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JÉRÉMY DUMONT, PIANO, COMPOSITION

Jérémy Dumont was born in Brussels on June 26, 1987. He started playing the violin at the age of 5. For a while he was a member of the Choir at the ‘Maîtrise of the RTBF’ and started learning to play the piano at the age of 12 with concert pianist Karin Lechner. He finished secondary school in the section of classical piano at the Arthur Grumiaux Conservatory in Charleroi,  complementing his education with a Jazz improvisation course taught by Thomas de Prins at the Jacques-Dalcrose Academy. This led to his decision to pursue Jazz. He studied for a year at the JazzStudio in Antwerp and participated in several clinics in Belgium and abroad while at the same time taking private classical piano classes with Geneviève Vandermeulen and jazz piano classes with Ivan Paduart and Eric Vermeulen. His encounter  with the Greats of Belgian Jazz seduced him and he enrolled in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels  to study with Eric Legnini. He graduated  with distinction in his Masters course in 2013 whilst giving numerous concerts in various venues in Belgium, France and Luxemburg and aspires to perfect his education abroad.
During his musical journey he explored different styles, mostly derivatives of Jazz and founded several ensembles:  The Jérémy Dumont Quartet, soon renamed The Unexpected 4, Jérémy Dumont Trio, Solid Steps Quintet (a tribute to the very first album by American saxophonist Joe Lovano, recorded in Belgium in 1987), Brussels Pop Masters (a collective of musicians whose repertoire was entirely based on ad lib compositions including jazz funk hip hop) which evolved into JD’s & X-Project to finish as Soul Triggers. He has also been involved in numerous projects as sideman.
He was awarded first prize for ‘Jeunes Talents’ at the ‘Dinant Jazz Nights’ 2010 (Belgium) with his quartet, first prize of ‘Jeunes Formations’ at the Festival of Comblain-la Tour 2012 (Belgium) with his Trio, he was a finalist in ‘Le Concours International de Piano Boris Vian’ in Ville-d’Avray (France) in November 2012 and finally Jérémy was nominated by ‘SABAM-Jeunesses Musicales Jazz Award 2013′.

FABIO ZAMAGNI, DRUMS

Fabio Zamagni was born on July 21, 1987. He started playing drums at the age of 13. Five years later, he began musical studies and immediately favoured Jazz. After his first year at the Jazz Studio in Antwerp he changed his course and enrolled at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
During his studies, he had the honour to be taught by some of the biggest drummers in Belgian Jazz, namely Bruno Castelucci, Jan de Haas, Thomas Grimmonprez, Antoine Cirri, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Xavier Rogé and others. In 2012 he won with the Jérémy Dumont Trio first prize for  ’Jeunes Formations’ at the Festival of Comblain-la-Tour in Belgium.  Currrently he is on stage with various bands playing modern Jazz, groove, soul and funk.  He has performed with artists like Jérémy Dumont, Igor Gehenot, Paolo Loveri, Benoît Vanderstraeten, Charles Loos, Stephane Mercier, Michel Paré, Sam Gerstmans, Lorenzo di Maio, Chrysel Wauthier, Laurent Melnyk, Adrien Volant, Joachim Caffonnette and others. He is also a member of the Jérémy Dumont Trio and the Laurent Melnyk Trio/Quartet.

VICTOR FOULON, DOUBLE BASS

Victor Foulon was born on November 21, 1986. The bass player, discovered the joys of making music during his adolescent years, thanks to his grand father who showed him a few chords of the Bossa Nova. Quickly passionate he gained a place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2008 where he studied jazz guitar followed by jazz double bass three years later.
Having graduated in both instruments, we now find him on the double bass in projects going from traditional swing to more contemporary jazz. His guitar skills are used to develop his interest in world-wide music. In 2010 he received the first prize of “Jeunes Formations” at the festival of Comblain-la-Tour with the Evan Surya quartet (guitar) then in 2012 with «Saying Somethin Quartet» (double bass).
You might have heard him play with Bob Mover (US), Nicola Andrioli, Jean Paul Estieveneard, Quentin Liégois, Michel Paré, Dominco Sana (IT), Lorenzo Di Maio, Chrystel Wautier, Frederic Malampré, Kenny Jeanney, Thibaut François (FR), Andrea Molinari (IT), Jerome Klein, Toine Thys, Maayan Smith, Mathias De Wael, Mathieu Vandenabeele, Jerome Baudart, Manu Bonetti Sabin Todorov, Jeremy Dumont, Thomas Mayade, Dorian Dumont, Matteo Carola, Mathieu Robert, Armando Luango, Julien Delbrouck, Laurent Barbier, Joachim Caffonnette, Florent Géniaux, Tom Bourgeois, Margaux Vranken, Martin Méreau, Kathu Adam, Charlotte Danhier, Seb Duthoit, Hibou (Simon Beriaux) …