After having completed highschool, specializing in music, Jeroen attends jazz lessons at the Antwerp Jazz Studio, with Dave PIKE, Peter HERTMANS and John RUOCCO. He also attended workshops with Joe LOVANO, Dave LIEBMAN, Steve GROSSMAN, Bill PIERCE.

In '99, he receives the Belgian Django d'Or.

He now teaches saxophone and ensemble at Royal Brussels Conservatory.

Plays (and did play) in numerous groups :

               

Toots THIELEMANS
Chris JORIS Experience
MÄÄK's SPIRIT
Olivier TOMAS and Co
EMANON FIVE
WISSELS - LINX Quartet
Philip CATHERINE
Homage To Jaco Pastorius (Michel Hatzigeorgiou )
Dave PIKE
ACT BIG BAND
OCTURN,
Nathalie LORIERS Quartet
SAX NO END
ODE FOR JOE
VARIATIONS ON A LOVE SUPREME
ALICE's 5 MOONS
TODAY's SPECIAL
Ivan PADUART Quartet
François DESCAMPS "Hamp digs Ham"
Kris DEFOORT's DREAMTIME
Marco LOCURCIO Sextet

As a leader or co-leader : Gratitude Trio, Jeroen van Herzeele - Stéphane Galland Duo, Laniakea, Tremble

In a more contemporary acid-jazz-rock-rap vein, he leads Greetings from Mercury.
Festivals:

North Sea Jazz Festival (with Octurn)- Den Haag (1994)
Prague - EBU Big Band (1995)
Barcelona - Poetry Project (1995)
Middelheim Jazz Festival - Antwerp
Stockholm-Gothenburg-Uppsala Tour - Chris Joris Experience (1997)
Montreal Jazz Festival - Octurn (1997)
Knitting Factory ( New York ) - Octurn (1997)
Syria and Lebanon - ( Jazz Caravan ) - Ode For Joe (1997)
Liège Jazz Festival
"Festival des Lundis d'Hortense" - Brussels

ADDITIONAL DISCOGRAPHY
(See top of page for main discography)

Read an interview of Jeroen VAN HERZEELE in the Journal of the Lundis d'Hortense (in French).