Roskam jazz concerts

QUBE (DE/BE)
5 October 2025 E 20:00
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Benjamin Schneider - guitar and composition
Joos Vandueren - tenor saxophone
Wolf Van Gemert - electric bass
Max Hilpert - drums
Bandleader Benjamin Schneider's compositions interweave inner and outer landscapes – sometimes dreamy and vulnerable, sometimes dark and powerful. Combined with their energetic interplay and the spontaneity of their improvisation, the four musicians create their own lyrical to rock sound in the realm of modern jazz. With their debut album "Metamorphosis" and other new pieces, the jazz quartet "Qube" offers a diverse program.The band met during their studies and won the "Talent Award" at the Maastricht Jazz Awards in 2019.

Barbastelle
12 October 2025 E 20:00
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Yann Lecollaire - clarinet
Hanne de Backer - sax, bass clarinet
Annemie Osborne - cello
Jordi Cassagne - double bass
Samuel Ber - drums
Barbastelle is a musical hybrid, blending the timbres of strings and woodwinds with impressionistic drumming, merging written chamber jazz with the spontaneity of free improvisation. Echoing Renaissance ‘broken consorts’ and the legacy of artists like Mal Waldron and Eric Dolphy, their music evokes Debussy, Bartok, and Takemitsu’s delicate sonic calligraphy.

Sylvain Debaisieux invites
Diogo Alexandre & Zé Almeida
19 October 2025 E 20:00
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Sylvain Debaisieux - saxophones
Zé Almeida - double bass
Diogo Alexandre - drums
Sylvain Debaisieux est un saxophoniste incontournable sur la scène du jazz belge depuis plusieurs années. Il invite ce soir deux phénomènes récemment arrivés sur la scène bruxelloise : le batteur Diogo Alexandre et le contrebassiste Zé Almeida.
Ensemble ils partent à l’exploration de nouveaux territoires, navigant entre eaux calmes et limpides et flots tumultueux qui poussent les trois musiciens dans leurs retranchements. Ils décideront ensemble sur le moment de se diriger vers des îlots, éléments de matière compositionnelle ou de répertoire commun qui leur donneront un nouveau souffle pour repartir à l'aventure.

Mingus Minga Mingum
26 October 2025 E 20:00
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Laurence Cousseau - flute
Antonin Busson- trumpet
Lucy Tasker - clarinet
Johannes Eimermacher - alto saxophone
Bruno Grollet - Tenor sax
Yann Lecollaire - bass clarinet
Benjamin Sauzereau - drums
Sophian Bourire - double bass
Clément Cerovecki - piano
Mingus Minga Mingum is a collective of musicians coordinated by Clément Cerovecki, and fully dedicated to the music of composer and double bassist Charles Mingus. The aim is to keep this amazing repertoire alive, that shifts between swing, bebop, blues, gospel, free jazz, and classical influences, while adding a personal touch. In the vein of Duke Ellington’s big band, but with more fury, and chaos, this music, still too rarely performed, is an endless source of inspiration and fun for us.

Double Madness
2 November 2025 E 20:00
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Adriana Calvo - alto sax
Elly Brouckmans - alto sax
Caspar Klos - double bass
Raphaël Aurand - drums
Double Madness is a jazz quartet led by the alto saxophonists Adriana Calvo and Elly Brouckmans, with Caspar Klos on double bass and Raphaël Aurand on drums. The group is made up of musicians from Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France who met in Brussels while studying at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and connecting through the city’s active jam session scene. The band started in December 2024 and has been performing regularly around Brussels ever since, playing at various jazz venues and clubs. From the beginning, the idea behind Double Madness was to explore the possibilities of a jazz quartet without a harmonic instrument, giving more space to the two saxophones and a different kind of role to the rhythm section.

ASBEST (NL)
9 November 2025 E 20:00
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Asbest is een Rotterdams trio dat jazz als vertrekpunt neemt en genadeloos genres door elkaar schudt. Jelle Roozenburg (gitaar), Jesse Schilderink (saxofoon) en Jimmi Hueting (drums) maken instrumentale muziek die even hard als inventief is. Invloeden lopen van Duke Ellington en Charles Mingus tot Queens of the Stone Age en DJ Rashad.

Don't Tell The Others
16 November 2025 E 20:00
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Fang Hsuan-Hui - voice
Maxime Dereux - alto saxophone
Jonas Le Roy - tenor saxophone
Edoardo Cimino - guitar
Chaeyeon Lee - keys
Robin Couderc - double bass
Rob Swennen - drums
A septet balancing intimacy and chaos, soft but restless, blending haunting vocals, uneasy saxophones, fractured piano with a rhythm section teetering between free-jazz and raw groove. "Don't Tell The Others" is a fresh project created by drummer Rob Swennen exploring the intersection of free-jazz, vocals, and storytelling inspired by Kaja Draksler, Ashley Paul, Amok Amor,