Daan Herweg
pianist, composer, producer
Daan Herweg (1981) Is a reknown pianist and improviser from Amsterdam working the Dutch and international stage. He rocks his own trio and solo career, worked with o.a. Teus Nobel, Caro Emerald, Pete Philly, Finn Silver, Floris van der Vlugt, Quincey, Anne Chris, Henk Kraaijeveld. Daan already had a prolific career playing and co-writing with major Dutch pop acts, writing Nr hit songs and releasing hiphop under his Monoduke alias. No matter what Daan always returning to his base as a jazzpianist.
His music is free but also rooted and melodic. Human expression, interplay and pianistical wit seem to be a common denominator. His latest album ‘In Search Of The Lost Chord’ consists of evocative personal compositions seeking to communicate feelings about his late parents, beloved partner, everyday life and the child within.
Fun fact: Daan hosted Amsterdam’s notorious underground jazz jamsession ‘Nel Session’ every monday night for 13 years.
- “I’m at jazzahead! because after 20 years of simply playing my ass off in the Dutch music scene I feel the need to move my career towards playing more personal and meaningful music and be able to tell the stories I feel the need to tell. I learned the hard way that nowadays that doesn’t happen just on merit but I need to show myself at places like Jazz-ahead and meet the industry. It found it is also simply wonderfull and good fun to meet so many lovely colleagues.”