Eric Vloeimans
Trumpet player Eric Vloeimans (b. 1963) initially studied classical music at the Rotterdam Academy of Music. He got interested in jazz after meeting musicians from that department and switched - graduating with distinction in 1988 and continuing his studies in New York, studying with Donald Byrd and gaining experience playing in the big bands of Frank Foster and Mercer Ellington. He practises classical studies to keep his technique up to scratch; enabling him to shape his improvisational ideas; putting classical music at the service of jazz.
However, "technique isn't everything", according to Vloeimans. Don Cherry is one of his favourite players, though technically limited. But, according to Vloeimans, he spills over with ideas; remembering seeing Cherry play with academy players in the front row; who came to see what Cherry would do wrong so they could get back to the bar. But after a few hours they were still listening breathlessly. To Vloeimans, this is much more important than a 'show-off' like Maynard Ferguson, whom he says only plays high and hard. He rather hears Miles Davis or Booker Little.
Besides being active with major Dutch jazz figures (including pianist Michiel Borstlap and cellist Ernst Reijseger) since 1989, Vloeimans has been involved in numerous international projects, most notably in his recording with US drummer Joey Baron, bassist Marc Johnson and pianist John Taylor, resulting in an Edison award for the album Bitches and Fairy Tales in 1999. Other collaborations include those with French/Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê, Swedish bassist/cellist Lars Danielsson and Finnish drummer/percussionist Markku Ounaskari, US bassist Jimmy Haslip, as well as projects with Norwegian composer Erik Lars Gudim and nu jazz pioneer Bugge Wesseltoft. In 2002 he received the most prestigious Dutch jazz award, the Boy Edgar Prize.
According to JazzTimes magazine, Vloeimans plays crisp and selfassured, embodying the articulate medolism of Clifford Brown plus many shades of Miles, without being imitative.
Offical website: www.ericvloeimans.com
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However, "technique isn't everything", according to Vloeimans. Don Cherry is one of his favourite players, though technically limited. But, according to Vloeimans, he spills over with ideas; remembering seeing Cherry play with academy players in the front row; who came to see what Cherry would do wrong so they could get back to the bar. But after a few hours they were still listening breathlessly. To Vloeimans, this is much more important than a 'show-off' like Maynard Ferguson, whom he says only plays high and hard. He rather hears Miles Davis or Booker Little.
Besides being active with major Dutch jazz figures (including pianist Michiel Borstlap and cellist Ernst Reijseger) since 1989, Vloeimans has been involved in numerous international projects, most notably in his recording with US drummer Joey Baron, bassist Marc Johnson and pianist John Taylor, resulting in an Edison award for the album Bitches and Fairy Tales in 1999. Other collaborations include those with French/Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê, Swedish bassist/cellist Lars Danielsson and Finnish drummer/percussionist Markku Ounaskari, US bassist Jimmy Haslip, as well as projects with Norwegian composer Erik Lars Gudim and nu jazz pioneer Bugge Wesseltoft. In 2002 he received the most prestigious Dutch jazz award, the Boy Edgar Prize.
According to JazzTimes magazine, Vloeimans plays crisp and selfassured, embodying the articulate medolism of Clifford Brown plus many shades of Miles, without being imitative.
Offical website: www.ericvloeimans.com
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
source: Last.fm
Gigs
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TIMUCIN SAHIN/TYSHAWN SOREY/ERIC VLOEIMANS
ENCOUNTER TURKEY
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MINSARAH & ERIC VLOEIMANS
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ERIC VLOEIMANS’ GATECRASH
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ERIC VLOEIMANS’ FUGIMUNDI
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PRESENTATION VPRO/BOY EDGAR PRIZE 2010 TO ANTON GOUDSMIT
ESTAFEST
DUO GOUDSMIT/DOOYEWEERD
FUGIMUNDI
PLOCTONES
YEDO GIBSON TRIO
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Afterparty:
At 24:00 at the Bimhuis café: afterparty with
NEW COOL COLLECTIVE
DJ JULES DEELDER
Free admission at 23:30. You can't make reservations for the afterpary, only entry when there is enough space
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ERIC VLOEIMANS’ GATECRASH
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COR FUHLER 4TET FEAT. Tony Buck, Wilbert de Joode, Michael Moore ERIC VLOEIMANS & FLORIAN WEBER
FILMCONCERT - THE CELLULOID JAM SESSIONS (in collaboration with Unheard Film Festival)
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BOJAN Z & ERIC VLOEIMANS
in collaboration with VPRO Radio
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Highlights from two years of Brokken evenings
CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN'S BROKKEN FESTIVAL
i.c.w. VPRO Radio
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After the show 23.00h free admission DJ PHILIPPONA Jazz Lost & Found
PAUL VAN KEMENADE
Presentation CD Two Horns and a Bass
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Presentation CD Finding The Way led by Yaniv Nachum
AMSTERDAM JAZZ ORCHESTRA & ERIC VLOEIMANS, JESSE VAN RULLER
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MICHAEL MOORE QUINTET
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afterwards 11.30pm free admission DJ PHILIPPONA Jazz Lost & Found
ERIC VLOEIMANS' GATECRASH
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Led by Henk Meutgeert
JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF THE CONCERTGEBOUW & GUESTS
25 YEARS FONDS VOOR DE SCHEPPENDE TOONKUNST & 60 YEARS DONEMUS
