Jozef Dumoulin

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

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

Early life

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

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

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

As leader/co-leader

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

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

  1. 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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