Christophe Devisscher

º Nieuwpoort, Belgium

After experimenting with classical music and heavy metal he went on to study bass guitar and double bass with Bart De Nolf at the Jazz Department of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels, graduating in 1998.

Christophe also followed workshops and master classes with Salvatore LaRocca, Michel Hatzigeorgiou, Charlie Haden and Hein Van de Geyn.

For several years he was mainly active in pop and folk music but gradually reorientated his musical attentions towards jazz. He was a member of the internationally acclaimed and awarded Alexi Tuomarila Quartet (1998 - 2003) & Pascal Schumacher Quartet (2002 - 2013).

In 2016 a first album of the Christophe Devisscher Quartet "A Fisherman’s Tale" (featuring Frank Deruytter, Christian Mendoza and Dré Pallemaerts) is released as is the standards album "Duology" with Carlo Nardozza.

The album "Spoonful - Back to the Blues" of the Kristen Cornwell Trio (with Australian vocalist Kristen Cornwell and Belgian guitarist Patrick Deltenre) is released in 2018.

In 2020 the Triology album “Parker Par Coeur” (with Carlo Nardozza and Tim Finoulst) is recorded and released in celebration and honour of Charlie Parker's centenary.

Other current projects are: Carlo Nardozza Siu Lam Project, Made in Purple, Sennek, Duo Roosemeyers & Friends and Tango van de Lage Landen.

He has performed on countless stages of venues, clubs and festivals in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Austria, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Morocco, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Jordan, Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Australia, Canada, USA, Mexico and Cuba.

Over the years he has been involved in numerous projects as a sideman, including:

Michel Herr, Lee Konitz, Steve Houben, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Judy Niemack, Johan Verminnen, Tony Christie, Joe Lovano, Félix Simtaine, Deborah Carter, Gary Smulyan, Martin Taylor, Peter King, Philip Catherine, Eric Vloeimans, Duško Gojković, Pierre Van Dormael, Bruno Castellucci, Ralph Lalama, Johan Clement, Scott Hamilton, Pierre Drevet, Jasper Soffers, Guy Barker, Sabine Kühlich, Frank Vaganée, William Galison, Andy Middleton, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Sam Dillon, Frank Basile, Leroy Jones, Isabelle Beernaert, Rocco Granata, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra Flanders.

Christophe teaches bass guitar, double bass & combo at the Music Academy Grimbergen and Specific Didactics double bass, bass guitar & combo at the Educational Master Program of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp.

Frank Deruytter > tenor saxophone

Christian Mendoza > piano

Dré Pallemaerts > drums

Christophe Devisscher > double bass

• Slapdash
  
• Ind & Em
  
• Oy
  
• Nominal Velocity
  
• Belly Buttons
  
• A Fisherman’s Tale
• La Mariposa
  
• Lullaby

All compositions by Christophe Devisscher

Recorded at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück (D), August 30 - 31, 2015 by Stephan van Wylick

Mixed & mastered at 52 Creations in Mechelen (B), January 2016, by Dré Pallemaerts

Artwork design by Rachel Dight @ Swivel Creative (Sydney, Australia)

Released on Cornfish Music

CF 0116