The name Martijn Schok is synonymous with boogie woogie and piano blues. Martijn has played many Dutch jazz and blues festivals and can be seen regularly at festivals in Europe and the USA.

Martijn performs solo, as well as with his swinging 5-piece band, and has up till now released sixteen successful boogie woogie CDs. Also, Martijn can be heard on many CDs as a guest boogie woogie or blues piano player.

Martijn received the German Pinetop Boogie Woogie Award "Pianist Of The Year" 2013/2014. This award is the most important music award for Boogie Woogie in Germany and was awarded for the third time.

His piano style is characterized by a large dose of swing, a steady groove and a high degree of virtuosity. It is clear he has a great deal of admiration for the music of the early American boogie woogie originators.

Besides the swinging boogie woogie style, Martijn has built up an extensive and varied repertoire within the closely related genres of blues, early rhythm 'n blues and soul-jazz (especially the early style of Ramsey Lewis). His performances offer a variety of American roots piano styles, always with a common characteristic: swing, virtuosity and groove.

Martijn is a respected interpreter of the boogie woogie style and appears at famous international festivals, such as the festival in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA), the Queen City Blues Festival in Cincinnati (Ohio, USA), the Motor City Boogie & Blues Festival in Detroit (Michigan, USA), Blues Passions in France, and the international boogie woogie festivals in Switzerland, Belgium, France, Italy, England, Spain and the USA.

Besides his performing qualities, Martijn is the Artistic Director and founder of the International Boogie & Blues Festival Holland.

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