Philippe Aerts
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Belgium
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jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
double bassist. He is a member of Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.-Biography:He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father....
trio
Trio (music)
Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
and Ivan Paduart trio. He also has his own trio with John Ruocco (tenor saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
) and Tony Levin
Tony Levin (drummer)
Tony Levin was an English jazz drummer.Levin played at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in the 1960s with artists including Joe Harriott, Al Cohn, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Zoot Sims, and Toots Thielemanns....
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) and quartet
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
with on top Bert Joris
Bert Joris
Bert Joris is an internationally renowned jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger from Belgium. In 1996 he received the Golden Django.-References:*...
(trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
). He won the Belgian Golden Django
Golden Django
The Golden Django, named after guitarist Django Reinhardt, is an award for jazz musicians in Europe. The trophy is a creation of the French painter Raymond Moretti. It was first introduced in France , then in Belgium , in Sweden and Italy and finally in Denmark .-Belgian palmares:Since 1995,...
in 2002 for best Belgian artist.
Bands
He leads :- Philippe Aerts trio
- Philippe Aerts quartet
He has recorded with:
- Charles Loos trio
- Diederik Wissels trio
- Nathalie LoriersNathalie LoriersNathalie Loriers is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer.In 1991 Loriers formed her own quartet with Kurt Van Herck , Philippe Aerts and Mimi Verderame . She also has her own trio with Salvatore La Rocca and Hans Van Oosterhout...
- Michel HerrMichel HerrMichel Herr is a Belgian pianist, composer and arranger active in the fields of jazz and film music.Since the seventies he has been active on the European Jazz scene. He appeared on more than 60 jazz albums....
- Jacques Pelzer
- Steve HoubenSteve HoubenSteve Houben is a Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was born in 1950. In the mid 1970s, he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Houben created on his return to Belgium the jazz seminar at the Liège conservatory, in association with Henri Pousseur. In his long career he played...
- Ivan Paduart trio
- Philip Catherine trio
- Bert Joris quartet
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
He has toured with:
- Richard Galliano & Gary Burton quartet