Marius van den Brink is one of the grantees of NAJ’s Netherlands - New York Fund which was launched in March 2022. Marius played a live album recording at Dizzy’s Club - Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 9th, 10th, and 11th 2023.

After moving from Amsterdam to Brooklyn, New York, Marius has performed and recorded with well-known artists such as Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Joel Frahm, Fransesco Mela, Ingrid Jensen, Ara Dinkjian, Haley Reinhart, Cee-Lo Green, the Birdland Bigband and the Tonkunstler Orchestra and has performed at world-class stages such as the North Sea Jazz Festival(Rotterdam), Birdland Jazz Club(NYC), GroudUp Festival(MIA), Sony Music Hall(NYC), The Cretan World Music Festival (Greece), Jazz Forum and the Bimhuis(Amsterdam). His most recent project Blauw has been released on January 30th, 2022, and contains solely his original compositions. The album features the amazing Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, Doug Weiss on bass, and Jeff 'Tain' Watts on drums.