Michiel Braam

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Michiel Braam (born May 17, 1964 in Nijmegen ) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer .

Live and act

Braam studied at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Arnhem , where he is the coordinator for Jazz & Pop. In 1986 he founded two bands, the Bik Bent Braam (with Angelo Verploegen , Eric Boeren , Wolter Wierbos , Peter Haex , Carl Ludwig Hübsch , Jan Willem van der Ham , Bart van der Putten , Frans Vermeerssen , Peter van Bergen , Frank Gratkowski , Jörg Brinkmann and Michael Vatcher ) and Bentje Braam .

In 1987 Michiel Braam received a composition commission from the Dutch radio ( NOS ). He wrote a piece for four clarinets and piano called Cows and Beasts . Besides Braams on the piano, the performers were the clarinetists Ab Baars , Theo Jörgensmann , Michael Moore and Louis Sclavis . The trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher followed in 1989 (with Wilbert de Joode and Michael Vatcher ) and in 2005 eBraam (previously called Wurli Trio), with Pieter Douma and Dirk-Peter Kölsch , and in 2011 Michiel Braam's Hybrid 10tet (eBraam, classical string quartet Matangi , Nils Wogram , Taylor Ho Bynum and Carl Ludwig Hübsch). Since 2015 Braam has been leading a third trio, called Nosa Otrobanda , which specialize primarily in the Antilles waltz.

Together with Frans Vermeerssen , he leads the sextet All Ears (with Herb Robertson , Frank Gratkowski , Wilbert de Joode and Michael Vatcher). He also works with musicians such as Louis Sclavis , George Lewis , Benjamin Herman , Han Bennink , Michael Moore , Ab Baars , Bo van de Graaf , Conny and Hannes Bauer and Steve Argüelles .

Prizes and awards

In 1988 he received the podium prize . In 1997 he was honored with the most important jazz prize in the Netherlands, the Boy Edgar Prize .

Discographic notes

  • Oeps! (Solo album, 1989)
  • Bentje Braam (1990)
  • Rompiendo La Rutina (European Danzón Orchestra, 1991)
  • Howdy! (Bik Bent Braam, 1993)
  • Jazzs (Two Penguins in the desert, 1994)
  • One For Rahsaan (Frans Vermeerssen Quintet, 1995)
  • Het XYZ of Bik Bent Braam (1996)
  • Niet met de deuren slaan (Bo's Art Trio, 1997)
  • Monk Materials (Trio Braam DeJoodeVatcher, 1990) / Playing the second Coolbook (Bentje Braam, 1998)
  • Zwart Wit (Bik Bent Braam, 1999)
  • 13 (Bik Bent Braam, 2000)
  • Colors (Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher, 2002)
  • Bik Bent Braam Goes Bonsai (2002)
  • Foamy Wife Hum / Line (All Ears, 2003)
  • Michiel vs Braam (solo album, 2004)
  • Growing Pains (Bik Bent Braam, 2004)
  • Cobra (Bo's Art Trio, 2002/2004)
  • Change this Song (Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher, 2006)
  • Hosting Changes (Michiel Braam's Wurli Trio, 2006)
  • Extremes (Bik Bent Braam, 2008)
  • Non-Functionals (Michiel Braam's Wurli Trio, 2008)
  • Quartet (Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher, 2009)
  • Quintet (Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher, 2010)
  • On The Move (Michiel Braam's Hybrid 10th, 2011)
  • 3 (eBraam, 2012)
  • Black to White (Matangi String Quartet, 2013)
  • Lucebert (Flex Bent Braam, 2013)
  • Live at Novara Jazz (Olanda in Due, 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Braam, Michiel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Nijmegen