Jean-Jacques Rojer is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the island of Curaçao. Rojer’s album Soko (Sunnyside records) was recorded in New York and features Grammy-winner Jeff’ Tain” Watts on drums, Grammy-winners John Benitez on bass and Pernell Saturnino on Percussion and the virtuosic vibraphone player and multi-instrumentalist Warren Wolf. The album was produced by Grammy-winning producer Brain Bacchus. Rojer grew up in a musical family on the island of Curaçao and he is a direct descendant of Jacobo Palm and Jan Gerard Palm. The Palm family has been on the forefront of the Curaçaoan music scene since the 19th century. Rojer has performed with Paquito D'Rivera in Carnegie Hall and he has also had the honour to share the stage in New York with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Next to his jazz career, Rojer is also very active with composing and scoring for film, theater and the pop music industry. He can be heard playing mandoline on the score of “Profession du père”, a Jean-Pierre Améris film. Besides the aforementioned, Rojer has also worked and made guest appearances with Ilan Chester, Andy Narell, Phillip Harper, Michael Kanan, Randal Corsen, Izaline Calister, Marjorie Barnes, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Metropool Orchestra, Fra Fra sound and many others. He currently resides in Amsterdam with his wife Kelly, his son Samuel and dog Mac