Koen De Cauter

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Koen De Cauter (born March 1950 in Roeselare ) is a Belgian jazz musician ( guitar , soprano saxophone , composition) who mainly plays gypsy jazz and is a well-known singer as a singer of the chansons of Georges Brassens .

Live and act

De Cauter is the son of a restaurateur, in whose Klokkeput in Sint-Martens-Latem Manouches could perform; De Cauter met Fapy Lafertin of the same age as early as 1965 , with whom he became friends. As a self-taught musician , like Lafertin, he later joined Piotto Limberger's group de Piottos , in which they spent their apprenticeship years. In 1975 they founded the Waso Quartet (named after De Cauter's little son ) with Jeff C. Wickle (rhythm guitar) and Michael Verstraeten (bass) to play the music of Django Reinhardt . In the same year, the group made their debut album, followed by four more albums with Vivi Limberger as rhythm guitarist; then De Cauter brought Tcha Limberger into the group, with whom he also appeared in the Duo Romanes (album 1996).

He also appears in the De Cauter Quintet with his sons Waso De Cauter (guitar), Dajo De Cauter (bass) and Myrddin De Cauter (clarinet) and his daughter Vigdis De Cauter (piano) .

Discographic notes

  • Pays Tribute to the Music of Georges Brassens , Audiophile Records , 1999
  • Un p'tit coin d'paradis ...: Chansons de Georges (Koen de Cauter & Patrick Saussois Trio), Djaz Records, 2004
  • Koen De Cauter, Fapy Lafertin, Patrick Saussois, Joop Ayal , Tcha Limberger, Waso De Cauter, Dajo De Cauter DjanGo! A Tribute to Django Reinhardt - Live at the AB , De Werf, 2004
  • Koen De Cauter, Fapy Lafertin & Group Django !! A Tribute , De Werf, 2010
With Waso
  • Live at Gringo’s , Dwarf Records, 1976
  • Live in Laren , Polydor , 1980
  • Round About Midnight , Cirkel Production, 1987
  • Si jamais tu t'ennuies , Waste Productions, 1991
  • La Ronde des Jurons , MAP Records, 1995
  • Ombre et lumière , Munich Records, 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Dregni Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing. Oxford 2008, p. 227
  2. ↑ Michael Dregni Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008, p. 226
  3. ↑ Meeting (Jazz Halo)
personal data
SURNAME De Cauter, Koen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz musician (guitar, saxophone) and chanson singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Roeselare