While still in high school Onno Govaert (1987, Kaatsheuvel, NL) was already playing with such well-known Dutch jazz musicians as Eric Vloeimans and Harmen Fraanje. He moved to Amsterdam to study jazz drums and graduated cum laude from the Conservatorium of Amsterdam in 2009.

His playing has variously been described as ‘innovative’, ‘spectacular’, ‘relentless’, ‘possessed by the devil’ and ‘post Jim Black’. ‘Onno Govaert stokes the band’s fires with spazzy rumbles and unflagging motion’, commented Chicago Reader, and Volkskrant described his style as ‘full of initiative and uninhibited.’

Onno has appeared regularly in the Bimhuis, including a 2013 Carte Blanche and has taken part two Young VIPS tours for young Dutch talent. In 2015 he will again complete a Young VIPS tour, this time with pianist Kaja Draksler in the duo Feecho.

Onno has played at leading European festivals including Moers, Cerkno, Reykjavik, Kosice, Jazzmarathon Brussels, Borealis and ArtActs. He has appeared in venues throughout the world – Centro Cultural Sao Paolo, Cave 12 (CH), Wind Up Space (US), Goethe Insitute Lisbao and others.
Beside his regular ensembles – Cactus Truck, Stadhouders/Goavert/deJoode, Feecho – Onno plays with a broad spectrum of creative musicians, including Ab Baars, Terri Ex, Andy Moore, Ken Vandermark, Theo Loevendie, Dave Rempis, Peter Jacquemyn, Joost Buis and Ig Henneman.

Luis first picked up a trumpet when he decided to participate in a Philarmonic Association. Later he had private classes with Tomás Pimentel.
He attended the Escola de Jazz Luís Villas Boas/ Hot Club de Portugal, where he had the chance to study with João Moreira, Tomás Pimentel, Vasco Mendonça, Afonso Pais, Filipe Melo, Bruno Santos e André Fernandes.

During these years, he also participated in workshop with musicians such as Evan Parker, Chris Speed, Mário Laginha, David Binney, Jesse Davis, Julian Arguelles, Ohad Talmor, André Fernandes, Pedro Madaleno e Phil Grenadier.

He already played in dozens of venues and festivals in Portugal and across Europe.

He performed and recorded with Carlos Zingaro, Wilbert De Joode, Akira Sakata, Johannes Bauer, Oori Shalev, Jorrit Dijkstra, Kaido Yutaka, Jasper Stadhouders, Giovanni Di Domenico, Mary Oliver, Nuno Rebelo, Jonathan Hafner, André Fernandes, Joost Buis, Marco Franco, Steve Heather, Mette Rasmussen, John Dikeman, Roberto Negro, João Lobo, Hugo Antunes, Valentin Ceccaldi, Seppe Gebruers, José Ernesto Rodrigues, Onno Govaert, Rodrigo Amado, Tó Trips, Luís Lopes, Federico Pascucci, Théo Ceccaldi.

Seppe Gebruers (1990) is a Belgian pianist, improviser and composer. The homeland music scene is already acquainted with his name, due to his delivered work in the eclectic Jazz septet ‘Ifa y Xango’ (winner of ‘Jong Jazztalent Gent’, ‘New York City Jazz Record’ (US), ‘Best Debut Releases 2013’. ), the piano duo with Erik Vermeulen, named ‘Antiduo’, Bambi Pang Pang feat. Andrew Cyrille (who played with Cecil Taylor, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane and others), his microtonal piano trio Seppe, Hugo and Paul (with Paul Lovens and Hugo Antunes), Nest, and many others...

Seppe Gebruers graduated – Summa cum laude – from Antwerp conservatorium, where he enjoyed a jazz education (with a.o. Erik Vermeulen as his teacher), as well as a classical schooling (tutored by a.o. Levente Kende).

Since the age of twelve, Seppe Gebruers plays at home and abroad. Starting with his piano trio, ‘Jazzfact’ (together with Nathan Wouters and Jakob Warmenbol) and later he performed with musicians such as Jim Black (US), Andrew D’angelo (US), Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Evan Parker, Teun Verbruggen, Robin Verheyen, Joachim Badenhorst, Johan Graden (SE), Jasper Stadhouders (NL) and many others.

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About us

We'll be touring in europe from 23th to the 27th of March 2017. We'll play in Ljubljana at Sound Disobedience Fest(23th of march 2017).

Don't hesitate to contact us, if you are interested.

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Luis Vicente

This exquisite trio featuring Luis Vicente on Trumpet, Seppe Gebruers on piano and  Onno Govaert on drums, gathers three European improvisers who are really active in the European music-scene.

'The last concert, starting after midnight, trumpet player Luís Vicente, piano player Seppe Gebruers and drummer Onno Govaert went through the paths of improvised music. If the first as we know him, opted by a more jazzistic approach, Seppe Gebruers assumed a diferent direction, bringing a playing with clear classical influences. We didn’t knew anything about him and he became the big surprise of this festival, revealing himself as superlative musician.Dind’t take time to understand why this group plays without doublebass, he plays with “heavy hand” reminding Cecil Taylor, at the same time changes himself when the music asked for subtlety and refinement. We could listen to the impressionists, Messiaen, contrasting with an extreme input on dynamics by Govaert on drums( loud and fast playing but smooth and delicated as well), and assertive as lyrical phrases by Vicente. Dealing with contrasts was the way taken by the trio, playing always unpredictable and surprisingly.' Rui Eduardo Paes, Jazz.pt.