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Bio

In a few words :
Guitarist, Composer, Arranger & Teacher.

Current Projects:

« Alain PIERRE Guitar Solo »

« Alain PIERRE – Etienne PLUMER Acoustic Duo »

« Tree-Ho ! » w/ Félix ZURSTRASSEN (B) & Antoine PIERRE (Drs)

« WRaP ! » w/ Barbara WIERNIK (Voice) & Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE (B)

« Different Lines » w/ Barbara Wiernik

« Alain Pierre Acoustic Quartet »

 

He has played with : Norma WINSTONE, Barbara WIERNIK, Antoine PIERRE, Steve HOUBEN and many others…

 

 

Founder of the Label « Spinach Pie Records »

Several tours in Europe, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Viet-Nam & Chile.

 

He teaches Jazz Harmony, Jazz ensembles and Sight-reading at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

 

Selected Recordings:

Alain PIERRE Solo - « Sitting In Some Café » (Spinach Pie Records - SPR 103)

Tree- Ho ! - « Aaron & Allen » (Spinach Pie Records - SPR 101).

WRaP ! - « Endless » (Igloo – IGL 245).

Duo Alain Pierre-Steve Houben - «  Dolce Divertimento » (Mogno - J024).

« Anfass » (Igloo Mondo - IGL 148).

Full Bio :

Alain Pierre studied Classical Guitar, Chamber Music, free improvisation at « Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Liège », Belgium.

He studied Jazz Guitar, Jazz Harmony, arranging and composing at « Conservatoire Royal de Musique » in Brussels.

One of the singularities of his art is the use of the classical guitar technique to play jazz and improvise on the 12-string and classical guitars.

 

Current Projects :

« Alain PIERRE Guitare Solo » ;

« Alain PIERRE & Etienne PLUMER Acoustic Duo» ;

Composer, arranger & producer of  Barbara Wiernik’s « Ellipse »

 

Other projects :

« Norma WINSTONE with Alain PIERRE & guest Barbara WIERNIK » : Jazz Station le 17 mars 2023

« Brew-Quay Quartet » with Jacques PIROTTON, Jasen WEAVER, Antoine PIERRE or Fabio ZAMAGNI

 « Tree-Ho ! » with Félix ZURSTRASSEN and Antoine PIERRE ;

« WRaP ! » with Barbara WIERNIK and Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE ;

« Different Lines with Barbara Wiernik ;

« Arbor  Heart », « Special Unit » et « Pocket Unit » ;

Duet  with guitarist Peter HERTMANS

Founder of the Label « Spinach Pie Records » (« Barbara Wiernik - ELLIPSE » (Spinach Pie Records 104) & « Barbara Wiernik & Nicola Andrioli – Complicity » (Spinach Pie Records 102)

 

 

 

Several tours in Europe, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Viet-Nam & Chile.

 

He teaches Jazz Harmony, Jazz ensembles and Sight-reading at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels since 2015.

 

He teaches Guitar, Improvisation & Composition at the Conservatoire of Huy since 1987 and during summer clinics (AKDT of Libramont, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo).

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