Jeroen de Valk

Jeroen de Valk (born June 19, 1958 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch music journalist and jazz author .

Act

De Valk has been working as a journalist since 1979. Between 1982 and 1985 he studied double bass at the Koninklijk Conservatorium The Hague . He initially worked as a jazz reporter for Het Parool , later for the Algemeen Dagblad , where his subjects were music and culture. He currently works for the Utrecht Nieuwsblad and the Amersfoortse Courant . He also wrote for the journal Jazz Nu / Jazzism and De Groene Amsterdammer.

De Valk has authored several non-fiction books on jazz. His biography of Chet Baker , published in 1989, has been translated into English, German, Japanese and Hungarian. In 1992 his biography of Ben Webster appeared , which was also published in English translation. He also wrote the lyrics for various CD booklets.

De Valk is also active as a bassist and works in the quartet of trumpeter Edu Ninck Blok (CD Traces of Chesney 2015 with John Engels ). The albums In de vroege uurtjes (2007), The Great Amersfoort Songbook (2009) and - with Jan Verwey - De vogels van Holland (2012) were created in the trio Dutch Treat under the direction of singer Nynke Geertsma .

Fonts

• Ben Webster - His life and music. Berkeley, Berkeley Hills Books 2001; ISBN 1-893163-17-2
• Go man, go! In de coulissen van de Jazz. Amsterdam, Gennep 2009; ISBN 9789055150847
• ›Hé vogel, wanneer spelen we weer?‹. Het musical leven van John Engels. Amsterdam, Gennep 2015; ISBN 9789461643643
• So near so far. Vijftien jazz interviews. Soesterberg, Uitgeverij aspect 2016; ISBN 9789461538994
• Chet Baker - His life and music. Soesterberg, Uitgeverij aspect 2017; ISBN 9789463381987 (2nd, completely revised edition; German translation of an older edition under the title Chet Baker: His life, his music, his records at Oreos)

Web links

• Web presence
• Jeroen de Valk at Discogs (English)