Jozef Dumoulin

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Jozef Dumoulin
Dumoulin at the Moers Festival, 2012
Dumoulin at the Moers Festival, 2012
Background information
Born (1975-04-27) 27 April 1975 (age 49)
Ingelmunster, Belgium
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Fender Rhodes, keyboards, piano
Years activeLate 1990s–present
Websitejozefdumoulin.com

Jozef Dumoulin (born 27 April 1975[citation needed]) is a Belgian jazz musician and composer. He plays Fender Rhodes, keyboards and piano.

Early life[edit]

Dumoulin was born in Ingelmunster, in rural Belgium.[1] He became interested in jazz in his late teens, by hearing Keith Jarrett and Kenny Kirkland.[1] He initially played the piano, but owned a Fender Rhodes when he was studying jazz in Cologne when he was in his early twenties.[1]

Later life and career[edit]

After his studies, Dumoulin got a regular job in Antwerp and began using the Fender Rhodes in preference to the poor quality piano that the venue possessed.[1] From then, he began experimenting with the sounds that it could make and how they could be altered using effects.[1]

In 2011 and 2013 Dumoulin recorded with the sextet Bureau of Atomic Tourism.[2]

Dumoulin recorded a wholly improvised solo Fender Rhodes album that was released in 2014.[3] Commenting on his preference for improvisation at that stage, he commented that "Maybe one day I'll be able to write music bringing more things together, but for now I know that the best way to get in a zone is through improvisation."[1] His 2015 album Trust was credited to The Red Hill Orchestra, but this consisted of Dumoulin (mainly Fender Rhodes), Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax) and Dan Weiss (drums).[1] This contained Dumoulin's "spindly, shape-shifting post-bop compositions, where extended passages of free improvisation and quicksilver give-and-take connect groove-heavy themes."[1]

Discography[edit]

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader[edit]

Year recorded Title Label Personnel/Notes
2001* Eclipse Mogno Co-led with Barbara Wiernik (vocals); some tracks duo, some tracks trio, with Hugo Read (alto sax, soprano sax) or Ramesh Shotham (percussion) added; one track quartet
2009* Trees Are Always Right Bee Jazz With Lynn Cassiers (vocals, effects), Bo Van Der Werf (baritone sax, EWI, effects), Eric Thielemans

(drums, effects)

2011* Rainbow Body Bee Jazz Trio, with Trevor Dunn (electric bass), Eric Thielemans (drums)
2014* A Fender Rhodes Solo Bee Jazz Solo Fender Rhodes
2015* Trust Yolk Trio, with Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax), Dan Weiss (drums)
2015* What Lies in the Sea Sub Rosa As Lilly Joel; duo, co-led with Lynn Cassiers (vocals)
2016* The Miracles of Only One Thing Sub Rosa Trio, co-led with Keiji Haino (guitar, voice, flute, percussion), Teun Verbruggen (drums, electronics)
2017* Evergreens Duo, co-led with Benoît Delbecq (piano, electronics)
2018* A Beginner's Guide to Diving and Flying Yolk With Orca Noise Unit; quintet, with Sylvaine Hélary (flutes), Antonin Tri Hoang (alto sax, clarinets, percussion), Bruno Chevillon (bass), Toma Gouband (percussion)
2018* Eden With The Bureau of Atomic Tourism; sextet, with Jon Irabagon (saxophone), Magnus Broo (trumpet), Julien Desprez (guitar), Ingebrigt Häker Flaten (bass), Teun Verbruggen (drums)

As sideman[edit]

Year recorded Leader Title Label
2011 Bureau of Atomic Tourism Scintigraphy Rat
2012* Jerome Sabbagh Plugged In Bee Jazz
2013 Bureau of Atomic Tourism Spinning Jenny Rat

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Margasak, Peter (July 2015) "Dumoulin Expands Palette". Down Beat. p. 16.
  2. ^ Sharpe, John (October 2014) "Scintigraphy & Spinning Jenny B.O.A.T. (Bureau of Atomic Tourism) (Rat) The Evil Art Contest Marc Ducret/Teun Verbruggen/Nate Wooley (Rat)". The New York City Jazz Record.
  3. ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (10 March 2014) "Jozef Dumoulin: A Fender Rhodes Solo (2014)". AllAboutJazz.
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