Jeroen Reggers is a Belgian guitar player and composer.
He is involved in a wide range of ensembles, including the Antwerp-based fusion formation Unfinished Business; the poetic, lyrical jazz band YENTL; the Stefan Bracaval Quartet, the Muze Jazz Orchestra and the Hnita Big Band.
As a bandleader, Jeroen brought together some of the leading voices of the Belgian jazz scene to form his quartet: Steven Delannoye (saxophone), Nicolas Thys (bass) and Gert-Jan Dreessen (drums). With this group, he merges his passion for jazz and improvisation with influences drawn from more experimental bands such as Radiohead. Their collaboration led to the release of the quartet’s debut album Ten Years from Now in November 2024.
Jeroen Reggers picked up his first guitar at the age of 8 and he immediately found a huge passion in playing and listening to music.
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In 2012, at the age of 18, he decided to turn this passion into a profession and started his studies at the conservatory of Leuven. After three years in Leuven, he studied at the conservatory of Amsterdam for one year before graduating at the conservatory of Antwerp. During his studies his guitar teachers were Peter Hertmans, Jesse van Ruller, Martijn van Iterson and Frederik Leroux.
During his studies Jeroen had the chance to play with some internationally acclaimed artists. He arranged for and played with the Antwerp Jazz Orchestra, featuring Joshua Redman in 2018 and Chris Potter in 2022. With his band FONS. (with Gert-Jan Dreessen and Lennert Baerts) he had the chance to play a concert featuring Logan Richardson on saxophone at Jazz Middelheim in 2018.
As a teacher Jeroen teaches at the Pentagoon Academy Tongeren and academie Grimbergen.
Photo: Rebecca De Cavel