David Linx

David Linx ( born March 22, 1965 in Brussels) is a Belgian jazz and chanson singer and composer.

Life and work

Linx, whose father was head of the Jazz Festival of Middelburg home, tried his hand at piano, drums, percussion and flute, before he switched to singing, he studied at the conservatory in Brussels. Linx launched in 1988 James Baldwin project, reading his poems on Linx 's first recording " A Lover's Question" in 1988. Its James Baldwin project he began in the 1980s, among others with Diederik Wissel, Slide Hampton, Steve Coleman, Toots Thielemans, Deborah Brown, the singer Victor Lazlo ( on his album "Where Rivers join" 1990) and the Belgian guitarist Pierre Van Dormael continued (who also contributed compositions ).

With the trio of Jack van Poll, he took on his next album (1990). Since 1992, he is accompanied by a duo Diederik Wissel, whom he has known from childhood days. Their first recording " Kamook " appeared in the same year, her duo album " This Time " 2003 ( Chant du Monde). In addition, the pianist Nathalie Loriers accompanied him (on "standards" in 1997 alongside Wissel, " When time takes its share" 1991). In 1994 his first album "Up Close " at the French Label Bleu, followed by " From this day forward" in 1996 and " Bandarkâh " In 1998, all in a duo with Wissel. , 2001, " Heartland " ( Emarcy ), Paolo Fresu with Jon Christensen, Palle Danielsson. On " One heart -three voices" of 2005, he sings with Fay Claassen and Maria Pia de Vito. In 2001 he released an album with French chanson " L'instant d'après ".

Linx also composes music for film and dance theater. He worked among others with the Belgian band Aka Moon (on their album " Elohim" 1997) and the Belgian singer Maurane together.

Linx taught at the conservatory in Brussels. Since 1999 he lives in France, "the land of jazz " he called in an interview in 2003. He is also called as vocal influences Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Cassandra Wilson, Maria Joao, Joni Mitchell, Shirley Horn and Miles Davis, as well as among singers Mark Murphy, Caetano Veloso and Abdelhalim Hafez ( Linx also sings Arabic).

In 2005 he received the Prix Bobby Jaspar the Paris Académie du Jazz.