Paul Van Gysegem

Paul Van Gysegem (born June 6, 1935 in Berlare ) is a Belgian jazz and improvisation musician ( double bass , composition ) and visual artist.

Sculpture (1965) by Paul van Gysegem in Park De la Soblonièrekade in Kampen

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Paul Van Gysegem first studied fine arts at the Academie van Gent, then at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. His visual work includes sculptures, paintings and graphics. Van Gysegem composed film scores in the 1960s (including for Raoul Servais ' Goldframe ) and in 1971 directed a sextet (with Jasper van't Hof , Nolle Neels , Patrick De Groote , Pierre Courbois and Ronald LeCourt) with whom the album Aorta ( Futura , 1971) emerged. In 1971 he put together an ensemble in which his quintet of Patrick De Groote, Nolle Neels (tenor saxophone), Ronald LeCourt (vibraphone) and Kenneth Tyler (drums) played with guest soloists Ambrose Jackson and Steve Potts ; the session was recorded by the Belgian TV channel BRT. He also worked with Steve Lacy , Mal Waldron and Fred Van Hove and organized the Gravensteen jazz festival. In later years he worked with the CO2 Quartet (with Cel Overberghe , Giovanni Barcella , Tom Van Overberghe ) and in a trio with Chris Joris and Patrick De Groote.

H-Ambitieus LP Boonprijs 1991 en 1992 Paul Van Gysegem - Roel Richelieu Van Londersele (Honest Arts Movement, 1993). with Fred Van Hove
CO2 Quartet: Intersections (El Negocito Records, 2012)
Paul Van Gysegem, Chris Joris , Patrick De Groote: Boundless (El Negocito, 2017)

Willem Elias: Paul Van Gysegem. Aspecten van de Belgische kunst na '45:, September 24, 2012, accessed on March 29, 2018 (Dutch).
Paul Van Gysegem at Allmusic (English)
Paul Van Gysegem at Discogs (English)
Paul Van Gysegem in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Van Gysegem, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian jazz musician and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlare