Pierre Courbois
Pierre Courbois (born April 23, 1940 in Nijmegen ) is a Dutch jazz drummer and band leader.
Live and act
After studying music ( percussion , composition , piano ) in Arnhem , Courbois worked in Paris with Stan Getz , Johnny Griffin , Kenny Drew and Jean-Luc Ponty . He also played with saxophone legends Ben Webster and Eric Dolphy . In 1961 he was the leader of the Original Dutch Free Jazz Quartet , probably the first continental European free jazz band. In 1965 he began working with the Free Music Quintet , whose record was considered by ESP to be the best example of new European jazz at the time. He was also a member of Gunter Hampel's Heartplants Group (and the ensuing formation with Willem Breuker and Jeanne Lee ) and in the Peter Brötzmann trio (CD Mayday ). In 1969 he founded the rock jazz band Association PC with guitarist Toto Blanke , bassist Sigi Busch and keyboardists Joachim Kühn and Jasper van't Hof , which existed until 1974. He then founded the New Association with Gerd Dudek and the French pianist Siegfried Kessler . He also played regularly in projects organized by Ali Haurand , for example with saxophonists Alan Skidmore , Gerd Dudek and Leszek Zadlo and in the group In 'n Out , which he directed with Sigi Busch. He also appeared in the Waterland Trio and in a trio with Hampel and the guitarist Jan Akkerman . In 1992 he founded a new quintet that played his own compositions and aimed at the music-making attitude of Charles Mingus . After 2000 he played in the trio of Joe van Enkhuizen . He currently plays in his Vijfkwarts sextet with Toon de Gouw , Jasper Blom , Ilja Reijngoud, Willem Kühne and Niko Langenhuijsen .
In 1994 he received the Bird Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival , and in 2008 he received the Boy Edgar Prize . These awards are considered to be the highest Dutch jazz awards .
Lexigraphic entries
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
literature
- Paul Kusters, Titus Schulz (Ed.): Pierre Courbois. Révocation. Uitgeverij Van Gruting, Westervoort / Netherlands 2010, ISBN 978-90-75879-53-7 .
Web links
- Pierre Courbois' discography on promptmusic.nl
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Courbois, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijmegen |