Last week I was in Paris and visited Vandoren Paris on Rue Lepic 56, Montmartre, now main office, and back in the day clarinet and mouthpiece factory. Last time I visited was 5 years ago and Jean-Paul Gauvin was still working here, he retired 1,5 years ago. A few weeks ago I tested the new Vandoren mouthpiece V16 S+ and fell in love with it. Time to test some reeds. How would the red or green Java and V16 respond to it? After testing it, I came back to "my" ZZ jazz 3 reeds. For me, these reeds in combination of either this new mouthpiece or my old V16 A6 M are the best. After testing, we had some delicious lunch with one of the Vandoren experts, Pablo Trejo! Thanks Vandoren for endorsing me. Coming up: A new VandoJam (jazz session, sponsored by Vandoren)in Amsterdam. Stay tuned! Here's a video from last VandoJam at NeL.
It's on its way: My new jazz album. In this 1 minute video I take you with me on the journey that lead to making this.Save the dates:Dark Horse will be officially released on 30th of January 2026 on all channels. Right now we are finetuning the last bits. On 16th of January I will perform at Bimhuis. Secure your tickets now as I expect it to be busy!Needless to say right now we are working on more tour dates and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have ideas. Stay tuned and hope to see you at Bimhuis and/or one of the upcoming concerts. - Last week I was in Paris and visited Vandoren Paris on Rue Lepic 56, Montmartre, now main office, and back in the day clarinet and mouthpiece factory. Last time I visited was 5 years ago and Jean-Paul Gauvin was still working here, he retired 1,5 years ago. A few weeks ago I tested the new Vandoren mouthpiece V16 S+ and fell in love with it. Time to test some reeds. How would the red or green Java and V16 respond to it? After testing it, I came back to my ZZ jazz 3 reeds. For me, these reeds in combination of either this new mouthpiece or my old V16 A6 M are the best.After testing, we had some delicious lunch with one of the Vandoren experts, Pablo Trejo! Thanks Vandoren for endorsing me. Coming up: A new VandoJam (jazz session, sponsored by Vandoren)in Amsterdam. Stay tuned!Here's a video from last VandoJam at NeL.
