Rob van Bavel

Rob van Bavel (16-1-65, Holland)

Pianist, Educator, Composer/Arranger
Jazz (bebop – modern), Fusion, Classical

Graduated in 1987 at the Rotterdam Conservatory with the highest possible mark (A with distinction). He won several awards, a.o. The second prize at the first "Thelonious Monk Jazzpiano Competition" (Washington D.C.) , soloist awards in Germany/Belgium, the Wessel Ilcken award (Holland) and the dutch grammy (Edison) for the cd "Rob van Bavel trio".
Released more than 200 cd's as a sideman and as leader: Rob van Bavel Trio/Octet and The Ghost, the King and I.
Toured all over Europe, Canada, USA, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and Siberia; played regularly with Woody Shaw, Randy Brecker, Johnny Griffin, Gary Willis a.o.
Several masterclasses in South Korea, Liechtenstein, Spain and Holland.
Author of ‘Jazz Piano Essentials’, ‘Everybody can play Jazz’ & ‘Flowersuite for Piano’
for further information please visit www.robvanbavel.com



Selected discography:
Rob van Bavel Trio: Generations, Piano Grand Slam, Almost Blue (Japan), The Other Side, Rob van Bavel Trio (Edison Award), Just for You, Dutch Jazz, The Christmas Three ; Rob van Bavel Octet: Endless ; Rob van Bavel Solo: Jazz at the Pinehill, Just Me (Korea) ; Tineke Postma group: For the Rhythm, First Avenue, A Journey that matters ; Hero (duo Rob van Bavel/Henri Bok): Recycled, Hero’s Heroes, Hero’s Own, Hero’s Classics ; Piet Noordijk: Piet plays Bird, Piet plays Sinatra ; Jarmo Hoogendijk/Ben van den Dungen Quintet: Run for your Wife, Double Dutch, Heart of the Matter ; Eric Ineke JazzXpress: Flames and Fire, Expressions in Time, For the love of Ivie & All too soon (with Deborah Brown), Cruisin’, Dexternity (tribute to Dexter Gordon), Swing Street (tribute to Cannonball Adderley) ; The Ghost, the king & I: En blanc et noir no.11, Trilogy, The Inventors (with Metropole Strings), We got Rhythm (the music of George Gershwin) Isotope: Perception of the Beholder, Isotope ; Pitch Pine project: Quarantine, Unprecedented clarity ; Rob van Bavel/Lincoln Goines/David Mann/Lionel Cordew/Ruud Breuls: Transatlantic Highway ; Marjorie Barnes: Time heals everything, Tenderly (tribute to Sarah Vaughan) ; Nancy Marano: You're nearer
Dutch Jazz Orchestra: The Dutch Jazz Orchestra plays the music of Billy Strayhorn (4 cd's) 
Something to Live For: The Dutch Jazz Orchestra Plays the Music of Billy Strayhorn 
So This Is Love: More Newly Discovered Works of Billy Strayhorn 
You Go to My Head: Strayhorn and Standards 
Portrait of a Silk Thread: Newly Discovered Works of Billy Strayhorn 
Update: The Music of Rob Madna (2cd) 
Jerry van Rooyen On the Scene with The Dutch Jazz Orchestra