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Bram Wijnands (born October 19, 1965, Eindhoven) is a Dutch jazz singer/pianist. He is known for for his virtuosic “stride” piano style. He studied at the conservatory of Hilversum, the Netherlands, at that time one of the largest school of Jazz in Europe. After graduation, he moved to Kansas City and performed with Jazz-artists such as Deborah Brown, Slide Hampton, Jos Moons, Gene Connors and Richard Ross. In 1998 he made a successful debut in Carnegie Hall. Wijnands is currently teaching Jazz-piano at the UMKC Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. He frequently appears in public as solo pianist, as well as in several chamber music groups such as his “Bram Wijnands trio” and “The Majestic Seven”.