Trio Johan Clement - 2 Albums (2006-2014)

Johan Clement was born in Antwerp on August 20, 1955 as the third son of a Belgian mother and a Dutch father. At the age of 10 he moved with his parents to the Netherlands. Since 1982 Johan mainly is active as a professional pianist in Belgium in the New Look Trio Roger Vanhaverbeke (1982-2011). Over the years, he accompanied many top musicians such as Toots Thielemans, Deborah Brown, Art Farmer, Scott Hamilton, Georgie Fame, Mark Murphy, Sal Nistico, Jerome Richardson, Johnny Griffin, Dave Pike, Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Ed Thigpen, Lou Tabackin, Madeline Bell, Harry Allen, Peter King, Rita Reys, Jean François Prince, Judy Niemack, Philippe Catherine, Ali Ryerson & Slide Hampton.

Johan cooperate on various radio and TV programs in Belgium and the Netherlands. Known groups with which he has worked or has made tours with include The Golden Gate Quartet, The Platters and the BRT Orchestra.

In Belgium Johan was for over 30 years the pianist of the “New Look Trio” directed by Roger Vanhaverbeke (bass) with Freddie Rottier (drums). Luc Vanden Bosch started as from 1995 playing percussion and in 2012 bassist Bart de Nolf , best known as the accompanist of Jean “Toots” Thielemans, became a member of the trio.
As of 2012, the New Look Trio continued under the name of the Trio Johan Clement.

As a piano teacher Johan is connected to the Rotterdam CODARTS (1989 to date).
Before that, he also taught at the Conservatory of Antwerp (1988), Leeuwarden (1989) and Groningen (1990-1993).
Johan has worked with almost all the Belgian and Dutch jazz musicians. Much fame he has received with the famous jazz program TROS Sesjun with saxophonist Scott Hamilton and appearances at various jazz festivals including North Sea Jazz Festival, Bahrain Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, Cannes, Brussels Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Gouvy, Middelheim Jazz Festival and Jazz Ascona.

He has toured the Benelux, Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Central East, Africa, India and Japan.

Johan released 23 albums and “Some Other Time” is his latest.



'On Request' is the 2006 album by Johan Clement and his trio. Johan did a big musical in-depth research on his alltime favorite pianist Oscar Peterson. Eric Timmermans and Frits landesbergen make the trio complete. Jeroen de Rijk did percussion on 2 tracks. Paul Power recorded this music as always with his unparalelled sound. It is a very beautiful album for Oscar Peterson lovers and music lovers in general!

Johan Clement - piano
Eric Timmermans - bass
Frits Landesbergen - drums

Track List:
01 Soft Winds
02 Robbin's Nest
03 Cakewalk
04 When Summer Comes
05 Sushi
06 I Love You
07 Wheatland
08 Noreen's Nocturne
09 D&E
10 Nigerian Marketplace
11 Backyard Blues
12 Night Time
13 Night Train






Our new album is a mix of swing/bebop jazz standards and well known tunes from different musicians as Bill Evans, Monty Alexander, Leonard Bernstein, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Mandel and Victor Feldman. Blues for “MI” is an original, written for my wife Miyuki.

Johan Clement - piano
Bart de Nolf - contrabas
Luc Vanden Bosch - drums and percussie

Track List:
01 You Can See"
02 The 2 Lonely People"
03 This is for Albert"
04 Time Remembered"
05 The Cup Bearers"
06 M.A.S.H."
07 Some Over Time"
08 The End of a Love Affair"
09 Joshua"
10 Blues for 'M'"


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