Together with Jeroen van Merwijk, Kees Torn and Maarten van Roozendaal, Theo Nijland formed the Bende Van Vier in 2008. The goal of the Bende is to bring the cabaret song back to the attention of the theater audience. The merits of Groninger Theo Nijland for the genre are becoming increasingly known to a large audience. Masterclass is the report of the theater tour of the same name. He recorded
… eight songs from the performance for a small audience. Those songs are supplemented with songs that Nijland wrote for others but that he had never sung for an album before. Despite this, Masterclass gives the impression of being a coherent whole. Nijland accompanies himself on the piano and is assisted on guitar, bass, saxophone and drums. His philosophical discoveries of language and mildly sarcastic worldview make Masterclass a great listening album. (PdK)more