About Jasper

Jasper De Roeck is a Belgian double bass player and composer. He started playing double bass and jazz music at the age of 17. After a preparatory year with his classical double bass teacher Ben Faes, he began studying at the conservatory in Antwerp in 2015. Here he studied with Piet Verbist, Nic Thys, Jos Machtel, Nathan Wouters, Kurt Van Herck, Ben Sluijs, and many other musicians from the Belgian and international jazz scene.

Jasper is active as a bassist with several jazz ensembles, including Serendip with whom he won the Sabam For Culture prize in 2019. With Aki, he played on the debut EP “Warme Dagen”. He is also co-founder of the international jazz quartet Mitingu, with whom he recorded a first album in Miami in February 2019.

In September 2019, Jasper moved to London to study at "The Royal Academy Of Music. Here he took lessons with Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Jasper Hoiby, Kit Downes, Anders Jormin, Nick Smart, Pete Churchill and many other musicians from the UK Jazz scene. In 2020, he graduated from the conservatory in Antwerp. In 2022, he played at Jazz Middelheim with Flight of the Black Zebra ft. Jakob Bro.

Jasper is also active as a classical double bassist with Zelig Art Ensemble and other orhechestras.

Jasper teaches double bass in the music academies of Hemiksem, Lier and Kunsthumaniora Turnhout and is available for private lessons.