Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.amiranirecords.com/artists/jean-michel-van-schouwburg
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 29, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Van Schouwburg, Jean-Michel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Van Schouwburg, JM
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1955