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Friday September 3, 2010
Sept. 11 : Michel Herr's arrangements on 15 Belgian composers played by 25 young musicians
For the Saint-Jazz-ten-Noode Festival in Brussels, which celebrates its 25th anniversary, Michel Herr will be the musical director of a special project : he selected 15 pieces and wrote 13 of the arrangements on pieces composed by established Belgian jazz figures (Philip Catherine, Steve Houben, Phil Abraham, Marc Moulin, Diederik Wissels, Jean-Pierre Catoul, Paolo Radoni, Peter Hertmans, Jacques Pirotton, Guy Cabay, Gino Lattuca/Mimi Verderame, Pierre Van Dormael, Bert Joris, Charles Loos and himself).
They will be played by 25 younger musicians in various combinations on September 11, 2010 (18:30) during a 2 hour concert at the festival.
A unique event. Click on the title for more details.
Photo : Jacky Lepage
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Thursday September 2, 2010
Bassist Hugo Antunes gives several concerts in Portugal for a cd release
Bassist Hugo Antunes, who lives in Belgium for a year, has a new cd out ,"Roll call", on the Portuguese label “Clean Feed”, recorded with Marek Patrman and João Lobo (drums), Toine Thys and Daniele Martini (saxophones).
Last summer, the band gave some concerts in Portugal to promote the cd.
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Wednesday September 1, 2010
Sept 21 : Jazz # forum 2010 (a conference in Dutch) in Brussels
A conference over jazz in Belgium (in Dutch), on Sept 21, 2010, is to take place at the Beurschouwburg, Brussels.
Read the Dutch version of this page.
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Friday August 27, 2010
Trumpet player Greg Houben invites saxophonist Pierrick Pedron (F)
For a few festival appearances this summer, trumpet player Greg Houben invited the alto saxophonist Pierrick Piedron (F) in a quintet format.
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Wednesday August 18, 2010
Bassist Olivier Stalon with Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4, European tour fall 2010
Pop Art 4 is an electric instrumental jazz group led by drummer Todd Bishop, of Portland, Oregon. With personnel from Portland, New York, and Brussels, the band will be touring Europe in October/November 2010.
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Wednesday August 18, 2010
Aug. 18 : "Marc Moulin, comme à la radio", a portrait on RTBF tv La 2
On August 18, 2010 (23:15), RTBF tv La 2 re-broadcasts a documentary on the late Marc Moulin, a man of multiple talents, a.o. jazz pianist and composer.
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Tuesday August 17, 2010
Marc Danval, a life in jazz, exhibition in Waterloo as of Sept. 7
At the espace Bernier, Tuesday September 7 through Sunday October 15 2010, from 14h to 18h.
Personal collections, memorabilia, original photos…
Marc Danval will speak, Tuesday September 14 20h, about the subject « les trois âges d’or du jazz belge ».
Click on title for Mr. Danval’s biography (in French)
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Monday August 16, 2010
Read an interview of trumpeter Laurent Blondiau on this site
Click on the title to read this recent interview (in French).
Photo © Alexandra Afonso
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Sunday August 15, 2010
Videos en audio clips from Jazz Middelheim on Cobra.be and VRT websites
You can watch some videos from this year's edition of Jazz Middelheim on the Cobra.be website. Click on the title.
Also worth a visit : the VRT WEBSITE.
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Friday August 13, 2010
Jazz Middelheim live on VRT Radio-Klara
Until Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, VRT Radio Klara will broadcast concerts and interviews from the Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp.
Click on the title.
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Thursday August 12, 2010
Joe Lovano to be godfather of next edition of Dinant Jazz Nights (2011)
The 14th edition of the festival will take place between July 14 and 18, 2011 at the gardens of Notre-Dame de Bellevue.
The organizers enlisted Blue Note star Joe Lovano (sax) to act as godfather and assist in constructing the program.
photo © Jos Knaepen
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Thursday August 12, 2010
Aug. 12 : on VRT tv : the Erik Vermeulen Trio at Jazz Middelheim 2009.
