
Oene van Geel, viola
Anton Goudsmit, guitar
Mete Erker, reeds
duo with Carlo Mombelli, bass & effects
Sikeda
Erwin Vann, tenorsaxophone & effects
Jörg Brinkmann, cello &effets
Afra Mussawisade, percussion, samples
Pascal Vermeer, drums
Carlo Mombelli, bassguitar
– suprise-act –
DJ Peer Vos will bring fresh and happy music in the cafe up till 3 am.
Looking forward to meet you at the Bimhuis december 14!
Eno Supo nominated for Edison
- October 10th, 2014
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Estafest’s second album, ‘Eno Supo’, is nominated for the’Dutch Grammy’, the Edison. The catagory is National Jazz.
The other 2 nominees are Batik and the Sebastiaan van Bavel Trio.
Eno supo is Estafest’s first studio-recording with compositions of all 4 musicians: Oene van Geel, Anton Goudsmit, Mete Erker and Jeroen van Vliet.
Check it out at www.estafest.com
Jeroen van Vliet has won the Buma Boy Edgar Prijs 2014, the Netherlands’ most prestigious and honourable jazz award. The laudatory jury, chaired by Frank Bolder, called Van Vliet “humble”, “pure”, but at the same time “versatile” and with a “strong personality”. A masterly piano player with a big fantasy and courage to experiment, whose characteristic own language and open mind make him sound convincing in different genres. According to the jury Jeroen van Vliet is “one of the few poets of the Dutch improvised music, who is never tempted to compose in unnecessary complicated forms, but always remains faithful to a beautiful sound.”
On september 5, 6 and 7 2014 the new Zeelandsuite 2014 was performed on 6 locations within the province of Zeeland. The music, written by Jeroen van Vliet, is groovy and catchy. Here’s a review from jazzenzo
compositions: Jeroen van Vliet
Joris Roelofs – clarinets
Joris Postumus – alto saxophone
Mete erker – tenor and soprano saxophone
Anton Goudsmit – guitar
Jeroen van Vliet – piano
Frans van der Hoeven – double bass
Pascal Vermeer – drums
Release cd’s OGU and Wait
- June 16th, 2014
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In januari of 2014 Jeroen van Vliet launched two albums. His second solo-album, Wait, recorded at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo, is a reflective album of strong imagery.
The adventurous music of trio OGU, with Bram Stadhouders (guitar, laptop), and Etienne Nillesen (percussion), is from another world, dreamlike, ambient.
Both albums are covered in a beuatiful painting by Dutch visual artist Robert Zandvliet.