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Bram Weijters

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Eight years old, Bram started music courses at the music school in his birth town, attending piano and percussion classes. As a teenager he played in several rockbands. After completing secondary education, he was admitted to the Antwerp Conservatory. Amongst his teachers were Erik Vermeulen and Christoph Erbstösser. After graduating for jazz piano in Antwerp he went to the Brussels Conservatory, where he graduated in 2005 for jazzcompostion and arranging. Bram took lessons and attended masterclasses a.o. from Kenny Werner, Anthony Braxton, Gary Peacock, Mark Turner, Dave Liebman, Bill Carrotters, Bert Joris, … Bram participated in a wide range of projects. He's mainly involved in jazz formations but doesn't limit himself to jazz. He performed as well with people from the hip hopscene like as with rockgroups. Currently Bram plays with amongst others: Chad McCullough- Bram Weijters, Koen Nys Quintet, Hamster Axis of the one- click Panther,... He also composes and writes arrangements for some of these bands.

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Article: Album Review

Chad McCullough: Transverse

Read "Transverse" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Chance encounters can be fortuitous and fruitful. Trumpeter Chad McCullough, on a visit to Macedonia to convene with family, found his way into a small cafe in Skopje, the capital of Independent North Macedonia, where he encountered a local trio: pianist Gordon Spasovski, bassist Kiril Tufekcievski and drummer Viktor Filipovski. McCullough had his horn with him. ...

Album

In These Hills, Beyond

By Chad McCullough

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Fellowship; Imaginary Folk Song; Magic Music Man; Balance Wheel; Handwritten; Another Monster; Waterway; Detour; Forgotten Dreams.

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News: Recording

New Live Recording From Trumpeter Chad McCullough on Calligram Records

New Live Recording From Trumpeter Chad McCullough on Calligram Records

Reflecting on In these hills, beyond , trumpeter and composer Chad McCullough says “this album is a celebration of life, but it wasn't planned that way. I just wanted to play great music with my friends, as lofty a goal as I have most of the time. However, the recent passing of my grandfather added more ...

Album

Antwerp

By John Bishop

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ruchsichtslos; Trip the Light Fantastic; Pointing At The Moon; Bull; Lawns; The Same Melody; For Less Than Nothing; Two For The Road; Contemplative.

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Article: Album Review

John Bishop / Bram Weijters / Piet Verbist: Antwerp

Read "Antwerp" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Drummer John Bishop, the guy who runs Seattle's Origin Records, does not often put out records under his own name. There was Nothing If Not Something (Origin Records) in 2005, review here, and then nothing until the disc at hand, 2023's Antwerp. Not that Bishop has avoided the recording studio. He is, as a sideman, in ...

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Song of the Day

Rücksichtslos

Album: Antwerp
By John Bishop
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:00

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Article: Album Review

Chad McCullough: Forward

Read "Forward" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

Trumpeter Chad McCullough has an identifiable sound—his striking, bold tonality, and his penchant for stark contrasts compositionally. His previous four releases on Origin Records, featured artists encountered during his tenure in the Pacific Northwest. His association with drummer and Origin founder, John Bishop, resulted in the formation of his quartet with Belgian pianist Bram Weijters. In ...

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Article: Album Review

Chad McCullough: Forward

Read "Forward" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Since his excellent recording debut under his own name, 2009's Dark Wood, Dark Water (Origin Records), trumpeter Chad McCullough has co-led a handful of forward-leaning discs with Belgian pianist Bram Weijters and one with Slovakian pianist Michal Vanoucek, in addition his work as sideman and his contributions to a few leaderless ensemble sets. Forward is just ...

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Article: Album Review

Bram Weijters/Chad McCullough: Pendulum

Read "Pendulum" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Chicago-based trumpeter Chad McCullough and Belgian pianist Bram Weijters present Pendulum, the pair's fifth recording together. Their discography includes three excellent quartet outings on Origin Records, including Urban Nightingale (2012), and a duo date, Feather (eyes&ears, 2017). Pendulum follows in Feathers' footsteps to the extent of instrumentation, with Weijters wielding an array of keyboards (Wurlitzer, Rhodes, ...


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