Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg
Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (* 1955 ) is a Belgian improvisation musician ( vocals ).
Live and act
Van Schouwburg worked for several years with the Brussels formation Collectif Inaudible , initially as a musician on various instruments, before focusing on vocal improvisation and singing techniques from 1996 on. He describes his singing style as Word Phonoetry / Phonésie , which can be heard on his solo album Orynx - Phonésie, which he composed between 1997 and 2004 . As a soloist he performed a. a. in London, Lille, Liège, Brussels and Slovakia. He also worked with Guy Strale , Kris Vanderstraeten , Adelheid Sieuw and Jan-Huib Nas , currently with the formations Sureau (with Kris Vanderstraeten and Jean Demey), in a duo with Marjolaine Charbin and with Audrey Lauro , in Garden Gift (with Jean Demey , John Russell , Adelheid Sieuw) and MouthWind (with Lawrence Casserley ), also with Paul Hubweber , Dario Palermo . In the field of jazz he was involved in four recording sessions between 2006 and 2008.
Discographic notes
- Quelles bouches voleront en éclats (2008), with Marjolaine Charbin
- Gingko 4: Freedom of the City (Emanem, 2006), with Adelheid Sieuw, Guy Strale, Jan Huib Nas
- Sureau (Creative Sources, 2007), with Demey Vanderstraeten, Jean Demey
- The Mercelis Concert (Inaudible), with John Russell, Jean Demey
- Bionic Beings Beginnings (2008), with Paul Dunmall , Phil Gibbs , Peter Brandt
- Five Rooms (A Serrapiglio Amirani), with Gianni Mimmo, Angelo Contini, John Russell
- Lawrence Casserley & Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg: MouthWind (HEyeRMEarS / DISCORBIE, 2011)
Web links
- Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg at Allmusic (English)
- Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.amiranirecords.com/artists/jean-michel-van-schouwburg
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 29, 2014)
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SURNAME | Van Schouwburg, Jean-Michel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Schouwburg, JM |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz and improvisation musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |