Eric Vloeimans (; born 24 March 1963) is a Dutch musician, songwriter, and record producer.

Biography

Although he studied classical music as a child, he became interested in

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at the Rotterdam Academy of Music. After graduating in 1988, he moved to New York City and studied trumpet with Donald Byrd. He was a member of big bands led by

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and Frank Foster. In the 1990s, he recorded the album ''Bitches and Fairy Tales'' (1999) with Marc Johnson,

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, and John Taylor. Vloeimans has also worked with

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, Michiel Borstlap,

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, Joe LaBarbera,

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, and

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Awards and honors

Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed b ...

, ''Bitches and Fairy Tales'', 1999 * Boy Edgar Award, ''Umai'', 2001 * Bird Award, Best Jazz

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, 2002 * Gouden Nutcracker, Dutch Jazz Album, ''Heavensabove'', 2011

Discography

As leader

* ''No Realistics'' (Art in Jazz, 1992) * ''First Floor'' (Challenge, 1994) * ''Bestiarium'' (Challenge, 1996) * ''Bitches and Fairy Tales'' (Challenge, 1998) * ''Zwart wit Bimhuis Live'' (BV Haast, 1999) * ''Umai'' (Challenge, 2000) * ''Brutto Gusto'' (Challenge, 2002) * ''Hidden History'' (Challenge, 2003) * ''Boompetit'' (Challenge, 2004) * ''Nocturnal Ghost Songs'' (Basta, 2005) * ''Summersault'' (Challenge, 2006) * ''The Compositions of Eric Dolphy'' with Alex Coke,

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(BV Haast, 2006) * ''Gatecrashin' '' (Challenge, 2007) * ''Hyper'' (Challenge, 2008) * ''Live at Yoshi's'' (Challenge, 2009) * ''Heavens Above!'' (Challenge, 2009) * ''Live at the Concertgebouw'' with Florian Weber (Challenge, 2011) * ''North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts'' (Bob City, 2013) * ''Pessoa'' (Coast to Coast 2013) * ''Party Animals'' (V-Flow, 2020)

As sideman

With Michel Banabila * ''Urban Jazz Scapes'' (Javaanse Jongens, 2003) * ''Music for Viola and Electronics II'' (Tapu, 2015) * ''New Land'' (Tapu, 2017) With Michiel Borstlap * ''The Sextet Live!'' (Challenge, 1995) * ''Body Acoustic'' (EmArcy 1999) * ''Liveline'' (EmArcy, 2000) With Martin Fondse * ''Upperground'' (BV Haast, 1998) * ''Ere Ibeji'' (BV Haast, 2001) * ''Fragrant Moondrops'' (Basta, 2009) * ''Testimoni'' (Basta, 2012) With others *

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, ''Minor Details'' (Digimode, 2011) * Jan Akkerman, ''North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts'' (Bob City, 2013) *

, Jeroen Van Vliet, ''Eric Vloeimans' Levanter'' (V-Flow, 2018) *

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, ''Waltzing With Zoe'' (Challenge, 2001) *

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, ''On the Spot'' (Challenge, 2013) * Pierre Courbois, ''Live in Germany'' (A Records, 1996) * Pierre Courbois, ''Reouverture'' (A Records, 1996) *

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, ''Zonde'' (V2, 2013) *

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, ''Vanaf Vandaag'' (Capitol, 2004) * Chris Hinze, ''Senang'' (Keytone, 1996) * Brigitte Kaandorp, ''Thuis'' (Doek Op 2015) * Jacek Kochan, ''Another Blowfish'' (Not Two, 2002) * Michael Moore, ''Osiris'' (Ramboy, 2006) * Michael Moore, ''Rotterdam'' (Ramboy, 2011) * Enrico Pieranunzi, ''Alone Together'' (Challenge, 2001) * Ntjam Rosie, ''The One'' (Gentle Daze, 2015) * Florian Ross, ''Lilacs and Laughter'' (Naxos, 2000) * Sandhya Sanjana, ''Random Access Melody'' (LopLop, 2009) * Jarmo Savolainen, ''Grand Style'' (A Records, 2000) * Jarmo Savolainen, ''Times Like These'' (A Records, 2002) * Armin van Buuren, ''Embrace'' (Armada, 2015) *

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, ''Ballads of Timbuktu'' (Jaro Medien, 2002) * Jasper van 't Hof, ''NeverNeverLand'' (Jaro Medien, 2005)

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vloeimans, Eric 1963 births Living people Dutch jazz trumpeters Musicians from Rotterdam 21st-century trumpeters Challenge Records (1994) artists Codarts University for the Arts alumni