Diederik Wissels

Dutch jazz pianist

Diederik Wissels (born December 1960, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz pianist.

In 1968, he moved to Brussels, Belgium and later attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. In his early career, he played with Chet Baker, Joe Henderson and Toots Thielemans. Wissels' solo and duo recordings include "The Hillock Songstress" (1994), "From This Day Forward" (1997), "Streams" with Bart Defoort (2001), "Song of You" (2004) and "Pasarela" (2017). "Secrecy" (2020), "Yearn" (2023) and "Sleepless" (2024) were recorded with Portuguese jazz singer Ana Rocha.

He appears regularly in concert and has also recorded with David Linx, for example on Viktor Lazlo's album Amour(s).

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Works

All in a Moment With You
Beyond
Elihue
Fisalina (interlude)
Greying Roofs
Guaimi
Hawalek
Heartland
If One More Day
In Between the Roses and the Ashes
It Was Always You
Jardin de la paresse
Last Portrait
Le 10e : Quai de Jemmapes - Quai de Valmy
Lord of the Groudless
Lunch at Midnight
Meaning
Nocturne
Oceans of Time
One Morningstar Away
Poughkeepsie
Praise
Red on White
Scale of Remembrance
So Remember
Sojourner
Solace
Spoken Silence
The Sound of Many Rivers
The Tale
The Way Forward (Introduction)
Upon My Soul
What Goes Around Comes Around
Will Always Be