Welcome to the official website of Olivier Vander Bauwede
Belgian harmonica player and recording artist
Olivier took up the harmonica at the age of seventeen, inspired by the sounds of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter as well as his fellow countrymen Toots Thielemans and Steven De Bruyn. Born and raised in the city of Ghent, he often collaborates with Belgiums leading blues artists Guy Verlinde and Tiny Legs Tim. He is a member of the 'Missy Sippy All Stars', a group of young and promising musicians in the blues scene, named after the Missy Sippy Blues & Roots Club. Besides his passion for blues and jazz, Olivier has worked with artists and bands from all kind of genres such as rock, pop, world music and folk. He has been active as a recording artist for several tv, radio and theater productions, and as a teacher, being one of the few to play and teach both the chromatic and diatonic harmonica. Currently he is studying jazz at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
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