If he hadn't gone overboard, he might still have been a fisherman. While floating in the cold North Sea, Jeroen Zijlstra decided to become a jazz musician. He exchanged Wieringen for the capital to devote himself entirely to music. The singer, songwriter and trumpet player describes his music as 'pop, poetry and jazz with a high salt content'. Jazz, richly salted with folk and rock. The salt may
… also refer to recurring themes in Zijlstra's songs: the sea, fishermen's life, village life. But above all: love. In the band Zijlstra all band members are equally important: the solo vocals, polyphonic singing and virtuoso improvising instruments form an atmospheric unity. On the fourth studio album Stel Je Voor play saxophonist Rutger Molenkamp, ​​keyboardist Pieter Jan Cramer, bassist Edwin Wieringa and drummer Nout IngenHousz are the stars of the sky. The beautiful arrangements, beautiful poetry and Zijlstra's melancholy hoarse singing voice touch a sensitive chord with the listener. What musicality and craftsmanship! (SvdP)more