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Bart Defoort

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Bart Defoort was born in Bruges,Belgium on February 10, 1964. He grew up in a musical family,his father being a classical Music teacher, Choir leader and his oldest brother Kris, who became a jazzpianist and composer of contemporary Classical and Jazz Music.

Bart studied and graduated at the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Brussels with Steve Houben and attended Summer Workshops with John Ruocco and Joe Lovano. In the beginning of the nineties,he moved to Brussels and became very active on the Belgian scene from then on.

As a Bandleader,Bart has recorded 5 CD's with mostly original compositions in Quartet or Quintet settings.He has been playing with his groups on the Major Belgian festivals (Jazz Middelheim,Jazz à Liège,etc..) and podia,as well as in some other European countries like Holland,Germany & France.

In 1992 ,the Brussels Jazz Orchestra  (www.brusselsjazzorchestra.com) was founded and Bart has been a member of it  since the beginning

Album

Gainsbourg

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Couleur café; Les cigarillos; En relisant ta lettre; Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais; Les Goémons; La Javanaise; L'eau à la bouche; Le poinçoneur des lilas; Élisa.

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Article: Live Review

Live From Brussels: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Sal La Rocca, Igor Gehenot, Diederniko Kummsels & Makas

Read "Live From Brussels: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Sal La Rocca, Igor Gehenot, Diederniko Kummsels & Makas" reviewed by Martin Longley


Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège Bozar January 9, 2019 Much of this evening's programme featured compositions that are probably of interest to jazzers, particularly with the presence of George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, although Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber will doubtless have more crossover appeal than most composers. There was ...

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Article: Album Review

Bert Joris / Brussels Jazz Orchestra: Smooth Shake

Read "Smooth Shake" reviewed by Jack Bowers


While much can be said and written about Belgian trumpeter Bert Joris' music, perhaps no one can more aptly describe the rationale underlying the Brussels Jazz Orchestra's new collaboration, Smooth Shake, than the composer himself: “A warm sound--that's what I had in mind for this album. A sound that envelops you, fills you with energy, like ...

Album

Thank You

Label: De Werf
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Rustling; 02. 08:00 a.m.; 03. Eaux dormantes; 04. Serene; 05. Go; 06. Papillon; 07. Thoughts; 08. Doodle; 09. Thank You. Tutte le composizioni sono di Bart Quartier.

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Article: Album Review

Bart Quartier Quintet: Thank You

Read "Thank You" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Classe ’61, il vibrafonista belga Bart Quartier vanta un curriculum corposo e di ampio raggio: studi classici ed esperienze discografiche a tutto campo, che spaziano tra più fronti: pratica antica, musica contemporanea, jazz e jazz-rock. Per il suo primo disco da leader, la formula ed il percorso praticati sembrano ricalcare a prima vista quelli del fortunato ...

Album

Streams

Label: Igloo Records
Released: 2001


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