Jeroen van Vliet piano

Album ‘Life, you are beautiful’ with Kristina Fuchs, and album ‘(DV)2’ with DaviT

Last month, two new albums were released, both very distinctive and special.The first is Life, You Are Beautiful, by Kristina Fuchs and myself—an eclectic collection of original pieces, mainly by Kristina, with lyrics by Wislawa Szymborska.The second album is by DaviT (Dave van den Dries), to which I contributed piano tracks.Enjoy listening!

2 new albums

Early 2025, two beautiful CDs will be released, and I have the pleasure of being involved in both. The first is the album ‘Freeze of Life’ by vocalist Sanne Rambags, featuring stunning, serene, and emotional pieces she has written, inspired by the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The second album, ‘Flod Og Fjara’, is…

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…

    • "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