The trombonist Ilja Reijngoud is next Michiel Borstlap and Jesse van Ruller the third European to win a Thelonious Monk Award. Reijngoud won this prestigious American jazz prize in 2003 for his composition No Substitute. A highlight in a career that began when he graduated cum laude in 1996 at the Hilversum Conservatory. Besides his activities as a teacher, he is active as a leader (the Ilja Reijngoud
… Quartet) and with bands like The Houdinis, Cubop City Band, the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and Pierre Cour Bois double quintet.more
