Paul Van Gysem was born June 6, 1935 in Berlare. He is a Belgian jazz musician and improvisation musician (double bass, composition) and visual artist. Paul Van Gysem studied fine arts first at the Academie van Gent and then at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. His visual works include sculptures, paintings, and graphics. Van Gysem was a film score composer in the 1960s, including for Raoul Servais’Goldframe ‘. In 1971, he directed a sextet with Jasper van’t Hof. Nolle Neels. Patrick De Groote. Pierre Courbois. and Ronald LeCourt. The album Aorta ( Futura ), 1971 was recorded by the group. He formed an ensemble that included his quintet, Nolle Naels (tenor saxophone), Ronald LeCourt(vibraphone) u0026 Kenneth Tyler (drums). The session was recorded by Belgian TV station BRT. He was also a collaborator with Fred Van Hove, Mal Waldron, and Steve Lacy. He worked later with the CO2 Quartet with Cel Overberghe, Giovanni Barcella, and Tom Van Overberghe and in a trio together with Chris Joris, and Patrick De Groote. http://de.zxc.wiki
