Upright bass player Arnoud van den Berg calls gypsy jazz "the rock 'n roll of jazz". A versatile musician, he's currently focusing on blues and gypsy jazz, regularly joining forces with guitar giants Robin Nolan and Nomy Rosenberg. Inspired by the rhythm section of Bob Marley's Wailers, The Police front man Sting and Beatle Paul McCartney, Arnoud van den Berg (1971, the Netherlands) took up electric bass at the age of ten after a year of tinkering with acoustic guitar. Ten years later he found his calling when he switched to upright bass. He studied jazz in the Netherlands, in Enschede and later at the renowned Hilversum Conservatory before hitting the road in 1997. He crisscrossed Europe and worked as far afield as South Korea following the paths of a variety of styles: broadway musical, latin, rock, mainstream jazz and rhythm & blues. This period made Arnoud the versatile and flexible musician he is today. In 2000 Arnoud started exploring the Dutch gypsy jazz scene and soon became an active member of this lively bunch. At the moment, he is working with some of the country's leading groups. He is part of the Nomy Rosenberg Trio, plays with gypsy guitar giant Robin Nolan and is teamed up with gypsy jazz's enfant terrible, the legendary Jimmy Rosenberg. You can book any of his current groups and order their CD's and DVD's by means of the contact page on this site.