Bram Weijters - Chad McCullough Duo
For ten years, Chad McCullough and Bram Weijters have collaborated around the world, with a musical bond that transcends geographic restraints. Their three albums with the quartet (featuring John Bishop and Piet Verbist) were lauded by critics, and the foray into duo territory has been equally successful. The sonic textures and colors readily available on their first duo album, Feather, preclude the depth and development of the two-as-one conception evident from the first notes of Pendulum.
Heralded for his “solos of mercurial poetry and high craft.” (Chicago Tribune), Chad McCullough has matured into an integral part of the international jazz scene with his playing, composing, and vast knowledge of the music business. His albums regularly receive wide critical-acclaim, and he collaborates with a diverse collection of musicians, each addition speaking to the depth of his musical palette.
As a composer, McCullough has scored for film, written for various large ensembles, dancers, string and chamber groups- in both classical and jazz idioms. Many of his pieces have been featured music spots on NPR. As an educator, he has been involved with mentoring projects run by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, the radio station KPLU, and has done educational outreach in several internationally-recognized high school and college music programs. He is currently a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at DePaul University in Chicago.
Bram Weijters is an Antwerp, Belgium based pianist and composer who's music had deep roots in jazz, improvisational and alternative genres. At eight years old, Bram began classical training and by eighteen, he was admitted to the Antwerp Conservatory. After graduating for jazz piano in Antwerp he went to the Brussels Conservatory and graduated in 2005 with Masters Degrees in jazz composition and arranging.
Besides the faculty at those conservatories Bram took lessons and attended masterclasses from Kenny Werner, Anthony Braxton, Gary Peacock, Mark Turner, Dave Liebman, Bill Carrothers and many others.
Weijters has established himself as one of the most in-demand pianists on Belguim's internationally renowned jazz scene performing regularly in clubs, festivals, and concert halls in Belgium and abroad.
For ten years, Chad McCullough and Bram Weijters have collaborated around the world, with a musical bond that transcends geographic restraints. Their three albums with the quartet (featuring John Bishop and Piet Verbist) were lauded by critics, and the foray into duo territory has been equally successful. The sonic textures and colors readily available on their first duo album, Feather, preclude the depth and development of the two-as-one conception evident from the first notes of Pendulum.
Heralded for his “solos of mercurial poetry and high craft.” (Chicago Tribune), Chad McCullough has matured into an integral part of the international jazz scene with his playing, composing, and vast knowledge of the music business. His albums regularly receive wide critical-acclaim, and he collaborates with a diverse collection of musicians, each addition speaking to the depth of his musical palette.
As a composer, McCullough has scored for film, written for various large ensembles, dancers, string and chamber groups- in both classical and jazz idioms. Many of his pieces have been featured music spots on NPR. As an educator, he has been involved with mentoring projects run by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, the radio station KPLU, and has done educational outreach in several internationally-recognized high school and college music programs. He is currently a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at DePaul University in Chicago.
Bram Weijters is an Antwerp, Belgium based pianist and composer who's music had deep roots in jazz, improvisational and alternative genres. At eight years old, Bram began classical training and by eighteen, he was admitted to the Antwerp Conservatory. After graduating for jazz piano in Antwerp he went to the Brussels Conservatory and graduated in 2005 with Masters Degrees in jazz composition and arranging.
Besides the faculty at those conservatories Bram took lessons and attended masterclasses from Kenny Werner, Anthony Braxton, Gary Peacock, Mark Turner, Dave Liebman, Bill Carrothers and many others.
Weijters has established himself as one of the most in-demand pianists on Belguim's internationally renowned jazz scene performing regularly in clubs, festivals, and concert halls in Belgium and abroad.