David LINX : biography

photo Jos Knaepen

David LINX

Singer / Composer / Songwriter

Born March 22nd 1965.

RECORDINGS / CONCERTS:

Horace Parlan	Harry "Sweets" Edison	Toots Thielemans	Slide Hampton
Richard Boone	Clark Terry	Mark Murphy	Ernie Wilkins
Jimmy Owens	Sahib Shihab	John Clayton	Nathan Davis
Debroah Brown	Roy Ayers	Byard Lancaster	Bashiri Johnson
Victor Lazlo	Juan José Mosalini	Erling Kroner	Johnny Griffin
Per Goldschmidt	Carol Fredericks	Jens Winter	Bernard Lavilliers
Steve Coleman	Foreigner	Bob Stewart	James Baldwin
Hein Van De Geyn	Klavs Hovman	Trio Bravo	Brenda White King
Diederik Wissels	Khalil Chaine	Maurane	La Grande Formation
Marc Ducret	Lena Willemark	Hector Zazou	Aka Moon
Sly & Robbie	Karen Young	Richard Galliano

AS COMPOSER, SONGWRITER AND/OR LYRICS:

"Hey Baby, Cool" for the COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA arranged by Frank Foster with Victor Lazlo.

"Take Me", "Tell Me Pourquoi Pas", "Maxime", "Désir Fou", "Berçeuse (Lullaby)", "The Dream is in Our Hands" as well as most of the English lyrics on Victor Lazlo's latest album "BACK TO FRONT".

Founder and composer of "A Lover's Question" with American writer James BALDWIN, reciting his poetry (later on, 1988, live broadcast by Sky Channel with brother David Baldwin).

Ballet music for choreographer and dancer Michèle Noiret: "La Crèveche", "L'Espace Oblique".

Ballet music for choreographer and dancer ran-Christian Chalon: "Transit",

Filmsong for "Hey Stranger" a film by Peter Woditsch, sung by Hanna Schygulla.

Filmmusic for "Mygdal", a documentary by Miel van Hoogenbemt on a German settlement in Israel.

TOURS:
In continental Europe, England and the U.S.A. with above mentioned musicians.

David LINX has been featured in papers and magazines like "The International Herald Tribune", "The Wall Street Journal", "Time Magazine", "Jazz Magazine", "Jazz In Time", "Post Magazine" and others.

as leader:

		"A LOVER'S QUESTION" with James Baldwin	(originally on Crépuscule-JVC Victor, now reissued by Label Bleu)
		"HUNGRY VOICES"	(Miracle-Polygram-Polydor Japan)
		"WHERE RIVERS JOIN"	(September-CNR)
		"MOON TO YOUR SUN"	(Crépuscule-JVC Victor)
		"KAMOOK" with Diederik Wissels	(B Sharp)
		"IF ONE MORE DAY" with Diederik Wissels	(Crépuscule)
		"ENCORES" A COMPILATION	(HKM- Arcade - CNR)
		"UPCLOSE AND IN PERSON" with Diederik Wissels	(Label bleu)
		"STANDARDS"	(Travers)
		" BANDARKAH" with Diederik Wissels	(Label bleu)
		" HEARTLAND" with Diederik Wissels & Paolo Fresu	(Emarcy)
		" THIS TIME" with Diederik Wissels	(Le chant du monde )

as guest:

	Victor LAZLO (Polydor)
	TRIO BRAVO (Igloo)
	Pascal CHARPENTIER (Igloo)
	Diederik WISSELS "THE HILLOCK SONGSTRESS" (Igloo)
	Diederik WISSELS "FROM THIS DAY FORWARD" (Igloo)
	La GRANDE FORMATION (Carbon 7)
	Jean Pierre CATOUL
	Khalil CHAHINE (Turkhoise)
	MAURANE (Polydor)
	AKA MOON "elohim" (Carbon 7 C7-027)
	AKA MOON "INVISIBLE MOON" (Carbon 7 C7-061)

In 1996 David LINX was nominated for the Django d'Or in France for the category best jazz singer, together with Abbey LINCOLN and Cassandra WILSON.
In '98, David LINX was again nominated, this time with Diederik WISSELS in Paris (category vocal jazz).
And in '99, their album Bandarkah (Label Bleu) has been selected among the three nominees for the French Django d'Or '99, in the category "Europe".

In '98, David LINX has been nominated in the vocal category of the Victoires de la Musique in France, for his CD with Diederik WISSELS, "Up Close" (Label Bleu LBLC6586), next to Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER and Diana KRALL.

In the Belgian jazz referendum organized by Belgian radios RTBF and VRT, David LINX was elected best vocalist of the year '98 in the categories Belgium and Europe.