Chris Strik was born in Breda in 1967. His father was a musician so he grew up with music around him all the time. Chris started to play the accordeon when he was 6 years old, but soon changed to drums. In his early teens he started to practice seriously and when he was twelve he already did his first studio-session.

In 1986 Chris was admitted to the Conservatory in Utrecht, from wich he graduated with the highest possible grade (10/10 cum laude ) 

For six years Chris was the main subsitute for Andre Ceccarelli in the band of Dee Dee Bridgewater, with whom he played / toured on all the main festivals/venues all over the world.(Blue note jazzclubs, festivals/venues in Amerika, Canada, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Israel, Aruba, Martinique, Italy, France, Madagascar, Japan, and many more countries)

For twelve years he toured with Pianist Amina Figarova with whom he played all over the world (Chicago jazz festival, Newport jazz festival, Blue Note Jazzclub New York, North Sea Jazzfestival/Capetown are some of the many venues they played)

Over the last years he also toured with:

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 Metropole Orchestra, Basement Jaxx,  Jan Akkerman, Hein van de Gein, Deborah Brown, Kenny Wheeler, Tineke Postma, Karin Bloemen, Rob van Bavel, Mark Murphy, Harvey Wainapple, Dmitri Matheny, Bill Solley & Kim Prevost, Rita Marcotulli, Hugh Hopper, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Antonie Kamerling, Karin Bloemen and Dee Dee Bridgewater. 

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