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February, tour USA and Canada 10 Feb 2010

Hi,

Thanks for visiting this website.
I added some new music, some new bandinfo...

In december I played some very cousy duo concerts with the Belgium guitarist
Philip Catherine. We played some of his tunes, some by me. I liked the vibe, very intimate, not too much wanting, just enjoying. We decided to play more together, so to be continued..

In january the Michael Moore Quartet 'Fragile' toured in Holland and Belgium.
We played about a dozen concerts, everytime a different repertoire. Michael writes so much music, and all great inspiring stuff. In february we'll record our second album.

Last 9 days I played duo concerts with cellist Ernst Reijseger in de Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. This tiny theater is a special place, a lot of wood, the sound is very nice and the people are very friendly..However the theater has financial problems, since the rent went up 200%...Next week there's a festival to help the theater...I really hope a solution will be found.
It was very nice to play nine days with Ernst, lot of impro, looking forward to the next meeting.

Next week the Eric Vloeimans Fugimundi trio will start a tour in the US and Canada. Very much looking forward to play and tour with Eric and Anton. I'll update regularly...

New trio with the Norwegian bass player Mats Eilertsen, we recorded in Oslo, all the music by Mats and some improvisations. Listening back at the moment, some nice stuff!
Album coming out in autumn for the Norwegian label Grappa..