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Almost every day we add another photo or video, plus a little story, to this article untill we've covered all the artists that we have in our Vault from 20 years ago, in 2006. We started with this on our drummerszone instagram channel, but on our own website we have a lot more space to talk and share additional stuff like extra photos, videos and music.
For instance, on the socials we can not show the accompanying albums - or any other info that we have on Drummerszone.com. So here we go...
Questlove
Here we see the legendary Questlove in 2013 with The Roots at North Sea Jazz. As many artists do, he is taking a photo of the audience before the show starts. This year, Questlove is back on the festival with a few shows:
In a later post we will talk more about Jon Batiste, and we will mention all those artists across several posts since they are North Sea alumni from an early age.
The first time Questlove played at the festival was July 15, 1995. They played the last show of the day from 00:45 – 02:00 a.m. in the Paulus Potterzaal, back when the festival was still held at the Nederlands Congres Centrum in The Hague. At that time the band was touring in support of their major-label debut album, Do You Want More?!!!??!, featuring Cassandra Wilson and the Electric Light Orchestra.
The Roots host their own festival as well: The Roots Picnic. An annual music and culture festival curated by the legendary hip-hop crew. The 2026 Philadelphia festival took place on May 30 and 31 at the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. The not-so-small headliners were Jay-Z and Erykah Badu. The lineup also had: Kehlani, Brandy, T.I., De La Soul, and Corinne Bailey Rae.
Lucas van Merwijk and his Cubop City Big Band
A while back, Instagram deleted our @drummerszone account for no reason, and without notification. We lost many thousands of followers and started again in 2026 with the drummer who is at the root of Drummerszone.com. Lucas van Merwijk is the reason yours truly wanted to play the drums when he was a little boy. Fast forward to 2006, the year Lucas played at the North Sea Jazz Festival with his Cubop City Big Band program 'Latin Vocal Explosion' - celebrating the first 10 years of the Latin Big Band. It featured on vocals: Lilian Vieira (Zuco 103), Izaline Calister, Yma America and Miguel Montenegro. On percussion there were Nils Fischer and Gerardo Rosales. Lucas played drums and timbales that day.
The album 'Latin Vocal Explosion' is available on the major streaming platforms and you can buy it in his web shop.
Fun fact: the girl on the album cover is Gianna Tam, a very talented singer, drummer, percussionist, dancer and band leader... and stepdaughter of Lucas.
