One of the most active musicians on the Belgian scene.
Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE has worked with the most prominent musicians in Belgium:
Toots THIELEMANS, Philip CATHERINE, Michel HERR, Steve HOUBEN, Charles LOOS, SADI, Jacques PELZER, etc...
As well as with international musicians touring Europe such as: Philly Joe JONES, Clifford JORDAN, Pepper ADAMS, Slide HAMPTON, Tete MONTOLIU, Sal NISTICO, Michel PETRUCCIANI, Horace PARLAN, Michael URBANIAK, Joe HENDERSON, etc..For a period of 10 years, he played and recorded with Chet BAKER (6 CD).
Since 1980 he has taught at the Liège Conservatory, summer clinics, and currently, at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE tours all over the world as a member of numerous groups:
* Eric LEGNINI trio
* John RUOCCO trio
* Phil ABRAHAM quartet
* Richard ROUSSELET Quintet.
* Paolo RADONI trio
* Steve HOUBEN trio
* Marcia MARIA trio
* trio L'AME DES POETES
* Fabrice ALLEMAN Quartet and ONE SHOT BAND.
Tours extensively since 1988 with the "Klaus IGNATZEK international group" (11 CD) featuring Joe HENDERSON, Claudio RODITI, Gustavo BERGALLI, Jay ASHBY, and Romanian singer Anca PARGHEL. In the Belgian jazz referendum organized by Belgian radios RTBF and VRT, Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE was elected best Belgian acoustic bass player of the year '98.
In April 2005, Jean-Louis was elected, for the second time, as chairman of the association of Jazz musicians in Belgium, LES LUNDIS D'HORTENSE. He regularly plays with L'AME DES POETES In September 2001, Jean-Louis RASSINFOSSE released a new CD as a leader, titled "Crossworlds", in which he reunites two bands he regularly performs with : L'AME DES POETES and the international quintet of German pianist Klaus IGNATZEK.
He is featured on more than 60 C.D.s.
To celebrate its 12th anniversary in style, the Ame des Poètes trio, well-known amongst fans of both jazz and chanson française, is releasing its fifth and double album "PRENOMS D'AMOUR" on IGLOO (IGL 177). The group is known for its instrumental adaptations of chanson française classics that leave a lot of room for improvisation while keeping intact the emotions of the original versions. On this occasion, special guests were invited to the recordings: Sylvain Luc on guitar, Stéphane Belmondo on the bugle, the Smeulders & Smeulders accordion duo and Claude Flagel on the hurdy gurdy.
After Brel and Brassens, the theme this time is not the repertoire of one songwriter but a double theme of love songs and first names. Through the magic of music, some first name song titles find themselves caught in love stories to which they didn't originally belong. That is how we see "Dominique-nique-nique, Tu te laisses aller à parler au Téléfon avec Gaston et les Filles de Camaret, les Filles de mon pays, Pour un flirt avec Zizi (Jeanmaire?)."
From the first tune, the contact is immediate. The listeners and musicians embark on a musical journey that combines humour and emotions in an inimitable style, creating a unique complicity between the two.