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Jeanfrancois Prins

Belgian jazz guitarist Jeanfrançois Prins’ music is poetic and passionate, his romantic and hard-swinging guitar playing is influenced by encounters with international styles and most of today's jazz greats..

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Belgian Jazz guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins currently resides in Berlin with frequent visits to New York City. He has spent his adult life as a professional musician, arranger and producer; working with many Jazz giants, including Toots Thielemans, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Gary Bartz, Eddie Gomez, Randy Brecker, and Mal Waldron.

Teaching in Berlin’s music conservatories, he has led the Jazz Guitar Departments for over a decade, and gives international workshops and master-classes.

Prins has recorded six CDs as a leader, the latest one “El Gaucho” was released on Challenge Records in 2012. He is the musical director for projects including the Judy Niemack Group, and the Belgian All Stars Tribute to Miles Davis. Jeanfrancois also composes original music for movie soundtracks and television.

His current projects as a leader include his New York Trio featuring Victor Lewis, “All Strings Attached” featuring a classical string 4tet, his “Colliding Universes” 6tet, and his new “Blade Runner” project. As a co-leader: Belgian All-Stars Tribute to Miles Davis, Andy Middleton Quartet. As a featured soloist: Berlin Jazz Orchestra, Meike Goosman Quintet, Putter Smith Quartet, Lisa Werlinder and Band. As a musical director: Judy Niemack Band, Indiva Jazz (Judy Niemack & Sangeeta Bandhyopadhyay), Katalina Segura & Band, Cosmo “Jacques Brel Project”.

Jeanfrancois Prins’ music is poetic and passionate. His romantic and hard-swinging guitar playing is influenced by encounters with international styles and musicians.