Erik was born August 5, 1969 in Wapenveld, The Netherlands. He has studied at the Hogeschool Constantijn Huygens (1986-1991) but continued his musical education at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, where he studied jazz- and leadtrumpet, later followed by arranging. In 1996 he finished his schoolyears. During his college-years Erik had already played with the Metropole Orchestra, the Skymasters, the Dutch Jazz Orchestra, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and various popbands.

He has recorded and played with various big bands such as the WDR Big Band (Cologne), Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, NDR Big Band (Hamburg), King of Swing Orchestra, Brussels Jazz Orchestra (Belgium), Big Band Bremen, Sunday Night Orchestra, hr-Bigband (Frankfurt), Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Holland Big Band, Summit Jazz Orchestra (Regensburg) and of course the above mentioned.

Erik is a member of Ten of the Best, the Dutch Jazz Orchestra, L.A. Concert Jazz Orchestra (Austria), the Holland Big Band and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (Europe). With the Glenn Miller Orchestra he has toured all over Europe, from Helsinki to Palermo, from Bratislava to Antwerp and played in all major concert halls, like Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonic, more than once. He also did some concerts in the USA with the Dutch Jazz Orchestra (Pittsburg) and the big band of the Amsterdam School of the Arts (Miami, Boston). 2008 was his 10th season with Circus Cascade, where he played with a small ensemble in a special Christmas circus in Utrecht. In 2009 some of the highlights were touring in Japan and China with Ten of the Best and the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw.

Erik has worked with Bill Holman, Herbie Hancock, John Clayton, Paul Anka, The Themptations, The Four Tops, Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, John Scofield, Steve Vai, Bob Malach, Vince Mendoza, Ack and Jerry van Rooijen, Rob Pronk, Lee Konitz, Jens Winther, Bill Dobbins, Ornette Coleman, Warren Vache, Jeff Hamilton, Allen Vizzutti and many more. He has also played concerts and tv shows with many famous Dutch singers like Ruth Jacoth, Lee Towers, Paul de Leeuw, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Greetje Kaufeld, Rita Rijs, Blof to name a few, and some foreign artists like the Pointer Sisters, Kiki Dee.

In the last decade 20+ of his books were published at "de Haske Publications bv" (see books). He has written various compositions and arrangements for different orchestras in (see arrangements). Nowadays he mainly works as a freelance leadplayer/jazzsoloist, clinician and composer/arranger.

mai 2009 - The Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw, NCPA Concert Hall - Beijing

Ten of the Best, december 2009 in Tokyo

Dec 2009, a studiiosession with Eric Miyashiro in Tokyo

christmas 2007 Circus Cascade - the last 9 years I always played in a circus orchestra in Utrecht the last 2 weeks of the year. We do 19 performances in 10 days...

november 2006, visiting Eclipse trumpets (Wim Both, me, Leigh McKinney and Ruud Breuls)

January 2006 - we had a concert with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the historic greek theatre in Toarmina (Sicily).

november 2005 - a concert with the New Generation Big Band in Amsterdam

august 2005 - recordings with the GMO in Studio 44, Monster

july 2005 - Een concert with the Dutch Jazz Orchestra on the Northsea Jazz Festival in Den Hague with special gast Buddy deFranco

august 2004 - the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Finkestein, Austria

june 2004 - testing horns with Hub van Laar

february 2004 - GMO in Oslo (our Scandinavian tour)

june 2004 - Trumpetparty, playing "MacArtur Park"

L.A. Concert Jazz Orchestra

Dutch Jazz Orchestra

DJO plays the music of Rob Madna (5 cd box)

Moon Dreams - Rediscoverd works of Gil Evans & Gerry Mulligan

Rediscovered Music of Mary Lou Williams

The DJO Plays The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (4 cd box)

Portait Of A Silk Thread - Newly Discovered Works Of Billy Strayhorn

Jerry van Rooijen - On The Scene with the DJO

Rob Madna - Update

Holland Bigband

Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw

Tribute to Ray Charles

Glenn Miller Orchestra

live in concert

Best of - LIVE -

The Glenn Miller Orchestra meets the Giants of Jazz, Swing and Entertainment

Swing Forever

Unforgettable

Glenn Miller's 100th Birthday

Big Band Body Check

Body Check and Allen Vizzutti

Body Check

Big Band Body Check Plays Rudy Kronfuss

Divers

Summit Jazz Orchestra & Clark Terry - Clark

Metropole Orchestra & Bill Holman - Further Adventures

Blof & the Metropole Orchestra - DVD "Tussen Nacht En Morgen"

Freefair + 8 - Metal Beauty

Jerry van Rooijen & the Big Band Jazztival - Live At The Bonbonniere

King Of Swing Orchestra - Live At Limelight & Fraulein Swingwunder