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, Alex Sipiagin, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra Flanders.
Christophe teaches bass guitar, double bass & combo at the Music Academy Grimbergen.
Frank Deruytter > tenor saxophone
Christian Mendoza > piano
Dré Pallemaerts > drums
Christophe Devisscher > double bass
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
Kristen Cornwell > vocals
Patrick Deltenre > guitars
Christophe Devisscher > double bass
All arrangements by Kristen Cornwell, Patrick Deltenre & Christophe Devisscher
Recorded at Record Office in Sint-Niklaas (B), November 2 - 3, 2017 by Koen Heirman
Mixed & mastered at Record Office in Sint-Niklaas (B), December 2017, by Koen Heirman
Artwork design by Rachel Dight @ Swivel Creative (Sydney, Australia)
Photograph by Bea Slachmuylders
Released on Cornfish Music
CF 0218
Carlo Nardozza > trumpet
Tim Finoulst > guitar
Christophe Devisscher > double bass
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio Crescendo in Genk (B), January 2020, by Pino Guarraci, Marco Gaspercic & Marc Vliegen
Artwork by Luc Vanden Bosch
Pictures by Joanna Calmes
Layout by Jose Cano
Liner notes by Betty Vanlangendonck
Released on Carlo Nardozza Music
CNM 2005
Carlo Nardozza > trumpet
Christophe Devisscher > double bass
Recorded at Studio 44 in Bilzen (B), March 25, 2015, by Max Bolleman
Mastered at Studio Crescendo in Genk (B), June 2015, by Pino Guarraci
Artwork design by Rachel Dight @ Swivel Creative (Sydney, Australia)
Released on Carlo Nardozza Music
CNM 0315
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