Biography
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PDM Big Band
Members: Serge Plume, Wim Schoup, Joachim Vanhoecke, Dieter Limbourg, Lieven Roman, Freddy Verbeken, Jo Nachtergaele, Filip Demeyer, Rene van Herreweghe, Ignace Audoorn, Jan Coornaert, Marc Leroy (2), Marc Van Caester, Antoine Anno, Hans Notebaert, Lucien Foubert, David Deruyck, Rik Drubbels, Hendrik Willekens, Raoul Thomaes, Joop Suttels, Jan Van Welden, Paul Vandemaele, Piet Dockers, Ronald Dhaene, Jacky Adens, Hendrik Drubbels, Koen Anraed, Eddy De Bock
Big band from Oudenaarde, BelgiumPDM was founded in 1988 by conductor Filip Demeyer who wanted to introduce some new ideas in wind music by playing musical, film scores and jazz with a “stage band”.
Soon PDM became a real Big Band. (5 saxophones, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, piano, guitar, bass and drums). PDM toured in Belgium, Holland and Germany. The first CD “Na "Vijf" jaar” was released in 1994. It was a recording of the first steps of this band towards Big Band music.
In the nineties PDM became a real jazz band. Contemporary scores as well as the standards were rehearsed, lots of vocalists made their way to the stage with this band.
From 2017 on the band is lead by Kris Loris.