PIERRE VAN DORMAEL

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Undercover

Album: Solos - Duos

Released: Nov 15, 2008

Label: Mogno Music

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Undercover
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Love me always
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Small world
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Genre: Folk / Jazz / Other
Location Waterloo, BE
Profile Views: 85154
Last Login: 12/11/2012
Member Since 11/12/2006
Website http://www.pierrevandormael.com
Record Label Unknown Indie
Type of Label Indie
Bio
..Pierre Van Dormael left us on Wednesday, September 3rd 2008... The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 9th 2008 in the Sint-Joseph church in Waterloo at 11.00 am....... Born May 24th 1952, a choir singer and chamber orchestra violinist as a child, then folk singer-guitarist at 15, I studied at Berklee (arranging-composition) at 19, became a session guitarist (on many million albums) in the 70's, hit-song writer and avant-garde guitarist in the 80's, film composer - music theorist - teacher (and student) in Africa in the 90's, and may be musician in this decade (or next life). My music has been recorded by such wonderful musicians as Frank Foster and Freddy Green with the Count Basie Orchestra, Steve Coleman, Aka Moon, Byard Lancaster, Deborah Brown, Toots Thielemans, Lizz Wright... and I played in concert with Philip Catherine, Reggie Washington, Slide Hampton, Bill Frisell, Billy Hart, Bob Stewart, Soriba Kouyate, Greg Osby, David Gilmore, Marc Ducret, Magic Malik... also invited to contribute to my friends' records (Tribu, Thôt, and wrote "North Country Suite" for Octurn / cd: De Werf 2007). ..............
Members
.. PIERRE VAN DORMAEL TRIO: Pierre Van Dormael: guitar *, Lara Rosseel: upright bass *, David Broeders: drums * .. PIERRE VAN DORMAEL & HERVE SAMB: Guitar Duo .. PIERRE VAN DORMAEL QUARTET: Pierre Van Dormael: guitars *, Herve Samb: guitars *, Lara Rosseel: upright bass *, David Broeders: drums * .. "NORTH COUNTRY SUITE" * OCTURN * Laurent Blondiau: trumpet * Guillaume Orti: alto saxophone * Bo Van Der Werf: baritone saxophone * Fabian Fiorini: piano * Jozef Dumoulin: fender rhodes * Pierre Van Dormael: guitars * Jean-Luc Lehr - electric bass * Christophe Minck: electric bass * Chander Sardjoe: drums * Lara Rosseel: acoustic bass on "All Places" * .. VIVACES: Pierre Van Dormael: guitars * Stéphane Galland: drums * / or Chander Sarjoe: drums * Otti Van Der Werf: bass * Ben Ngabo: rwanda drums & percussion * Michel Seba: congas & percussion * Anne Wolf: piano & keyboards * Kris Defoort: piano * Bo Van Der Werf: baritone sax * Nicolas Kummert: tenor sax * Manu Hermia: soprano sax * and Benoît Ruwet: sabar * ..
Influences
trees, light, Lizz Wright, flowers, stars, traffic, Miles Davis, dance, Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker, paintings, Monet, Kandinski, Picasso, beauty, values independent of time, love, principles of life, Joni Mitchell for expanding the breadth of extremities in her songs, Bach in the morning, Haydn and Mozart on sundays, Duke Ellington for the polyphonic melody & rythm, Charlie Parker and Steve Coleman for changing the guards, Toots Thielemans for his completeness, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Herbie Hancock for their playing's teachings, Pat Metheny the bright size player, Bob Dylan the diamond jeweler whose works look simple like glass and rough like stone, Quincy Jones, Youssou N'Dour, african rythm, the music of Mali, Cassandra Wilson for the spectrum, Ralph Towner, Michael Gregory Jackson, Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Philip Catherine, John Mc Laughlin, Bill Frisell... for their specific and beautiful approach of my favourite instrument, landscapes, changing skies, clouds and weather, snow, Louis Armstrong, american folk music, afro-american culture and creativity in gospel, early blues, jazz, soul, AACM, motown, R&B... Chopin, romantic strings, Walt Disney and fairy tales, something in all music related to life and spirit, surprises, new combinations in cooking, interviews of musicians, phrases of wisdom ...
Sounds Like
Tonal recipes expanding in an unlimited variety of harmonic, rythmic and melodic shapes balanced with the emotional ground of a song. .. PIERRE VAN DORMAEL QUARTET Live at the KVS september 5, 2007 Pierre Van Dormael: guitars, Herve Samb: guitars, Lara Rosseel: upright bass, David Broeders: drums .. .. .. .. ..