Jacques Stotzem - this name has friends of acoustic guitar music sitting up and taking notice. No wonder, because the Belgian is not just a fantastic steelstring guitarist who knows all the technical tricks of the trade; even more, he is an excellent musician with an extraordinary hand for exorbitant compositions.
Jacques Stotzem was born in 1959 in Verviers, Belgium. Inspired by a television appearance by the American ragtime and blues guitarist Stefan Grossman, the sixteen-year-old Stotzem began independently studying the guitar. However, he quickly left behind the limitations of the existing blues and ragtime literature and began to develop his very own composition and playing style. To date, Jacques Stotzem is a guest at all the important festivals in Europe and the USA on a regular basis.
Thierry Crommen became a professional player in '87, after graduating in psychology from the Liège University. He very quickly established himself as harmonica player. Unlikewise other harmonica players, he is one of the rare artists able to exploit the chromatic harmonica (influence of Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans) as well as the diatonic one (THE instrument of blues). As a self-taught, he has forged an elaborated technic which enables him to belong to different musical styles.
Aside from playing with Jacques Stotzem, he is regularly seen alongside, since '88, French singer Michel Fugain where he also doubles as tenor sax player.
Jacques Stotzem was born in 1959 in Verviers, Belgium. Inspired by a television appearance by the American ragtime and blues guitarist Stefan Grossman, the sixteen-year-old Stotzem began independently studying the guitar. However, he quickly left behind the limitations of the existing blues and ragtime literature and began to develop his very own composition and playing style. To date, Jacques Stotzem is a guest at all the important festivals in Europe and the USA on a regular basis.
Thierry Crommen became a professional player in '87, after graduating in psychology from the Liège University. He very quickly established himself as harmonica player. Unlikewise other harmonica players, he is one of the rare artists able to exploit the chromatic harmonica (influence of Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans) as well as the diatonic one (THE instrument of blues). As a self-taught, he has forged an elaborated technic which enables him to belong to different musical styles.
Aside from playing with Jacques Stotzem, he is regularly seen alongside, since '88, French singer Michel Fugain where he also doubles as tenor sax player.
