PHIL ABRAHAM & THE JOHAN CLEMENT TRIO

March 17, 2015

FRI 20.03 – 9:00pm

At the Music Village (BE)

TOP BELGIAN JAZZ

Phil Abraham (trombone, vocals), Johan Clement (piano), Sal La Rocca (bass), Matthias De Waele (drums)

One of the pillars of jazz in Belgium is back to the Village ! Phil has taken part in more than fifty albums, won many prizes and has played with Michel PETRUCCIANI, Charles AZNAVOUR, Claude NOUGARO, Clark TERRY, Hal SINGER, Toots THIELEMANS, Paolo FRESU, John LEWIS, Lou BENNETT, Didier LOCKWOOD, Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER, Michel LEGRAND, …. Phil Abraham also devotes his career to teaching, training courses and master-classes. He is now a jazz and trombone teacher at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and at the National Conservatory in Douai (France). The essence of jazz music, humor included…With the swinging support of Johan Clement’s Trio… A must.

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About Phil Abraham : After studying the classical piano, the guitar and harmony, Phil Abraham was seduced by jazz and the trombone, on which he is self-taught. His stylistic evolution is parallel to the history of jazz, and even if he is a modern soloist today, he has worked with a wide variety of great musicians.

Phil has taken part in more than fifty albums, ten with his own group, with which he won many prizes. He has often been invited in big bands as a soloist. He took part in many recordings and concerts of the big band of the Belgian Radio (BRT). Phil Abraham also devotes his career to teaching, training courses and master-classes. He was a teacher of vocal improvisation in Antwerp and Brussels. He is now a jazz and trombone teacher at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and at the National Conservatory in Douai (France)