1970
My brother Ruud and I performing our first concert
1980
My first bass guitar.
1983
My first schoolband with drummer Hans Verdoorn
1985
At the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where I studied from 1983 to 1989
1989
in 1989 I was asked to substitute fred Hopkins on a tour with David and Sunny Murray. My first international breakthrough starting a long term collaboration with both Jazz heroes. They taught me so much about Jazz and the life around it.
1990
My first album with my own band featuring Maarten Ornstein, Ben van den Dungen, Erik Doelman and Hans Verdoorn.
1990
Maarten Ornstein and I have been playing since the very beginning of our careers. Here we are relaxing in the south of France.
1991
With Yuri Honing and Joost Lijbaart we formed the Yuri Honing Trio and toured for almost 25 years. And still we work together in different formats.
1994