PIERRE VAN DORMAEL - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Born May 24th 1952, a choir singer and chamber orchestra violinist as a child, then folk singer-guitarist at 15, I studied at Berklee (arranging-composition) at 19, became a session guitarist (on many million albums) in the 70's, hit-song writer and avant-garde guitarist in the 80's, film composer - music theorist - teacher (and student) in Africa in the 90's, and may be musician in this decade (or some next). My music has been recorded by such wonderful musicians as Frank Foster and Freddy Green with the Count Basie Orchestra, Steve Coleman, Aka Moon, Byard Lancaster, Deborah Brown, Toots Thielemans, Lizz Wright... and I played in concert with Philip Catherine, Reggie Washington, Slide Hampton, Bill Frisell, Billy Hart, Bob Stewart, Soriba Kouyate, Greg Osby, David Gilmore, Marc Ducret, Magic Malik... also invited to contribute to my friends' records (Tribu, ThÃ´t, and wrote "North Country Suite" for Octurn / cd: De Werf 2007).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/12/2006
Band Members:PIERRE VAN DORMAEL TRIO: Pierre Van Dormael: guitar *, Lara Rosseel: upright bass *, David Broeders: drums *PIERRE VAN DORMAEL & HERVE SAMB: Guitar DuoPIERRE VAN DORMAEL QUARTET: Pierre Van Dormael: guitars *, Herve Samb: guitars *, Lara Rosseel: upright bass *, David Broeders: drums *"NORTH COUNTRY SUITE" *OCTURN * Laurent Blondiau: trumpet * Guillaume Orti: alto saxophone * Bo Van Der Werf: baritone saxophone * Fabian Fiorini: piano * Jozef Dumoulin: fender rhodes * Pierre Van Dormael: guitars * Jean-Luc Lehr - electric bass * Christophe Minck: electric bass * Chander Sardjoe: drums * Lara Rosseel: acoustic bass on "All Places" *VIVACES:Pierre Van Dormael: guitars * StÃ©phane Galland: drums * / or Chander Sarjoe: drums * Otti Van Der Werf: bass * Ben Ngabo: rwanda drums & percussion * Michel Seba: congas & percussion * Anne Wolf: piano & keyboards * Kris Defoort: piano * Bo Van Der Werf: baritone sax * Nicolas Kummert: tenor sax * Manu Hermia: soprano sax * and BenoÃ®t Ruwet: sabar *
Influences: trees, light, Lizz Wright, flowers, stars, traffic, Miles Davis, dance, Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker, paintings, Monet, Kandinski, Picasso, beauty, values independent of time, love, principles of life, Joni Mitchell for expanding the breadth of extremities in her songs, Bach in the morning, Haydn and Mozart on sundays, Duke Ellington for the polyphonic melody & rythm, Charlie Parker and Steve Coleman for changing the guards, Toots Thielemans for his completeness, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Herbie Hancock for their playing's teachings, Pat Metheny the bright size player, Bob Dylan the diamond jeweler whose works look simple like glass and rough like stone, Quincy Jones, Youssou N'Dour, african rythm, the music of Mali, Cassandra Wilson for the spectrum, Ralph Towner, Michael Gregory Jackson, Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Philip Catherine, John Mc Laughlin, Bill Frisell... for their specific and beautiful approach of my favourite instrument, landscapes, changing skies, clouds and weather, snow, Louis Armstrong, american folk music, afro-american culture and creativity in gospel, early blues, jazz, soul, AACM, motown, R&B... Chopin, romantic strings, Walt Disney and fairy tales, something in all music related to life and spirit, surprises, new combinations in cooking, interviews of musicians, phrases of wisdom ...
Sounds Like: Tonal recipes expanding in an unlimited variety of harmonic, rythmic and melodic shapes balanced with the emotional ground of a song.PIERRE VAN DORMAEL QUARTET Live at the KVS september 5, 2007 Pierre Van Dormael: guitars, Herve Samb: guitars, Lara Rosseel: upright bass, David Broeders: drums
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Beauty

"What is true is beautiful, what is beautiful is true" (André Frossart)
Posted by PIERRE VAN DORMAEL on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:30:00 PST

Harmony

Harmony is the balance of tensions (Arnold Schoenberg)
Posted by PIERRE VAN DORMAEL on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:52:00 PST