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09
jun

Dick de Graaf plays … J.S. Bach

During the corona lockdown I recorded my partly improvised arrangement of J.S. Bach’s first cello suite. Inspired by the beauty of the Hillegonda Church in my hometown Rotterdam I...

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09
okt

Why Birds Always Sing?

This rhetoric question is the title of a composition I recorded on my CDs Istanbul Connection (2005), Moving Target (2007), and more recently on BIRD BUZZ (2017). My fascination...

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02
okt

Jazzheld

Ik werd deze week door een aantal mensen enthousiast aangesproken over mijn interview met Jan Kelder voor de serie Jazzhelden van het Nederlands Jazz Archief dat weer op TV...

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14
mrt

Link to my doctoral dissertation

You can open my online doctoral dissertation Beyond Borders: Broadening the Artistic Palette of (Composing) Improvisers in Jazz (2017 ACPA, Leiden University) by clicking on this link

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