Jeroen van Vliet piano

Autumn with Paul van Kemenade’s Final Call

An important event in my career happened back in 1989: together with Eric van Der Westen (double bass), Pieter Bast (drums) and Hans Sparla (trombone), we were asked by alto-player Paul van Kemenade to join and form his new Quintet. I worked 18 inspiring years in the band, learning an incredible amount of skills, gaining…

Levanter On Tour !

Starting from Eric’s Festival in Den Bosch on March 7th, Levanter is all set to kick off a big tour across the Netherlands. I can’t wait to hit the stage again with the two horn maestros, Eric Vloeimans (trumpet) and Kinan Azmeh (clarinet). Check out the ‘Concerts’ section on this website for all the venues…

coming up

It has been silent on my website, although not in real life. The coming months will be exciting: there will be the release of 2 albums, a great recording with flugelhorn-player Angelo Verploegen, and later the big production of the Markus Stockhausen Group with guests, among them the great guitarist Nguyên Lê. Furthermore a grand…

    • "Van Vliet is one of these rare talented artists who can clarify musical character."
      Rinus van der Heijden, jazzenzo.nl

      "Pianist Jeroen van Vliet is a master of nuance. His playing is enchanting, emotional and full of fantasy."
      Armand Serpenti, Trouw

      "After 60 minutes, one knows what beauty in improvised music means..."

      Hans-Jürgen von Osterhausen, Jazzpodium

      "His music is full of suspense, withheld resilience and the guts to use silence in a functional way."
      Coen de Jonge, Jazzism