After graduating in 1988, he moved to New York City and studied trumpet with Donald Byrd.

He was a member of big bands led by Mercer Ellington and Frank Foster.

In the 1990s, he recorded the album Bitches and Fairy Tales (1999) with Marc Johnson, Joey Baron, and John Taylor.

Vloeimans has also worked with Kinan Azmeh, Michiel Borstlap, Lars Danielsson, Jimmy Haslip, Joe LaBarbera, Nguyên Lê, Ernst Reijseger, and Bugge Wesseltoft.

[1] With Michel Banabila With Michiel Borstlap With Martin Fondse With others