Vansina [...] manifests himself as an ardent and agile alto saxophonist who plays compelling solos and draws angular lines. Though he is able to play a dragging ballad subtly and eloquently. (c) De Standaard 2012.
Saxophonist Bruno Vansina studied in Antwerp, The Hague and Brussels with among others Bart Defoort and John Ruocco. In 2003 he won the Prize for Best Soloist at the Breda Jazz Competition, part of the Frederik Leroux Quintet.
Vansina is perhaps best known in his own country for his work with the big band Flat Earth Society (FES). He is active in groups like Rebirth Collective and in the recent past in Ewout Pierreux 5, Tuesday Night Orchestra, Simple, Little Dots ... and has been a frequent guest at the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Scoreman, Pieter Embrechts, Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven, El Tattoo Del Tigre ...
But you only get to know the true Vansina through his own projects, including the trio Vansina-Verbruggen-Gudmunsson. A number of CDs of this trio have already been released on RAT Records (the label Vansina founded with Teun Verbruggen): Trio Music, In Orbit, Tokyo Qunatize.
More info can be found on his website.
As of the academic year 2020-2021, Bruno Vansina teaches Jazz Saxophone at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, succeeding John Ruocco.
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