Simone Honijk - From This Moment On (2017)

At the age of ten Simone Honijk started with classical piano lessons and co n tinued these lessons for nine years. However, over time, singing became her real passion! From the age of 20 she took vocal lessons with professional teachers (pop and jazz styles) and attended many vocal improvisational and interpretaional workshops with various professionals. (i.e. Mathilde Santing, Carmen Gomes, Joris Teepe, Sheila Jordan, Jody Gilbert).

Simone later started performing and singing in an a capella vo cal group, a small jazz choir and as a backing vocalist of a soul/funk band. Then, wanting to try her wings as a soloist, she started a duo with professional guitarist Cees Swart, performing a repertoire of jazz and pop songs, as well as his own compositio ns. In the years following, she felt her heart pull more towards the jazz idiom, because of her love for improvisation and freedom of interpretation. She then dove deeper into more modern and mainstream jazz styles with various Dutch jazz groups (i.e. conc ert in Cristofori, Amsterdam with Rob van Bavel, Jasper van Hulten en Rene van Beeck in sept. 2005). In addition, Simone sang with various bigband ensembles; along with guest performers, such as Frits Landesbergen. In 1999 she attended the Vocal Jazz Works hop at Stanford (Palo Alto, Califo r- nia, USA). There, she studied with Madeline Eastman, Judy Niemack and Dena De Rose as well as the guest teacher Kenny Barron.

In 2005, Simone completed her studies at the Vocal Jazz Department at the Amsterdam Conservat ory and obtained her degree. In the Conservatory she actively attended clinics given by Deborah Brown, Mark Murphy, Nancy Mar a- no, Rhiannon, Edwin Rutten and Ronald Douglas: as well as masterclasses by Bobby Mc Ferrin, Dianne Reeves and Dee Daniels. Upon co mpletion of her degree,she studied acting and singing at the A m- sterdam Theatreschool. Since 2003 she has been performing with her own jazz group, "The Simone Honijk Quartet" and as a guest vocalist of different professional jazz ense m- bles. Since 2008 Sim one has been working in projects in which they are certain composers or jazz musicians Central (D. Ellington/B. Strayhorn, Bill Evans, 2012 Stephen Sondheim and in 201 3 project about Tadd Dameron with also her own lyrics ). In 2012 she also organized (together with the jazz singer Karen Vrijburg) 10 special concerts for piano trio 's called "To The Full".

TRACKLIST

01. Astronaut
02. Slap That Bass
03. The Healing
04. From This Moment On
05. Prepared For Midwinter
06. Pensativa
07. Fascinating Rhythm
08. Dance For The Old People
09. Dream Dancing
10. A Drug Called Love
11. Dienda