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OUTPUT FESTIVAL 2007 VLOEIMANS, VOERMANS EN BLOM DEDALO GUITAR PROJECT JAN AKKERMAN SOLO
i.s.m. Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, NPS Radio 4
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MORRICONE MOODS BY VITO BROTHERS FEAT. VITO STRINGS, SANNE VAN HEK EN RENE VAN BARNEVELD TRIO ERIC VLOEIMANS/JEROEN VAN VLIET/FAY LOVSKY
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i.c.w. Kulsan, IKSV
ONUR ATAMAN ENSEMBLE FEAT. ERIC VLOEIMANS SIBEL KOSE & MICHIEL BORSTLAP TRIO
TURKEY NOW - ISTANBUL VIBES
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Presentation CD Cream Cheese & Bagels
JAZZED TO THE MAX & SPECIAL GUEST ERIC VLOEIMANS
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MICHAEL MOORE QUINTET
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RAMON VALLE TRIO & ERIC VLOEIMANS
in collaboration with VPRO Radio
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30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2006 **Eric Vloeimans and Matthias Schriefl replace Jarmo Hoogendijk and Allan Botschinsky**
EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
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ERIC VLOEIMANS’ FUGIMUNDI
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MICHAEL MOORE QUINTET
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THE FINAL CONCERTS ON THE OUDE SCHANS
SEAN BERGIN/J.J. AVENEL/JOHN BETSCH FRANK VAN BOMMEL TRIO ERIC VLOEIMANS' FUGIMUNDI
i.s.m. VPRO Radio
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MICHAEL MOORE QUINTET
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ERIC VLOEIMANS & JOHN TAYLOR
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ERIC VLOEIMANS' FUGIMUNDI
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XLJAZZ ORKEST PLAYS MONK, MINGUS & MORE
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ERIC VLOEIMANS BRUTTO GUSTO
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DUTCH JAZZ MEETING 2002
aanvang: 20:30!
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ERIC VLOEIMANS & RITA MARCOTULLI TRIO
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HASLIP/BORSTLAP ELECTRIC BAND
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ERIC DOLPHY 2000
i.s.m. VPRO Radio
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ERIC VLOEIMANS & JARMO SAVOLAINEN TRIO
i.s.m. VPRO Radio
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ERIC VLOEIMANS TRANSATLANTIC QUARTET
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DEL FERRO/OVERWATER/PAEFFGEN/VLOEIMANS
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HASLIP/BORSTLAP ELECTRIC BAND
EXTRA CONCERT!
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MARTIN FONDSE OKTEMBLE
i.s.m. NPS en E.B.U. Radio
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MAIDEN VOYAGE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
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BIK BENT BRAAM
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DUTCH JAZZ MEETING
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ERIC VLOEIMANS TRIO & SCOTT TINKLER
I.s.m. VPRO Radio
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NIKS PROJECT / FUTURE MUSEUM
I.s.m. VPRO Radio
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TRIO BORSTLAP/ REIJSEGER/VLOEIMANS & TRIO GRATKOFSKY/HEMINGWAY/MANDERSCHEID
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ERIC VLOEIMANS KWARTET
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BIK BENT BRAAM 'VERZOEKNUMMERS'
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"YOUNG VIPS"
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CARMEN GOMES INC.
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THE NEW CONCERT BAND
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BIK BENT BRAAM
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GRUPO ZAMANAKITOKI
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BIK BENT BRAAM
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MICHIEL BORSTLAP SEXTET
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AREND NIKS PROJECT
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Bik Bent Braam
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Michiel Borstlap sextet
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Eric Vloeimans Kwartet
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Nieuwjaarsconcert: Maiden Voyage Jazz Orchestra
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Challenge Jazz Night: Eric Vloeimans Kwartet Leonardo Amuedo & Hein van de Geyn Bacan The Houdini’s
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Greatest Hits
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CAOUTCHOUC
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MICHIEL BORSTLAP SEXTET
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MAIDEN VOYAGE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
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THEO HOOGSTINS OCTET
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PIERRE COURBOIS' JUBILATION
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ERIC VLOEIMANS KWARTET
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ERIC VAN DER WESTEN OCTET
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CHAZZ!
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CAOUTCHOUC ORCHESTRA
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THEO HOOGSTINS OCTET
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Jubilation Pierre Courbois
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CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENCE
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Chazz!
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Vaalbleek Vokaal
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Maiden Voyage Jazz Orchestra
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Vaalbleek Vocaal
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Pb-5
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Dutch Connection
