photo: Jacky Lepage

Manuel HERMIA Alto, Soprano & alto saxophone / Flute & Bansouri / Keyboards (Since April 2003 president of the Belgian association of jazz musicians "Les Lundis d'Hortense")

Belgian born November 9 1967
studies:

Academy: 10 years of clarinet, awarded with government medal.
7 years of solfeggio

1988-90: University of Southern California, Los Angeles: two years in the jazz section, saxophone.

1990-92: Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, 1st prize jazz saxophone

1992-94: Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, jazz harmony.

PERFORMANCES :

Acoustic Jazz
• Manuel HERMIA quartet with Sal LA ROCCA, Erik VERMEULEN and Bruno CASTELLUCCI original compositions & standards
• Homage to Charlie PARKER with Ron van Rossum, Gino LATTUCA, Sal LA ROCCA and Mimi VERDERAME.
  Tour 1997-98, Gaume festival, Jazz à Liège, Gouvy, Audi jazz, Jazz Gent
• Fred Wilbaux trio with Fred WILBAUX and Nicolas THYS
  CD "Chronaxie" Igloo 1996
• The missing Link jazz & blues with Roland, Paolo RADONI, Sal LA ROCCA.

  Electric Jazz

• Manuel HERMIA quintet with Pierre VAN DORMAEL, Michel SEBA, Xavier TRIBOLET et François GARNY
  playing original compositions, concerts 1999
• Fred WESLEY : tournée 1997 Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
• Manuel HERMIA quintet & BOOMERANG with Paolo RAGATZU, Xavier TRIBOLET, Willy NSITA and Francis CHARLIER
  BOOMERANG, same as above plus Tony KABEYA, vocal,nd Thierry LOGIST, dj
  tournée 1995, 96 & 97 CD "Acid Colors" 1996 (label 4AM)
• USE et Feria Musica group incorporated to the contemporary circus Féria Musica for the show "Liaisons dangeureuses" at the Halles de Schaerbeek in 97 and at the Cirque Royal in 98 ethnos and other jazz
• SLANG : a trio founded byr François GARNY, with Michel SEBA
  original compositions, oscillating between jazz, rock and ethno
  Slang recorded the cds "Los Locos" (2000) and "Save the Chilis" (2001), both on the Carbon 7 label.
• Ben NGABO : Afro jazz, music of Rwanda with Michel SEBA, Bilou DONEUX, Pierre VAN DORMAEL, Anne WOLF, Nicolas L'HERBETTE
  CD "Umugezi" 1997
  
• EKLECTIC QUINTET, an electric band which he formed with a.o. Pierre VAN DORMAEL (gt) and which plays compound meters.

  Manu HERMIA also studied Indian music during his trips to India, playing a.o. the Bansouri flute.

  miscellaneous

• William SHELLER, tournée 94-95
• Philippe SWAN, tournée 94
• Plug tournée 96-97
• New experimental Groove
• Denise BLUE
• No Vibrato
• Samantha Brothers
• Improsessions
  As well as occasional appearances -live or studio- with
  Adamo, Fred Wesley, New Experimental Groove, William Sheller, Sttellla, Khadja Nin, Victor Laszlo, Lara Fabian, Jean-Louis Daulne, Pierre Rapsat, Clarika, Léopold Nord, Nono Garcia, Citizen Jane...

  In December '99, he released as a leader his quartet album "l'Esprit du Val" (Igloo IGL 145).

  In 2001, he appears on the cd "Vivaces" (Igloo igl 155) of guitarist Pierre VAN DORMAEL.

  MANU HERMIA BANDS

  Read an interview of Manu HERMIA in the Journal of the Lundis d'Hortense (in French).

  

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