Pierre Van Dormael born in Brussels

Brussels

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, Uccle

Uccle

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, was a Belgian

Belgium

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 musician

Musician

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 and composer

Composer

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.

In 1988, he played with the James Baldwin Project with a.o. David Linx

David Linx

David Linx is a Belgian jazz singer, composer and songwriter.-As guest:*Diederik Wissels*Trio Bravo*Viktor Lazlo*Maurane*La Grande Formation*Aka Moon- Notes :...

 and Deborah Brown

Deborah Brown

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 (vocalists), Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton

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 (trombone

Trombone

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), Diederik Wissels

Diederik Wissels

The Dutch-born award-winning jazz pianist Diederik Wissels was born in Rotterdam in December 1960. In 1968, he moved to Brussels, Belgium and later attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. In his early career, he played with Chet Baker, Joe Henderson and Toots Thielemans, amongst others...

 (piano

Piano

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), Bob Stewart

Bob Stewart (tuba)

Bob Stewart in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. is a freelance concert artist, educator, and studio musician. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and his Masters in Education from Lehman College Graduate School. Stewart taught music...

 (tuba

Tuba

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) and Michel Hatzigeorgiou

Michel Hatzigeorgiou

Michel Hatzigeorgiou is a Belgian bassist. He was born in Belgium from Greek parents. He started playing bouzouki at the age of 9, then switched to electric guitar at 11 and finally to electric bass at 14. He joined his first band "The Blackbirds" when he was student at Charleroi Technical...

 (bass

Bass guitar

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). Van Dormael was also a member of Nasa Na Band, a jazz band known as the precursor of Aka Moon

Aka Moon

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. He also made soundtracks for films directed by his brother Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.- Biography :In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and...

 (Toto le Héros

Toto le Héros

Toto le Héros is a 1991 Belgian film by Belgian film director and screenwriter Jaco Van Dormael.-Plot:...

, Le Huitième Jour

Le Huitième Jour

Le huitième jour is a Belgian 1996 film that tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance...

, Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody (film)

Mr. Nobody is a 2009 Belgian science fiction drama film directed by Jaco Van Dormael, starring Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Sarah Polley, Natasha Little, Rhys Ifans and Daniel Mays. This movie tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth. Nemo is 118 years old and lives...

). In 2007, he received 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,...

Award.

He died from cancer at age 56, on September 3, 2008.

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