Chris Joris in the middle Chris Joris (born 30 November 1952, Mechelen) is a

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and composer. He is the son of Jan Joris, an

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. Joris joined

Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the on ...

in 1977, appeared on their first album but left the group later that year. In the mid 1990s, he formed The Chris Joris Experience, a jazz

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with Sam Versweyveld (

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), Bart Defoort (

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), Ernst Vranckx (

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) and Chris Mentens (

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). He won the 1998 Belgian

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for best

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artist.

Recordings

In October 2007 Joris released ''

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'' on the Belgium De Werf label. The CD features: Bob Stewart: tuba, compo's

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: alto- et soprano sax, flute, compo's

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: tama, tamani, ngoni, vocals, compo's Fabian Fiorini: piano

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: electric bass, compo Chris Mentens: double bass Junior Mthombeni: congas, udu, percussion, voice Chris Joris: timba, cymbals, djembé, congas, steeldrum, likembé, small percussion, compo's, leader

References

Jazz in Belgium biography
* Chris Jorisat

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