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Marc Demuth

Marc Demuth born in Luxembourg in 1978, is a strong and active presence of the new generation of Jazz musicians in Europe and holds diplomas in electric bass and Jazz double bass of the “Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles”, as well as a bachelor and a master’s degree of the “Koninklijk Conservatorium of The Hague”, Holland.

In 1996, at the young age of 18, he won a scholarship for studying electric bass at the famous Berklee College of Music, while participating at their annual workshop in Perugia, Italy.

In December 2000 he accompanied the World Youth Choir on their tour through Benelux, Germany and France, which ended with the recording of a CD. In 2004 he was selected to be part of the European Jazz Orchestra on their tour through Europe and Brazil, under the conduction of the Portuguese leader and composer Pedro Moreira.

In 2001 he won the prize of the best soloist at the annual Rotary Jazz Competition in Wavre, Belgium. In 2004 he won the first prize and the public prize at the prestigious Jazz Competition in Avignon with the Pascal Schumacher 4tet. In 2010 his project with the portuguese singer Sofia Ribeiro won the first prize of the prestigeous Crest Vocal Jazz Competition.

Since 2003 he was working intensively with the Portuguese singer Sofia Ribeiro in different projects, having released his first CD, “Dança da Solidão” in 2006, in duo with the singer. At the same time Marc was leading his own quartet with the vibraphone player Pascal Schumacher, the clarinet player Joachim Badenhorst and the drummer Yves Peeters. In 2008 he released the CD “ORIK” with the Marc Demuth 4tet featuring Sofia Ribeiro.

He shared the stage with musicians like Michael Brecker, Kenny Werner, Slide Hampton, Erwin Van, Hein van de Geyn, Florian Weber, Jef Neve, John Ruocco, Guy Cabay, Jacques Pirroton, Phil Abraham and Felix Simtaine, amongst others. He has been playing in many different festivals like: Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Brussels Jazz Marathon (Belgium), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), European Jazz Festival (Greece), Festival JAZZ AND SOUND (Belgium), Francophonie New York (E.U.A.), FIMU (France), Jazzfest Eurocore Trier (Germany), Jazz ‘In Tondela (Portugal), Douro Jazz (Portugal), Jazz-Rallye Luxembourg City (Luxembourg), Jazz UTSAV Festival (New Delhi), Dose Dupla (CCB, Lisbon), Gaume Jazz Festival (Belgium), Jazz au Chellah (Morocco), Jazz à Ouaga (Burkina Faso), Silesian Jazz Festival (Poland), Völklinger Hüttenjazz Festival (Germany), Nargen Jazz Festival (Estonia).

Recently he is part of the RDW Trio with the piano player Michel Reis and the drummer Paul Wiltgen. Together they are working on their new upcoming album.

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Reis Demuth Wiltgen: Sly

Read "Sly" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Tre baldi giovanotti lussemburghesi firmano questo album che sonda in maniera quanto mai corretta l'universo-piano trio, tenendo largamente conto di quanto detto in materia nel corso dei decenni, il che sta implicitamente a indicare che non vi accade nulla di particolarmente nuovo, ma quello che fanno i tre lo fanno bene, con padronanza tecnica e lessicale, anche se, specialmente in giovani musicisti (peraltro non certo alle prime armi) come questi, gradiremmo sempre cogliere qualche prurito maggiore, la voglia di rischiare ...

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“Marc Demuth’s bass, sometimes incisive, sometimes in a velvet flow, silent by the fact of serving more than shining, ” Gaston Carré, Luxemburger Wort, Luxembourg, 2008

“It radiates from ORIK an inspiration and a charm that reveals in one side strength and in the other cohesion. Marc Demuth recalls a “binary jazz”, we say instead, that it’s a paradoxical jazz, kind of a tropical declination of the “cool jazz”, like if Chet Baker would seize his trumpet after having danced the samba in Rio and listened to Fado in Lisbon.” Gaston Carré, «Luxemburger Wort» April 08 - about ORIK

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Sly

CAM Jazz
2021

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ORIK

Unknown label
2008

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