My new cd BLOOM got some great reviews in Tubantia, de Telegraaf and HP de Tijd. Check them out!

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The cd is ready and we will present it the 24th of May at The Hague Jazz, in Chet house, between 20.30 and 21.30. Come and cheer for us!

Margriet

My new CD will be released in the beginning of May by Foreign Media Jazz.
We will present it at the Hague Jazz, 24th of May, between 20.30-21.30.

Hope to see you there!

Margriet

I am very happy to announce that I just signed the contract with Foreign Media Jazz!! We are going to record our second album in the end of february and it will be released in the first week of april. So it is coming soon. Stay tuned, a lot of nice things are on the way. Also check out the updated gig list.

We are recording our 2nd album in february 2008! When I have signed the new contract with the new label I will give you all new information!!

New gigs: see the dates!

I am singing at North Sea Jazz this year!! I am so glad, please come and cheer for me!!! Friday 13th of July, showtime: 19.00 u

JAZZFLITS 3 september 2006 Frank Huser



It deservers admiration if your debut album keeps the listener spellbound from start to finish. Margriet Sjoerdsma shows she can do this with her album "With the whisper of a Morning".
Supported by an excellent band ( Dimitar Bodurov on the piano, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer, Cord Heineking playing the bass and Bernard Weichinger on percussion) she succeeds in delivering an excellent debut album.
Laid-back interpreted songs, pleasantly surprising arrangements and swinging musicians make this an album to last.
Her voice is warm, her intonation lyrical and personal.
Schooled by Fay Claassen and Rita Reys among others and equipped with a full measure of technique this very talented singer possesses impressive vocal powers.
It is just a pleasure listening to her.
The band is impressive and surpasses their acoompaniment role.
In the instrumental parts one hears a trio that is playing together tightly and that subtly offers the listener fresh, original solos at the same time.
All in all "With the whisper of a Morning" is a stunning debut including even liner notes by Hein Van de Geyn.
What more could anyone wish for? Holland welcomes an excellent jazz vocalist!


TUBANTIA Ton Ouwehand 11 september 2006

The greatest surprise, vocally speaking, is the debut album by 23-year-old Margriet Sjoerdsma.
She originally is from Limburg and has a warm, flexible voice which is a pleasure listening to.
Four years ago she was a finalist at the Prinses Christina Concours.
Dimitar Bodurov was her pianist then and he is the man who plays an astonishing role in "With the whisper of a Morning". As a composer, but especially as the musician playing the piano, wurlitzer and fender.
Enjoy sparkling arrangements. A convincing merge between jazz and pop. It rarely happens that a group of musicians succeeds in presenting "God bless the child" and "Old devil moon" in such a way that it seems the numbers were recently composed for them. And what's more: at the same time they play a new, self composed repertoire that gives the listener the idea that the songs have been there for years.


PLANET INTERNET Rita Jager 29 september

The almost 23-year-old Margriet Sjoerdsma (5 October 1983) recently completed her studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Already won a prize.
Margriet's music is where jazz and popmusic meet, just as with the Norwegian Silje Nergaard.
Sometimes sounding loose and jazzy, sometimes more like a popballad, as you can hear on her debut album " With the whisper of a Morning" ( Pink Records)
It is a skillfully made album with strong numbers by Sjoerdsma and Bodurov themselves, Bodurov being the pianist of her band.
Sjoerdsma's music is groovy and relaxed and she has a voice that is a pleasure listening to.
The interaction between the musicians is almost tangible and that creates a spacious atmosphere. Bodurov is original in his play and thus he lifts the whole to an even higher level
It would have been nice if the whole album had all been originals, for Sjoerdsma's musical talents show up best in these as compared to the all too well-known standards such as "God bless the child" and "Old Devil Moon".
All in all "With the whisper of a Morning" is an excellent debut and holds great promise for the future.


JAZZISM herfst 2006 Coen de Jonge

What a relief, the first few bars of this debut album! Not the sound of that deadfully boring "swing-or-I'll shoot" approach that nearly all young lady vocalists use.
Sjoerdsma chose a mischievous percussionist, a striking bass player and a moody, but steering pianist, the Bulgarian Dimitar Bodurov who is also the creator of the arrangements. Nice about his approach is the balance between the members of the trio. There is ample room to play together both while accompanying Sjoerdsma.
"God bless the child" is a venture when it starts. A very pronounced percussion solo, a rythm that doesn't follow through but is constantly broken off which results in the text getting an even more painful intensity.
Margriet Sjoerdsma moves with flair through the eleven songs. And, boy, can she swing! Listen to her own song "Carry On". Great debut!


FINANCIEEL DAGBLAD 19 oktober 2006 Hans Dijkstal

It starts hesitantly with flat tones. The drums join in timidly. The bass follows and all of a sudden we hear the very catchy voice of Margriet Sjoerdsma. The accompaniment by pianist Dimitar Bodurov, bass player Cord Heineking and percussionist
Bernard Weichinger is excellent.They all know how to make silence speak.
Sensitivity is one of her trademarks and that of her musicians. Listen to classics such as "God bless the child", "Old devil moon" and "I didn't know what time it was".
The album also comprises songs written by Sjoerdsma and Bodurov themselves.
Sjoerdsma has just completed her studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Our country welcomes a promising singer!


HEAVEN november/december Eric van Domburg Scipio

Jazz with a strong pop feeling

With "Careless Love" Madeleine Peyroux made a perfect comeback after her debut "Dreamland" in 1996 seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth.
"Half the perfect world" makes use of the same formula as the successful "Careless Love". Unfortunately more of the same doesn't always mean good or even better.
Peyroux' diction, instrumentation and the songs are of a high standard as ever, but all in all it is just a bit more predictable and obvious than her former album.
We prefer the excellent debut "With the whisper of a Morning" by Margriet Sjoerdsma from Limburg. Supported by the celebrated Bulgarian pianist Dimitar Bodurov and with the help of bass player Cord Heineking en Bernhard Weichinger on percussion she delivers a much more exciting and vocally at least as attractive jazz pop album.
With Sjoerdsma also a mixture of jazz standards, popsongs and originally written songs.
Her voice is less outspoken than Peyroux' but her voice has so much personality and warmth that Sjoerdsma is a match for Peyroux while Sjoerdsma's repertoire, the arrangements and accompaniment offer the listener just that little extra.