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Here At Home: Pianist and singer Jetse de Jong presents on his debut album Here At Home the most groovy diary ever.
Unanswered love, answered love, a miniature-opera, charges against the establishment and living in the urban jungle, it’s all in there! Here At Home, the debut album of pianist and singer Jetse de Jong is the most groovy diary ever.
Armed with steaming New Orleans second-line grooves and smoking blues licks, Jetse de Jong bends the keyboard to his will. His lifelong obsession for blues, jazz and gospel music from the South comes across in his original songs as well as in tributes to his heroes Dr. John, Ray Charles and Billy Preston. With this new release Jetse de Jong will premier his original songs and cast a slightly ironic eye on our society as well as his private life.
On Here At Home
Whoever tunes in to Here At Home will listen to a very personal diary put on tape. Listen to a twenty something who falls in love, is disgusted by cruise ships, besings the unlikely love between an alligator and a crocodile and wonders if he will ever find a parking spot in the city center.
On the release
Here At Home is recorded at the Electric Monkey Studio, famed for its analog sound. All tracks are recorded with Jetse’s trusted band members, the Buckjumpers. Chances are high you’ve seen them already since they play internationally with a wide variety of artists like Benjamin Herman, Sabrina Starke, Jett Rebel, Caro Emerald and Kris Berry.
On Jetse de Jong
Some think that pianist Jetse de Jong fell into a big pot of New Orleans’ Gumbo as a child. They say that after a few days he climbed out and hasn’t stopped playing the piano ever since… In reality he found his calling after hearing the music of rock ‘n roll legend Fats Domino.
Jetse is one of a rare breed. In Europe, he is one of the few pianists who has mastered the New Orleans piano style.. He is writing a book on the history and characteristics of this style. In 2023 Jetse released his debut EP Jetse de Jong Plays Dorothy Labostrie. The single Rich Woman was played on the world-renowned New Orleans radio station WWOZ. Dave Doyle of the Syncopated Times wrote the following: ‘’... a toe-tapping gumbo which oozes the flavors of both New Orleans and New York City.’’ And: ‘’Distilled hipsterism, overproof.’’
Here At Home will be released in the Spring of 2025 on all streaming platforms as well as on cassette.
Jetse de Jong - piano, vocals
Salle de Jonge - drums
Mischa den Haring - electric guitar
Thomas Pol - bass guitar
Claus Tofft - percussion
Isla van Hout, June Fermie & Marieke Smit - backing vocals