Name: HopSpot Live | De Jong INC
Start: 2026-04-03T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-03T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Amaliadwarsstraat 2D, 3522 AR Utrecht

Join us for a new HopSpot! We welcome back De Jong INC on April 3rd.
Location:
Zalencentrum Zuid, Utrecht
Schedule:
20:00 - 20:45 - Lindy Hop workshop
20:45 - 21:30 - DJ set 1
21:30 - 22:15 - Band set 1
22:15 - 23:45 - DJ set 2
23:45 - 23:30 - Band set 2
23:30 - 00:00 - DJ set 3
See you all there!
Price:
15 euros for the entire evening, including the workshop. Payment is at the door through a QR code. If you cannot pay in this way, contact us before through FB, insta or [email protected]
About the band:
De Jong is not your typical family company! This swinging troupe is fueled by the chemistry of father and son. The joint effort of vibraphone player Hein de Jong and pianist Jetse de Jong and their hip-shakin’ rhythm section propels every dance floor they play back to Harlem in the 1930s!
Their latest release Horace was released in 2021. During the first lockdown, Hein de Jong and his son Jetse de Jong decided to get together and record a tribute to the compositions of hardbop pianist and composer Horace Silver. The album is the result of a lifelong shared passion by father and son for the swinging, bluesy direction jazz took in the late 50s and early 60s.
Hein de Jong’s 40 year+ musical career has taken him across the globe: As a soloist he has been awarded at the Warsaw Jazz Festival and received the Pall Mall Swing Award in the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. As a leader Hein recorded 3 albums; Get it got it Good, Tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet and Horace. His tasteful playing with an emphasis on swing and melody has made him in-demand internationally for various constellations featuring the likes of Scott Hamilton, Heinz Kretschmar, Peanuts Hucko, Csaba Deseo, Butch Miles.
Some think that pianist Jetse de Jong fell into a big pot of New Orleans’ Gumbo as a child. They say that after a few days he climbed out and hasn’t stopped playing the piano ever since. In reality he found his calling after hearing the music of rock ‘n roll legend Fats Domino. This November his debut-EP Jetse de Jong Plays Dorothy Labostrie will be released.
De Jong INC is the house orchestra of Arnhem’s Lindy Hop Swing Out at the café de Kurk.