Fay Claassen
Fay Claassen – one of the Netherlands’ most celebrated jazz voices – joins forces with pianist Karel Boehlee, guitarist Peter Tiehuis and bassist Theo de Jong for their latest album ‘Soulprint’. Released in late 2025, Soulprint showcases a deeply personal collection of original compositions, blending jazz sophistication, soulful grooves and intimate songwriting. With her signature warm, expressive vocals, Fay invites the listener into a musical journey full of emotion, poetry and subtle improvisation. Over the course of her career she has won multiple prestigious awards – including four Edison Jazz Awards – as well as the Chet Baker Award and a Golden Record. Together with her stellar band she delivers music that’s timeless, heartfelt and unmistakably hers.
Filmed and recorded live in November, 2025.
SETLIST
1. Vincente ’78 (music: K. Boehlee, lyrics: F. Claassen)
2. Simple Song (music: P. Heller, lyrics: F. Claassen)
3. Purity (music: K. Boehlee, lyrics: S. Pormes)
4. La Dame du Sans-Souci (music: K. Boehlee, lyrics: D. Linx)
Digging the Archives*
5. Dat Mistige Rooie Beest (R. van Otterloo)
MUSICIANS
Fay Claassen – vocals
Karel Boehlee – piano
Peter Tiehuis – guitar
Theo de Jong – bass
*Composer-arranger Rogier van Otterloo is one of the icons of Dutch light music. His work was widely appreciated and the freshness of his arrangements is still unsurpassed. Although classically educated, Van Otterloo was first and foremost a jazzman.
The Dutch Jazz Archive acquired his estate in 2023 and is proud that it has already resulted in several projects. In Diggin’ the Archives, Fay Claassen presents her own unique version of ‘Dat mistige rooie beest’, from the famous film Turks Fruit, for which Rogier van Otterloo wrote an almost epic soundtrack.
POCKET CONCERTS TEAM
Production: Arjan Went & Co de Kloet
Digging the Archives: Frank Jochemsen (NJA)
Sound: Wijnand de Groot
Sound assistant: Anton van Halderen
Camera: Arnaud Heymel (Heymel Visual)
Camera assistant: Yara Heijmel (AllYouMedia)
Camera assistant: Anne Reijman Hinze
Editing: Arnaud Heymel (Heymel Visual)
Design: Marcel van den Broek (Oak)
Host: Ide van Gelder
THANKS
Mark van Schaick (Buma Cultuur), Toni De Toni (injazz), Theater Kikker Utrecht, Raph van den Driesschen, Astrid Schenk (Worldofjazz.nl), Jasper van den Broek (Concertzender), Niklaas Hoekstra (Concertzender), Sem de Jongh (Concertzender), Daen’s planten Utrecht
Pocket Concerts is made possible by World of Jazz, injazz, and Het Jazz Archief.