Tom
Van Dyck
Saxophone player
Lammekensstraat 50
2140 Borgerhout
(°25/03/67)
Experience as a player:
- In 1993 He worked for three months
Indonesia with a Dutch soul and funk band under leadership of David
Rockefeller.
- During the season '93-'94 he lead a
hardbopquintet with Jan Muës, Ernst Vranckx, Eric Thielemans and Bas
Kooimans in jazz club "The Sounds" in Brussels.
- In 1994 he goes on tour with the
Rotterdam Conservatory big band conducted by Bob Brookmeyer en Ab
Schaap. The play concerts at the I.A.J.E. conference in Boston and in
"The Village Vanguard", New York. In 1995 he plays with the same big
band at the international "Jakfest" in Jakarta.
- In 1996 he wins the second prize in
the finale for the "Erasmus Jazz Prize" in Rotterdam. Since then he
leads his on group "Pentachrome" (at the moment with Eric Thielemans,
Laurent Blondiau, Guus Bakker en Andreas Suntrop) for which he composes
all their music.
- In July '97 he wins with the band
"Geel!" (For which he composed half of their repertoire) the second
prize at the GETXO-festival (Bilbao) and in March '98 he wins with the
same band the first prize at the "Dutch Jazz Contest". In July '98 this
band plays at the "NorthSea Jazz festival".
- In '99 he wins the first prize with
the 'Tim Vets quartet' (conducted by Tim Vets, with Kurt Van Herck
& Oene van Geel) at the Jazz contest of Helmond (Holland).
- Tom Played the baritone saxophone in
Michel Bisceglia's "Animo & cinema", with amongst others Ben
Sluys (as), Frank De Ruyter (ts), Laurent Blondiau (tpt), Jan Nihoul
(vibes), Kurt Budé (bscl).
- He was the saxophone player in Augustin Foly's
"Da Funkamental Bass Project" with Patrick D'orcean (dms), Manu Codjia
(git), Viveka Turrentine (voc).
- He was the instigator of the quartet
'Odds On' with Kris Duerinckx (ds), Mark Haanstra (bs) an Andreas
Suntrop (git). They released their first album 'About Time' (DiffRec
001) in 2002.
- He's the instigator, arranger/composer and
baritone saxophone player of ‘Saxkartel’, a saxophone quartet with
Robin Verheyen (sopsx), Sara Meyer (asx) and Kurt Van Herck (tsx). In
2004 their first album 'Airdance' (Igloo IGL175) is released.
- In 2005 he arranges the music for
Saxkartel based on a collection of medieval songs called 'Llibre
Vermell'. This music is used to support a sing and dance spectacle
under guidance of Liesbet Vereertbrugghen and the 'Musica'. This show
was brought on the stages of the 'Dag van de oude muziek' in
Alden-Biezen, in the theater 't Eilandje in Antwerp and in 'de Bijloke'
in Gent.
- Since May 2005 he plays first alto sax
and writes for 'Village Big Band', the house band of the well-known
Brussels jazzclub 'The Music Village'. Most of the music is written by
him.
- Since january 2006 he plays the
baritone and writes for the big band 'Tuesdaynight Orchestra' with
shows every month at 'The Sounds' in Brussels. They record a cd in
February 2008. Three compositions of Tom Van Dyck are featured on this
album, of which one was chosen as the title track: Band of Birds.
- In 2006, Saxkartel wins the contest of Tremplin
Jazz d'Avignon. They received the 'Grand Prix du Jury', awarded by
a jury that consisted of amongst others master-musicians Eric Legnini,
Flavio Boltro and Pierrick Pedron, of Jazzman-editor Franck Bergerot
and of Willy Schuiten of De Werf.
- In 2007, as a consequence they played the
opening concert of the 2007 edition of the festival at the Palais des
Papes, and recorded their new cd with Frank Vaganée on soprano
saxophone and singer Tutu Puoane as a guest in Studio La Buissonne in
Pernes-les-Fontaines, near Avignon.
- In November 2007 De Werf released this album
entitled 'Yellow Sounds & Other Colours'.
- In June 2006 he instigates 't-unit7',
a jazz septet with Michel Paré (tpt), Peter Delannoye (tmb), Fred
Delplanq (tsax), Ewout Pierreux (pno), Mark Haanstra (bs) and Herman
Pardon (dms). This band played every month in the Brussels jazzclub
'The Music Village', starting in September 2006.
- In May 2007, they
recorded their first album 'the wind's caress' wich was released in
February 2008 during a tour for JazzlabSeries in Flanders.
- Since 2009 he is a member of Scoreman Orchestra, led by Thomas De Prins.
- In September 2010 he records a cd 'little man/BIG WORLD with
t-unit4: Ewout Pierreux on piano, Mark Haanstra on accoustic bass
guitar and Herman Pardon on drums. Release planned January 2011.
Selected discography:
as a leader/composer
as sideman/composer
Experience as a teacher:
Education:
- 1989: A summer workshop in Dworp
(Belgium) with John Ruocco
- 1990: Takes lessons at the Jazz-studio
of Kurt Van Herck, Ben Sluys en Jeroen Van Herzeele.
- 1991: Admitted at the Rotterdam
Conservatory. Saxophone lessons of Dick de Graaf and Jasper Blom.
Masterclasses with Lee Konitz, Kenny Weehler and Joe Lovano.
Counterpoint with Volkert Grondsma.
- In 1997 he finished his training with
a DM/UM diploma at the Rotterdam Conservatory.