Photo by: Govert Driessen
Tijs Klaassen (1993) is a Dutch double bass and bass guitar player living in Amsterdam. Apart from leading his own band, the Tijs Klaassen Quintet, he’s a sideman in a large number of bands in the Dutch jazzscene. He studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with jazz teachers Ernst Glerum, Frans van der Hoeven, Ruud Ouwehand and classical teacher Peter Leerdam. During his exchange semester in Philadelphia (USA) he studied with David Wong at the Boyer College of Music and Dance. During his stay in the United States he took private lessons with Ron Carter, Orlando Le Fleming, Rick Rosato and Ben Street.
Studies:
Conservatory of Amsterdam Jazz Bachelor (2012 – 2016)
Conservatory of Amsterdam Jazz Master (2016 – 2018)
Boyer College of Music and Dance, Philadelphia (2017-2018 exchange semester)
Recordings:
Tijs Klaassen Quintet
Clavius (2019)
Nostalgia (2022)
Adhocism (2024)
Ben van Gelder
Manifold (2023)
Alistair Payne
Reflex live at the Bimhuis (2023)
This Thread Walks (2024)
Ruud Voesten
Ambrosia (2023)
Theo Loevendie
Grounds (2023)
Karel Boehlee
Live at Marriot Hotel the Hague (2023)
Matthias Van den Brande
Approaching the Present (2022)
Three Sides of a Coin (2023)
Floris Kappeyne
Interchange (2017)
Synesthesia (2019)
Closer (2023)
Josse van der Schaft
Hollow (2018)
Anti-Panopticon
Channeling The Flood (2020)
Youngwoo Lee
Timeline (2021)
Lucas Figueiredo Santana
Reflections (2021)
Ambivalence (2022)
Suzan Veneman
Migrations of the Mind (2022)
Zinder (2024)
Mo van der Does
Common Myths (2019)
Motet (2022)
Lucas Dann
Serious Music (2019)
Peter Beets/Henk Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra
The Flying Dutchman (2020)
Gidon Nunes Vaz
Tribute to KD (2015)
Night Life (2016)
Carry it On! (2017)
Movie Soundtracks:
UDC Productions
The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away (2024)