JAN LULEY
piano • vocals • concerts • coaching
The Music
Pianist, composer and singer Jan Luley studied jazz piano in Arnhem, Holland. At the same time, he learnt from the pianists in New Orleans and has been closely involved with the music scene there for over two decades. In the combination of influences from traditional jazz, mainstream, blues and Creole music with elements of contemporary listening and playing habits, Jan Luley finds his very own musical statement with a high recognition factor. In his music, which he likes to call "Contemporary New Orleans Style Piano", he processes songs from the birthplace of jazz and juxtaposes them with his own compositions.
"Jan Luley is an allrounder in jazz. His fingers never stop producing new ideas, the riskiest of rhythms from the old jazz of New Orleans are superimposed onto one another, the blue notes are always in just the right place, every cadence is harmonized differently, and the melodies are developed from motifs so sensuously that you never lose the thread of the songs and yet are continually surprised by the new licks and sophisticated phrases."
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2018)
