Press
on the Sikeda-concert / Composition Assignment, North Sea Jazz Festival 2008
Amanda Kuyper, NRC Handelsblad
Impressive was also Jeroen van Vliet. He had with his composition assignment explicitly looked for adventure.
Frank van Herk, Koen Schouten, De Volkskrant
.... pianist Jeroen van Vliet with his sextet evoked a lot more. He used repetitive structures, almost silent ambient and floating layers, with a sense for adventure and truly surprising sounds.
Tim Sprangers, www.jazzenzo.nl
The opening of the festival was promising. Although it was a composition assignment, van Vliet had written down only little, but the pieces were powerful, lively and very fresh.
Maarten van de Ven, www.draaiomjeoren.nl
The closer [ ] was again a proof that with Jeroen van Vliet nothing is as it seems. The festival couldn't have had a better opening...
on 'The Poet & Other Tales'
Armand Serpenti, Dagblad Trouw
Pianist Jeroen van Vliet is a master of nuance. His playing is enchanting, emotional and is full of fantasy
Johan Bakker, Nederlands Dagblad
The Poet & Other Tales is one of the big suprises of this year
Koen Graat, Jazz
The Poet & Other Tales is a beautiful album of one of Holland's most interesting pianoplayers being around at this moment
Peter J. Korten, www.jazzflits.nl
The trio works very natural as a group . In Love Song Jeroen van Vliet shows that simplicity can be beautiful and moving. Edison-worthy.
Hans-Jürgen von Osterhausen, Jazzpodium Germany
Nach 60 Minuten weiss man, was Shönheit in der improvisierten Musik bedeutet...
Jan Luijsterburg, www.hifi.nl
This is not only lovely music to be nourished, it's also constantly interesting and worth to stay listening.
Rinus van der Heijden, www.jazzenzo.nl
. ...his tone is thouhgtful, every note is put on its right place, there's nothing played to much. On The Poet & Other Tales Jeroen van Vliet has brought this skill to its highest level...
on 'Red Sun'
Franc Craanen, Avant Garde
‘His playing is elevated, present, but never intrusive. He is modest but that is also his strength. It makes ”Red Sun” the perfect soundtrack for an interesting movie’
Rinus van der Heijden, Brabants Dagblad
‘Red Sun is a jewel of an album and a new step in the development of the gifted pianist Jeroen van Vliet’
Hans Gulpen, Gelders Dagblad
‘Red Sun is a perfect mix of running and hold still, of introspection and swing: true jazz. From three excellent musicians’
on ‘Who’s Afraid’
Frank van Herk, De Volkskrant
‘Van Vliet constantly convinces with great control of timing and sound and beautiful, subtle played melodic lines’
Gwen Ansell, Mail & Guardian South Africa
‘An hour of fragile beautiful stuff - who cares about genre?’
Bart van Ratingen, Jazz Magazine
Van Vliet produces beautiful weighed miniatures, a kind of musical haiku’s – quiet and lyrical
Rinus van der Heijden, Brabants Dagblad (about solo concert Paradox Tilburg)
‘With his silent moments, his way to use suspense, the alternation of melody and rhythm and the logic of his harmony, Van Vliet is an important figure within the Dutch improvising music scene’
on 'Unseen Land'
Erno Elsinga, www.draaiomjeoren.com
The clever balance between the two instrumentalists proves the power [of the music] and emphasizes the quality of the compositions.
on 'En Blanc et Noir'
Edo Dijksterhuis, NRC Handelsblad
‘The pianist has a remarkable shaded touché, and shows that it not only matters when to pull the keys down but also when to let them go’
on 'Low Tide'
Frank van Herk, De Volkskrant
Her timbre and phrasing resemble the sounds of a viola. Short, compact pieces are mostly brought to us in ballad tempo; even ‘Robin’s nest’ is a slower version of the old original swing song. All subtleties are therefore well considered, fitting the scene of the poetic words and sensitive piano part of Jeroen van Vliet.
Frank Hüser, Jazzflits
Voice and piano integrate in an impressive way. 'Lowtide' is of an outstanding level, an album that fascinates from the beginning to the end.
on the 'Carte Blanche'-concert Bimhuis Amsterdam
Frank van Herk, Volkskrant
'One of the most lyrical pianists of the Netherlands'.
on a concert by Erker, Goudsmit, van Geel & van Vliet ( Estafest) at Paradox Tilburg
Rinus van der Heijden, www.jazzenzo.nlThe imagination of the musicians of Estafest is intangible, it's effect often breathtaking... The power of the quartet is that each duo is capable of staying in its own musical energy, and at the same time connecting flawlessly.
on a concert of 'Voer' at Bimhuis Amsterdam
Koen Schouten, Volkskrant
'At the Bimhuis Van Vliet threw dirty electric sounds towards the audience. It wasn't a gimmick. It was balanced, musical and very tasty'.