Jeroen van Vliet, born 1965, is known for his lyrical style and clear sound at the piano. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardplayer in a wide variety of groups. In 1985 and 1988 he won both first- and soloist prizes at the main contests of the Netherlands. Between 1989 and 2007 he was the pianist in the groups of alto-player Paul van Kemenade and of bassplayer Eric van der Westen.
Throughout the years he worked with international artists as (a.o.) Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Norma Winstone, Charly Mariano and Erkan Ogur, Jakob Bro. His cooperation with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans resulted in a number of albums and concerts, both as a duo as well as in the group Gatecrash (Edison Award in 2007). As a sideman van Vliet recorded about 50 albums, as a leader 9. Among his groups are the Jeroen van Vliet Trio and the Jeroen van Vliet Electric Trio. In 2008 the new group Estafest started: energetic, exciting and adventurous.
After receiving the Composition Assignment of the North Sea Jazzfestival 2008, van Vliet invited his group – called Sikeda – that performed his music, to record and tour in 2010. In 2013 he worked in South Africa with bass-legend Carlo Mombelli. He travelled to Australia, India, China, South-Korea with Gatecrash and the Yuri Honing quartet.
Currently Jeroen van Vliet works with German-Afghan singer Simin Tander, Jeroen van Vliet's OGU, solo, Estafest, Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash, and the Udo Pannekeet 4tet. In 2014 he released 2 albums, the solo-album 'Wait' and the trio-cd OGU. The new album 'Eno Supo' by Estafest, as well as the albums 'Where water travels home' by Simin Tander 4tet and 'On' by Udo Pannekeet were released. All got great reviews.In 2014 Jeroen van Vliet was awarded the most important prize in the Netherlands for jazz and improvised music, The Boy Edgar Prijs.

Guitarist Anton Goudsmit is a much sought-after player who does amazing things with whatever music he is presented with or writes. In 2001 Anton formed the Ploctones to perform a series of his compositions commissioned by Dutch NPS Radio.
In 2004 a Goudsmit organized a live CD recording of the Ploctones at the Jazz op het Dak festival which was featured on VPRO television. Since then the Ploctones have emerged as a very creative and innovative group, capable of combining grooves and improvisation. Anton also performs internationally with the New Cool Collective as well as Eric Vloeimans’ Fugimundi trio (US tours in 2008 and 2010). Anton Goudsmit won the coveted Boy Edgar Prize in 2010 for his contribution and standing on the Dutch Jazz Scene.

BIOGRAPHY ESTAFEST Four high profile improvisers of the Dutch jazz and improv scene have teamed up and formed ESTAFEST. In this unusual line up, these musicians combine their distinctive instrumental skills and sound, wrapped up in brilliant short pieces, which are shaped on stage. They actually create an atmosphere in which both the audience and the musicians go with the flow of the moment. The result is cutting edge music, exciting, hilarious and breathtaking. Anyone who has seen the group was surprised, moved, nurtured and inspired. Since the individual members of Estafest toured the world with different groups, they can't wait to bring their favorite band to an ninternational audience. In the Spring of 2014 the group will release their sophomore album 'Eno Supo' (Challenge Records), the follow up of ESTAFEST Live! (Challenge Records, 2011).
METE ERKER SOPRANO AND TENOR SAXOPHONE Is considered one of Holland's most distinctive saxophonists. Besides his work with an impressive list of greats, among others the David Liebman Group and senegalese master drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose, he is currently playing inThe Bridge: Martin Fondse Orchestra with Brazilian superstar Lenine, and is the driving force behind the saxophone quartet Artvark, the Mete Erker Trio, and not in the least ESTAFEST.
More info at: mete.nl OENE VAN GEEL VIOLA AND CAJON Is known as a composer and for his work with the contemporary string quartet ZAPP4 and for his own projects, such as The Nordanians and OOOO. In 2011 Oene was selected to join Take Five Europe, a masterclass and residency for the top 10 of Europe's emerging jazzscene. In 2013 Oene was awarded the prestigious VPRO Boy Edgar Prize, thé Dutch jazz award.
More info at: oenevangeel.com ANTON GOUDSMIT GUITAR Is known for his current group the Ploctones and played for years in the very popular New Cool Collective band. As a guest musician he performed with innumerable bands and artists. In 2010 he was awarded with the VPRO Boy Edgar Prizeand in that same year he received the Duiveltje Award, thé Dutch pop award for best guitarist.
More info at: antongoudsmit.nl JEROEN VAN VLIET PIANO Has grown into an established pianist who is much in demand. Eric Vloeimans a/o has a problem when Jeroen is unavailable, since Jeroen is part of various Vloeimansprojects. Furthermore Jeroen is an outstanding composer. In 2008 North Sea Jazz selected him for the festival's composition project. Jeroen has played for over 20 years with ESTAFEST saxophonist Mete Erker.
More info at: jeroenvanvliet.com

Mete Erker is a saxophone player from Holland.He is renowned for his rich and warm sound, strong drive, and his very personal style and expressive way of playing: a combination of raw energy and lyricism, at times reminiscent of the great jazz tenors of the ’60′s.Throughout the years he’s worked with music masters like Peter Erskine, David Liebman, senegalese master drummer Doudou N’Diaye Rose, southafrican jazz legend Winston Mankunku, and russian piano virtuoso Simon Nabatov. He released 50 albums and toured the world in a variety of settings, ranging from a modern dance choreography by the hungarian Reka Szabo to popular dutch crossover acts like New Cool Collective and Zuco 103.
Currently Mete Erker is working with the Artvark Saxophone Quartet featuring classical soprano Claron McFadden, dutch-impro-group Estafest, his jazztrio Blink, the NUjazzgroup FullDuppleXX, electronic soundwizard Michel Banabila, and off course: the Ruff Sound Quartet.