Jerôme Hol: Silky smooth jazz blues

JEROME HOL TRIO, LAKEI HELMOND 2013 by Vincent Lyons

Silky smooth jazz blues instrumental from the Jerôme Hol Trio, when they opened for Snowy White's Bluesdrivers, at the Lakei venue, in Helmond, The Netherlands on Sunday, March 17th, 2013. Featuring: Jerôme Hol - guitar Harry Emmery - bass Erik Kooger -- drums Extract from Jerome's website: Inspired by the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, he picked up the guitar at a young age. Soon after that he became fascinated by jazz music. After studying at the Rotterdam Conservatory he left for New York in 2005 to study with guitar heroes like Wayne Krantz and Hiram Bullock. Since then, he has developed his own style by combining a solid heavy metal sound with the warmth of the blues and the harmonic sophistication of jazz. He is also a versatile composer. In 2003 he won the first price at the Sena Guitar Awards. In 2007 he won the first place at the Amersfoort Jazz Talent Awards