Co-leading this half American, half Belgian band together with Chicago based trumpeter Chad McCullough. Together, these musicians have played around 100 concerts in Europe the US and even Russia and up to now have recorded 3 quartet albums and also one duo album. All original compositions, often described as contemporary and lyrical.
"Weijters' music is just a joy to listen to. (All about Jazz). A special mention goes to Bram Weijters extraordinary piano playing (De Morgen). ...marvelous interactions from pianist Bram Weijters(JazzMozaiek). These are just a couple of quotes about Bram Weijters, a belgian, Antwerp based pianist and composer who focuses mainly on jazz, improvisational and alternative music. At age eight, Bram started music courses at the music school...
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Co-leading this half American, half Belgian band together with Chicago based trumpeter Chad McCullough. Together, these musicians have played around 100 concerts in Europe the US and even Russia and up to now have recorded 3 quartet albums and also one duo album. All original compositions, often described as contemporary and lyrical.
"Weijters' music is just a joy to listen to. (All about Jazz). A special mention goes to Bram Weijters extraordinary piano playing (De Morgen). ...marvelous interactions from pianist Bram Weijters(JazzMozaiek). These are just a couple of quotes about Bram Weijters, a belgian, Antwerp based pianist and composer who focuses mainly on jazz, improvisational and alternative music. At age eight, Bram started music courses at the music school
in his birth town, attending piano and percussion classes. Besides this classical training, he played drums in several alternative rock bands as a teenager and was experimenting with tape recorders and electronic circuits. This classical, rock, and electronic influences still form the basis of his open approach to music. Eighteen years old, he was admitted to the Antwerp Conservatory. After graduating for jazz piano in Antwerp he went to the Brussels Conservatory and graduated in 2005 for jazz composition and arranging. Bram also took lessons and attended masterclasses from Kenny Werner, Anthony Braxton, Gary Peacock, Mark Turner, Dave Liebman, Bill Carrotters and plenty of others.
Heralded for his solos of mercurial poetry and high craft (Chicago Tribune), Chad McCullough has matured into an integral part of the international jazz scene with his playing, composing, and vast knowledge of the music business. He is a rare instrumentalist who makes each note sound as if it were imbued with a deeper meaning. Certainly a player with great chops, his approach is one that is measured and deliberate, often introspective, sometimes gorgeously melancholic, and one that employs a continuity of mood and atmosphere that the best recordings have. Dan McClenaghan. As a composer, McCullough has scored for film, written for various large ensembles, dancers, string and chamber groups- in both classical and jazz idioms. Many of his pieces have been featured music spots on NPR. He is currently a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at DePaul University in Chicago.
https://earsandeyesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/feather
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