Philippe Aerts

{{short description|Belgian jazz double bassist (born 1964)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Philippe Aerts

| image = Philippe Aerts.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|06|21}}

| birth_place = City of Brussels, Belgium

| genre = Jazz
Brazilian music

| instrument = Double bass, bass

}}

Philippe Aerts (born 21 June 1964) is a Belgian jazz double bassist. He taught himself guitar and electric bass guitar when he was 11 and started playing the double bass at age 14.{{cite book|last=Kernfeld|first=Barry|title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=17|chapter=Aerts, Philippe}} He is a member of Philip Catherine trio and the Ivan Paduart trio. He also has his own trio with John Ruocco (tenor saxophone and clarinet) and Tony Levin (drums) and quartet with Bert Joris (trumpet). He won the Belgian Golden Django in 2002 for best Belgian artist.