Jesse van Ruller

Jesse van Ruller
Background information
Birth name	Jesse van Ruller
Born	(1972-01-21) 21 January 1972 (age 53) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Guitar

Jesse van Ruller (born 21 January 1972) is a Dutch jazz guitarist and composer. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition in 1995 and has recorded several albums as a leader and more as a sideman.

Early life

Van Ruller was born in Amsterdam on 21 January 1972. ^[1] He started playing the guitar at the age of seven. ^[1] "He continued his studies at Miami University, Ohio (MM 1995), and in 1995 won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition in Washington, DC." ^[1]

Later life and career

Van Ruller recorded two quintet albums for Bluemusic: European Quintet in 1996 and Herbs, Fruits, Balms and Spices two years later. ^[1] He went on to record three albums for Criss Cross Jazz. ^{[2] [3]} These were Here and There and Circles in 2002, and Views in 2005. ^[3] The guitarist composed almost all of the pieces played on the last two. ^[3]

Discography

As leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Notes
1996	European Quintet	Bluemusic	Quintet [1]
1998	Herbs, Fruits, Balms and Spices	Bluemusic	Quintet [1]
2002	Here and There	Criss Cross	Some tracks quartet, with David Hazeltine (piano), Nat Reeves (bass), Joe Farnsworth (drums); some tracks trio, with Frans Van Geest (bass), Willie Jones III (drums) [3] [4]
2002	Circles	Criss Cross	Quartet, with Seamus Blake (tenor sax), Sam Yahel (organ), Bill Stewart (drums) [3]
2005	Views	Criss Cross	Quartet, with Seamus Blake (tenor sax), Sam Yahel (organ), Bill Stewart (drums) [3]
2005	Live At Murphy’s Law	Munich Records	Trio, with Joost van Schaik (drums) and Frans Van Der Hoeven (bass)
2021	Spirits High		With Maarten Hogenhuis

As sideman

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
1999?	Benjamin Herman	Get In	Challenge
2001	David Hazeltine	Good-Hearted People	Criss Cross [5]
2001	Clarence Penn	Play-Penn	Criss Cross [6]
2002	John Swana	On Target	Criss Cross [7]
2003?	Fleurine	Fire	Coast to Coast [8]
2005?	Pete Philly and Perquisite	Mindstate	Anti- [9]
2009?	Benjamin Herman	Blue Sky Blond	Dox
2010?	Dave Liebman	Lieb Plays Weill	Daybreak-Challenge [10]
2011	Ramón Valle	Flashes from Holland	RVS
2012?	Benjamin Herman	Deal	Dox
2013?	Florian Ross	Wheel & Wires	Fuhrwerk
2019?	Jasper Blom	Polyphony	Whirlwind [11]

References

1. van Eyle, Wim (2003), "Van Ruller, Jesse", Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J715700
2. "Jesse van Ruller (G)". crisscrossjazz.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
3. Cook & Morton 2008, p. 1441.
4. Hovan, C. Andrew (17 September 2002). "Jesse van Ruller: Here and There". All About Jazz.
5. Cook & Morton 2008, p. 677.
6. Cook & Morton 2008, p. 1140.
7. Cook & Morton 2008, p. 1371.
8. Loudon, Christopher (March 2005). "Fleurine: Fire". JazzTimes.
9. "Pete Philly & Perquisite: Mind.State". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 December 2018.
10. Waxman, Ken (May 2010). "Dave Liebman Group (Jazzwerkstatt): Lieb Plays Weill – David Liebman (Daybreak-Challenge)". All About Jazz: New York. No. 97. p. 28.
11. Cohen, Brad (April 2019). "Jasper Blom Quartet: Polyphony". DownBeat. Vol. 86, no. 4. p. 55.

Bibliography

• Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.