Bart de Win studied jazz piano & vocals in Rotterdam. He now works as a main subject teacher (pop & jazz) at the conservatories of Utrecht and Rotterdam. His musical style ranges from jazz to americana and everything in between. He played in several jazz, pop and roots bands. For fifteen years Bart played with Dutch singer Gerard van Maasakkers. Bart plays with international artists like Iain Matthews (UK), Walt Wilkins, The Birds of Chicago, Sam Baker & Kevin Welch (USA), Izaline Calister (Curaçao) and with Dutch icons like Ruud Hermans, or former students like Shirma Rouse. His current bands are: Matthews Southern Comfort, The Bayou Brothers and Tip Jar. Because of his versatility Bart has been called a musical centipede by some. Although his music is indeed hard to classify into one single musical category, his own repertoire, however, steadily developed from jazz and pop in a more rootsy direction. His jazz background blended in easily with his newly developed authentic style. His music has been described as a crossover between americana, blues, gospel, jazz & vaudeville. Bart has a very own, unique, rootsy sound that stands out. From his well praised timing to his warm bariton to his sensitive playing of the piano, rhodes and accordeon; everything breaths a pleasant and free originality.