Chris Joris
Chris Joris ( born November 30, 1952 in Mechelen) is a Belgian jazz musician (percussion, piano ) and composer.
Life and work
Joris comes from a musical family (his father is the opera singer January Joris ); he first took piano lessons and then also learned clarinet. Already in the sixties he started as a pianist, an experimental jazz trio that appeared with Fred Van Hove, with John Tchicai and with Michel mast. Johnny Dyani convinced him to switch to percussion. In 1977 he founded in Paris with Cheikh Tidiane Dieng Agib case and the trio Assum; In the same year he became a member of Aksak Maboul and was also involved in the first album of this art-rock band. Since 1978, he came by Bruno Castellucci performances with Toots Thielemans, Art Farmer, Michel Herr, Michel Legrand, Steve Houben and Bert Joris (with whom he is not related). In 1982 he founded his group Bula Sangoma, with whom he recorded two albums. In 1987 he was involved in the James Baldwin Project by David Linx and Pierre van Dormael. Then he went on with the percussion dominated group Bihigo. In 1998 he founded his Chris Joris Experience to the first Bart Defoort belonged. In the next few years he was with Mal Waldron on tour. In 2003, he wrote with Daniel Schell Ishango the oratory, which built upon African motifs and was performed by the Symphonic Choir of the French Community of Belgium.
Prizes and awards
In 1998 he was elected to both the handset as well as in Kritikerpoll the Belgian broadcasting BRF at the best percussionists; In the same year he was awarded as "the best Flemish musician " Django d'Or.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Songs for Mbizo (1976/1991, with Johnny Dyani, John Ruocco, Julian Bahula, David Linx, Steve Houben, Cheikh Tidiane case, etc.)
- Bihogo (1993, with Annie Whitehead, Cameron Brown and others)
- Rainbow Country (2007, with Bob Stewart, Eric Person, Baba Sissoko, Fabian Fiorini, Reggie Washington, Chris Mentens, Junior Mthombeni )