- 21/12/2024In this second part of my Grappelli podcast, Martin Taylor tells us "We need more fiddles!" and I visit jazz…
- 21/12/2024Here goes - my Grappelli podcast! Learn about the man behind the legend. 45 minutes of Grappelli memories, funny stories,…
- 23/12/2023Spring and Autumn usually feature a long Trio tour of the UK. The Tim Kliphuis Trio started 17 years ago,…
- 22/08/2023In December 2018, I was invited with my Trio to work with The Hague Philharmonic (in Dutch: Residentie Orkest). By…
- 11/02/2023Every jazz great in history 'cuts their teeth' in someone else's band. An apprenticeship, you could say. For great soloists…
- 04/06/2022In January 2021, when we were in full lockdown in Holland, the Utrecht concert hall decided to change my canceled…
- 06/03/2022In the late nineties, I'd started learning Stéphane Grappelli's solos and licks and was rehearsing with my first, The Hague-based…
- 17/02/2022Back in February 2013, I was on tour with the Stochelo Rosenberg Trio in Japan. Stochelo's cousins Nous'che and Nonnie,…
05/01/2022About a year ago, in the middle of yet another 2020 lockdown, I was juggling my teaching commitments at the…
19/10/2021In 2005, when I left the Fapy Lafertin Quintet to start my own career, I was listening to Grappelli’s “Live…