With Manolo Cabras (b) and Marek Patrman (drs), on Aug. 12 (24:00). On VRT Canvas tv (B)
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Thursday August 12, 2010
In September : a live cd of Toots Thielemans with his European Quartet
The Challenge record label (NL) announces for September 2010 the release of a cd by Toots Thielemans, featuring live recordings made with his Dutch trio, composed of Karel Boehlee (p), Hein Van de Geyn (b) and Hans Van Osterhout (drs).
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Saturday August 7, 2010
Due in September : double cd David Linx/Maia Joao + Symphony
End September 2010, offical release on the Naive label (F) of the double album "Follow the songlines" featuring vocalists David Linx and Maria Joao, the pianists/composers/arrangers Diederik Wissels and Mario Laginha, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Porto (Portugal).
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Friday July 30, 2010
During the summer, VRT Klara re-broadcasts live music from "Neve"
During the summer, VRT radio re-broadcasts live music from "Neve" every Friday (20:00-22:00) on Radio Klara.
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Wednesday July 28, 2010
The Oakcity Jazzband at the Jazz a/d Ruhr Festival in Mülheim (D).
The Oakcity Jazzband had the honor and great pleasure to share the stage with the icon of Dixieland, The "Dutch Swing College Band" at the Jazz a/d Ruhr Festival in Mülheim (D).
They played "Bill Bailey, won't you please come home" together.
Watch on their blog at www.oakcity.be, the video by drummer Frank.
Or on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvgxF7qjq_g
They also represented Belgium at the 40st International Dixieland Festival in Dresden and participated at Elbe Riverboatshuffle Dresden as well as the Düsseldorfer Jazzrally 2010.
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Monday July 26, 2010
Aug. 7 : finals of the amateur jazz contest of Jazzenede
Organized by Muziekmozaïek en het festival Jazzenede, the finals of the contest for amateur bands will take place on August 7, 2010. The finalist are : FiveFourTrio,TRioXiDe, Nomad Swing and Limolada.
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Sunday July 25, 2010
The "Feel Trio" in the finals of the Jazz in Tuscia (I) contest
The "Feel Trio", composed of Félix Zurstrassen on bass, Guillaume Vierset on guitar and Yann Dumont on drums, has been selected for the finals of the Jazz in Tuscia (Italy) European Jazz Contest, to take place on August 1st, 2010.
A nice achievement for this young trio which has been formed...a month ago !
Photo of Félix Zurstrassen © Guy Van de Poel
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Sunday July 25, 2010
Brussels Jazz Orchestra music curator at the TAZ Festival in Ostend
At the end of July 2010, after a short summer break, the BJO will be taking part in six concerts at the Theater aan Zee festival (TaZ) in Ostend. As the name indicates this is a festival dedicated to theatre but it has an extensive music programme. The BJO has been invited to present several projects: together with 't Arsenaal the orchestra will perform three musical productions of Vliegen tot de Hemel. This is neither a concert, nor a theatre performance, nor a multimedia production. It is all of those - with Frank Vaganée as composer, Michaël de Cock as writer and director, Gerda Dendooven in charge of live visuals and projection, Lynn Cassiers and the BJO for music and lots of actors from 't Arsenaal performing. Vliegen tells the story of the Minotaur, an adventure for an audience both young and old.
At TaZ Mama Africa and Tutu Puoane will be part of the festival premiere.
For TaZ the BJO has put together a special programme for a unique Dance Matinée, with songs from the forties and fifties.
One of TaZ's main objectives is the discovery of new and young talent. Wannes Capelle, of Het Zesde Metaal, was spotted by TaZ in 2005 and was awarded the Young Music Laureat prize. At TaZ's request for a special performance for the 2010 edition the BJO has rearranged nine pieces from Akattemets for big band.
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Thursday July 22, 2010
Sadi remembered by his grand son : a RTBF podcast
A message from Harry Sluijzer :"I infite you all to listen to the radio show "Mon grand père, ce Héros: Sadi". An emotional
Click on the title to listen to this RTBF podcast.
Photo © Jos L. Knaepen
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