
Essential Elements is the first album by Maurits Roes. Available for download via iTunes Review by journalist Bert Jansma “The first word that came to mind when hearing the debut CD of the Maurits Roes trio was: poetry. Music and notes like the words of a poet searching for what is unnameable and sometimes touching [...]

At the age of 8 Maurits Roes, born on the 2nd of February 1981 in The Hague, started to play the piano. He took private lessons in classical music. At a certain time he switched to jazz because he wanted to explore his improvisation skills that he …