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Pierre Dunker

Music's divinity is near silence

About Me

Name: Pierre Dunker Date of birth/place: December 20th, 1971 in Curacao N.A.First sounds Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tjaikovsky, Miles Davis, Mahalia Jackson, Edme Gurme, Daniel Santos, Jose Feliciano, BeeGees, EWF, Astrud Gilberto just to mention a few.Musical background - Music Theory and Solphege courses - Self study on jazz concepts and improvisation.Worked or shared stage with mainly Denise Jannah (NL), Amina Figarova (NL), Bart Platteau (NL), Israël Gonzales (CUBA), Pernel Saturnino (CUR/USA), Steve Turrintine (USA), Miles Peña (USA), Gary Weill (VEN), Ced Ride (CUR), Wim Statius Muller (CUR), Robert Rojer (CUR) and Hans Dulfer (NL).Currently I’m still writing music and working with Jean-Jacques Rojer (guitarist) in his jazz trio. We have a 70-80’s band called 4 real. I’m also working with Ced Ride (local vocalist) on a interesting project called “singing poetry”.

My Interests

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Member Since: 2/16/2008
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Influences: Too much to mention. In my early days I wasn't listing to bassplayers specifically, but to the formations. I was carried away by phrases, melody lines and meaningful lyrics. Secondly, functions of each instrument in the totality. Of course I was paying some more attention to how the bass functions in this whole mess. My favorite bass players were: Marcus Miller, John Patittucci, Ray Brown, Cachao, Christian Mc Bride. My favorite groups and artists: Yellow Jackets, David Sanborn, Miles Davis, Bill Evans just to mention a few... Not to forget my local, Caribbean and latin influences...
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None