Jan grew up in Uden (Netherlands), an environment with a lot of talented musicians. He had a group with Marcel Schimscheimer (Toots Thielemans, Mink Deville, Gino Vanelli). Jan performed in those early years also with Hans and Candy Dulfer.Moving to the west, he met Juan van Emmerloot & Walter Latupeirissa (Steve Lukather TOTO, Snowy White, Walter Trout) They did a lot of gigs in Holland and played several of Jans songs.In the beginning of the 90s Jan did a lot of performances with Thijs van Leer (Focus) Bobby Jacobs (Focus), Roeland Jacobs (Laura Figi), Marcel Dorenbos (Laura Figi, Victor Bailey) and Ruben van Rhoon (Candy Dulfer).During his 6 year period in Curacao Jan performed with Franklin Bata, Roy en Elmer Louis (Passport), de Kast, the Rembrand trio, Konkie Halmeyer and Aaron Heick (Simon and Garfunkel, Lady Gaga). For years Jan performed in the popular caf the Tropen with his band.Together with Juan van Emmerloot, Jan produced his own CD the voice inside, which ha