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Suzan Veneman

Jazz trumpet player and composer Suzan Veneman captures audiences with her adventurous and soulful sound. After finishing her studies in the USA she has played an active part on the jazz scene both in the Netherlands and abroad. Comfortable in many genres of modern music, she can be seen playing with a wide variety of bands, including: the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, BvR Flamenco Big Band, Zack Lober’s NO FILL3R, Iman Spaargaren's 'Undercurrent Trio' and her own ambitious projects ‘Zinder’ and the 'Suzan Veneman Sextet'. 

Her early achievements include being finalist at the Prinses Christina Concours (NL, 2010) and partaking in the exclusive Jazz Rising Stars Program at Ravinia, IL (USA, 2013) lead by former jazz giant David Baker.
 

Suzan has also excelled as a skilled composer and arranger, being a finalist at the ASMAC Big Band composers and arrangers competition in LA (USA, 2014) and awardee Jazz Comp Graz Big Band Composers Competition in Austria in 2021. She was invited as guest composer at NDR big band in Hamburg, as part of their ‘Arrangement Podium’ in 2021 and was recipient of the ‘Week van de Jazz’ composers assignment in 2022. Suzan is the recipient of the annual 'Rogier van Otterloo Award' 2024, a prestigious award given to the 'most promising Dutch composer/arranger'. 

Veneman made her debut as a bandleader in 2019, further discovering and developing her voice as trumpet player and composer. Her first album ‘Migrations of the Mind’ with the Suzan Veneman Sextet came out in 2022, after which the band played a beautiful release-tour on several leading jazz festivals and stages throughout the Netherlands. She is currently working on her next album with this band, revolving around the topic of 'letting go'. The release of this brand new album is planned at the end of 2025. 

Suzan started her second project 'Zinder' in 2021, a sextet consisting of 4 trumpets, upright bass and drums. Her idea was to combine the dynamic force of 4 trumpets with the freedom of a chord-less trio. Within this special set-up, Veneman playfully explores different roles the trumpet takes on within the jazz idiom, using big band-like tuttis, desolate melodies, free improvisation and warm harmonic interplay. Her second album with this ensemble was release on April 20th 2024 at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam.

Her latest and third album as a bandleader and second one with the sextet, entitled 'The Art of Letting Go', will be released on November 14th of this year (2025).
 

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Suzan Veneman, Timothy Banchet, Koosje, João Erbetta, Fred Leeflang and more

Read "Suzan Veneman, Timothy Banchet, Koosje, João Erbetta, Fred Leeflang and more" reviewed by Co de Kloet


Enjoy your summer with a new episode of inJazz Radio. In this show, exclusive recordings from our Pocket Concerts series with trumpeter and composer Suzan Venemand and pianist Timothy Banchet. And also music from the duo by Dutch singer-songwriter Koosje and Brazilian guitarist, composer, and producer João Erbetta. Playlist Marike van Dijk Nonet “Landed" (M. van Dijk) Suzan Veneman & Timothy Banchet “Lotus Blossom" (K. Dorham) Suzan Veneman & Timothy Banchet “Ballad Woody" (W. Shaw) Suzan Veneman & ...

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Zack Lober: NO FILL3R

Read "NO FILL3R" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Bassist Zack Lober has been part of the worlds of jazz and musical improvisation for some time but this is his debut as a leader, heading a frisky trio which also includes trumpet and drums. This album was recorded in the Netherlands and has Lober playing with trumpeter Suzan Veneman and drummer Sun-Mi Hong. The three combine for a tight, compact sound which is most immediately striking when Veneman's trumpet drifts melodically over the undulating rhythms laid down ...

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So We Could Live

ZenneZ Records
2025

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Between Two Worlds

ZenneZ Records
2024

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Hold Your Fire

Neuklang Records
2023

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NO FILL3R

ZenneZ Records
2023

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Migrations of the Mind

ZenneZ Records
2022

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