Jazztrompet

Well… It’s been a while since my last post, but now – with the purchase of a brand new Tascam US-1641 – I much more enjoy recording my practice-sessions at my attick. Today I’ve recorded some songs from the Jim Snidero book ‘Easy Jazz Conception’ and I’ll put my favourite song from that book online.

Here it is. I hope you like it, so let me know:
Love is Easy!

Well, it’s been a while, but tonight we (Norbert, Mathijs and me) have recorded a nice enough version of ‘Straight no Chaser’. Let me know what you think of it:
Straight no Chaser

Finally, after more than half a year I’ve just recorded somethin’ worth uploading to this site. It’s been a while but I hope you like it enough to keep you coming back to see if there’s something new to listen to.

Here it is: Autumn Leaves, as performed by Mathijs Mortimer, Norbert Hensen and me
Autumn Leaves

Welcome to my website. My intention is to publish some information about myself and my steps in learning jazz improvisation. Unfortunately I haven’t got much time to update this site so it might take a while before you can read anything interesting here.

Here’s something to listen to: The Wind Cries Mary (On Trumpet: Arnoud Hensen)

Last week my teacher asked me to focus on the chord-progression and try a simple lick in the twelfth bar (A C E G F# E D C B). After a few tries, this is the result: Summertime (On Trumpet: Arnoud Hensen)

Arnoud Hensen

Jazz Trumpeter