Jasper Blom

I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)BIOJasper Blom (1965) is a leading tenor and soprano saxophonist of the young Dutch jazzgeneration and one of the most versatile players in the Benelux.Twice he has won the European Jazz Award and he has played at major jazzfestivals in Europe, Asia, the Caribic and Canada and in clubs throughout Europe and the States. He has received compositions assignments from the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Jazz International Rotterdam Festival As a leader he has recorded five CDs with material ranging from energetic hardbop to free open improvised music.Jasper Blom currently is active as a player and composer of both contemperary improvised music and jazz, can be heard regularly throughout the Netherlands and Europe as an active player in different musical settings and teaches jazzsaxophone at the conservatory of Amsterdam.Jasper Blom leads a quartet with Monk award winning top guitarist Jesse van Ruller that combines accoustic jazz material with electronics.He is a frequently asked by Hollands top ensembles like the Metropole Orchestra and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw to participate in studio and live sessions.