Philippe Aerts

Philippe Aerts in Moscow, Nov 2007

Philippe Aerts (born 21 June 1964) is a Belgian jazz double bassist. He taught himself guitar and electric bass guitar when he was 11 and started playing the double bass at age 14.^[1] He is a member of Philip Catherine trio and the Ivan Paduart trio. He also has his own trio with John Ruocco (tenor saxophone and clarinet) and Tony Levin (drums) and quartet with Bert Joris (trumpet). He won the Belgian Golden Django in 2002 for best Belgian artist.

Bands

He has recorded with:

• Charles Loos trio
• Diederik Wissels trio
• Nathalie Loriers
• Michel Herr
• Jacques Pelzer
• Steve Houben
• Ivan Paduart trio
• Philip Catherine trio
• Bert Joris quartet
• Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra

He has toured with:

• Richard Galliano and Gary Burton

References

1. Kernfeld, Barry (2002). "Aerts, Philippe". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 17. ISBN 1561592846.

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