Janot Buchem

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Janot or Jano Buchem (born September 12, 1946 in Verviers ; † July 3, 2014 in Brussels ) was a Belgian jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , also vocals).

Live and act

Buchem gained his first musical experience when he played in the twist band The Friends in the early 1960s ; with this group he released the single Crazy Horse . Under the influence of Thelonious Monk's music , he came to jazz and intensified his occupation with the bass. In 1972 he met Steve Houben , with whom he, Ron Wilson and Jacques and Micheline Pelzer founded the jazz rock formation Open Sky Unit in 1973 ; the album of the same name was made in 1974. As a member of Jacques Pelzer's band, he met American musicians such as Barry Altschul and Chet Baker . He also played in the Art Taylor quartet with Louis McConnell . From 1975 he switched to the double bass; during a stay in the USA in 1976 he was a student at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. After his return he belonged to the Belgian-American band Solstice around Steve Houben, on whose album Stephane Houben (1977) he was involved. He has also appeared with Jon Eardley , John Ruocco , Milou Struvay , Charles Loos and Hal Singer . With Ron Wilson and Micheline Pelzer he formed the Tao Trio . In the 1980s he worked in the Trio Roots & Fruits with Biloux Doneux and Pierre Lognay, in the quintet of his brother-in-law Steve Houben and in a trio with Félix Simtaine . He also toured with Plastic Bertrand (with whom he also recorded), Philippe De Cock, Mimi Verderame, Michel Hatzigeorgiou and Pierre Vaiana. He also worked with Babs Gonzales and in the formation Dodécanagrams around Denis Pousseur . In 1984 he opened a music store in Liège. From the 1990s he appeared with the bands Smiles to Miles with Steve and Greg Houben, Jacques Pirotton and Stéphan Pougin and his Jano Buchem Sextet with Steve and Greg Houben, Jacques Pirotton and Pascal Mohy . He was also active as a theater composer.

Web links

Lexical entry

  • Émile Henceval: Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie . Liège: Pierre Mardaga, 1991.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Jazz Hot N ° 668 (Summer 2014)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 25, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Buchem, Janot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buchem, Jano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Verviers
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 2014
Place of death Brussels