Check out this nice poster for February's jazz concerts in Rotterdam.
I'll be playing at Lantaren Venster with trumpeter Cuong Vu and bassist Bob van Luijt on February 18. More on that soon.

Interview about Diamondway Buddhism and Lama Ole Nydahl

Some months ago people from the Dutch lifestyle website ForYou came to our meditation evening in Arnhem and interviewed me our kind of Buddhism and our Lama. Here is the interview.
Sorry, Dutch only. I'll try to get some English subtitles in there at some point.

Little Prince Tour

Hello friends & music lovers!

I'm happy to announce some upcoming concerts, most of which are part of the Release Tour for Korean pianist Soo Cho's new CD "Little Prince".
The official release will be on saturday the 16th at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, but we'll give our best at every concert!
I hope to see many of you at one of the concerts and have a beer together afterwards! :-)

Soo Cho Quartet
"Little Prince" Release Tour

Soo Cho - piano
Angelo Verploegen - trumpet
Sven Happelt - double bass
Yonga Sun - drums

12 - Arnhem, Musis Sacrum
16 - Amsterdam, Bimhuis
17 - Maaseik (BE), De Galjaar
19 - Heerlen, Jazz on the Roof
23 - Den Haag, Regentenkamer
24 - Rotterdam, De Doelen
28 - Edam, Mahogany Hall
29 - Enschede, De Tor
31 - Alkmaar, Projekt 072


And inbetween I play three concerts that I'm really looking forward to:

14 - Joris Posthumus Free Quartet, Arnhem, Bosch
15 - Lavalu, Amsterdam, Sugar Factory
30 - Lavalu, Groningen, INtheater


See you!

Yonga

My new Trio

Photo: Monique Baan

Soon I'll start playing with these wonderful people: Corrie van Binsbergen on guitar and Hein Offermans on electric and acoustic basses. We'll invite special guests to join us for the second sets. Looking forward to this! Check the schedule on the right for upcoming gigs.

I'm a rocker now! :-)

Motorcycle Moments


I recently made a longtime dream come true. I got a motorcycle license and bought a Harley Davidson. If all goes well (meaning: if I'm not too lazy) I'll post some pictures and little tidbits about how this experience is going every once in a while. I made a special page to collect all the upcoming posts and pictures. You can access it through the menu bar above.
So stay tuned!

Concert at the BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, tonight!!

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Alright, the time of laziness is over!! :-)

While I have been quite slow in updating my website (a nice way of saying that I didn't do anything..) there has been a lot going on in real life. CDs have been recorded and released (yesterday to be exact), Countries visited and played in (Chile, Bolivia, Slovkia, Belgium, Germany), new bands created, old bands disbanded and so on.

And if all goes well I'll soon be riding a motorcycle! :-)

So as a first little announcement I want to invite anyone who reads this in time to come to tonight's concert at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam.
My band Veenendaal/Kneer/Sun will be playing a special double concert with the French Matthieu Donarier Trio.
This trio plays incredibly nice music and it's a great pleasure to be playing alongside such a great drummer (Joe Quitzke)!! Matthieu sounds beautiful on reeds and Manu Codjia inspires greatly on the guitar.

For more information on that check this website!

Scratch Fury - The Destroyer of Worlds! (www.pvponline.com)

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I want a hat like this. Where can I find one?

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Surrender! You are surrounded!

My bootiful drums at the SJU Podium in Utrecht, being attacked by all
kinds of nasty saxophones!

Blindfoldtest in Slagwerkkrant

The Dutch drummagazine Slagwerkkrant has a blindfold section where three editors get to listen to music without knowing who the musicians are. They then "honestly" comment on what they hear and learn afterwards whom they just praised or destroyed. :-)
In the recent issue they got to dissect the new CD "Dairy Tales" from my band Talking Cows. They're very positive about it.. whew..
Click on the image for a bigger, readable version. Sorry, Dutch only..

Here's a little promovideo for the CD: