Free Roskam jazz concerts

Noulet/ Plateau/ Wolfson
21 December 2025 E 20:00
La rencontre entre Ornella Noulet, Julien Plateau et Egon Wolfson donne naissance à un trio dans lequel l’improvisation est moteur, souffle et terrain de jeu. Partageant un goût profond pour une musique qui se construit dans l’instant, iels oscillent entre énergie explosive, introspection et spiritualité.
Ornella relie les univers de Julien Plateau, avec qui elle développe depuis récemment une symbiose intuitive mêlant compositions, standards et improvisations libres, et celui d’Egon, avec qui elle explore depuis 2022 une voie inspirée des duos sax/batterie des années 60–70. Le duo Noulet–Wolfson (membres du groupe OLA TUNJI) est actif sur les scènes belges, marqué par la sortie de leur premier album "summer hour "(2025),
Réunis exceptionnellement, les trois musiciens créent une musique organique où écoute, liberté et interaction dessinent des paysages sonores toujours renouvelés.

Jordi Grognard Trio feat.
Lynn Cassiers
28 December 2025 E 20:00
Jordi Grognard - tenor sax, clarinets
Manolo Cabras - electric bass
Gaspard Sicx - drums
Lynn Cassiers - voice & fx
Space-out Christmas vibes with this special quartet or trio + one, featuring maverick Lynn Cassiers with the spiders from mars of the Jordi Grognard Trio. Come and join the fun on the very last Sunday of the year, for an evening of harmolodic/ electric/electronic/ambient/freenotsofree/isitjazz?/music.

De Haas- Machtel - Defoort Trio
4 January 2026 E 20:00
Jan De Haas - drums
Jos Machtel - double bass
Bart Defoort - tenor saxophone
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FreeTree
11 January 2026 E 20:00
Jessica Icket - piano, objects
Rob Swennen - drums, objects
Karen van Schaik - baritone and alto saxophone, objects
FreeTree is a Brussels based music collective that searches to plant trees in the cracks of the concrete jungle of Belgian ribbon development and other depressing places. FreeTree blends their original compositions with BPA-free improvisation and ecological sponges. This bassless trio creates surprising biodegradable textures with their uncommon instrumentation, consisting of piano, drums/ percussion and baritone, sopranino and alto saxophone. FreeTree likes to put contrast in their music that always moves somewhere without leaving a large carbon footprint.

Gratitude Trio
18 January 2026 E 20:00
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RVB Quartet
25 January 2026 E 20:00
Rebekka Van Bockstal - guitar
Otto Kint - bass
Elias Storme - tenor and soprano saxophone & synths
Jesse Dockx - drums
With Hamabiwa, RVB Quartet delivers a playful and powerful third album. The band fully embraces a bolder sound, featuring a prominent electric bass, gritty synthesizers, and a generous dose of distortion. The result is a vibrant jazz-rock record where improvisation and composition continuously challenge and reinforce one another.

Pure Elastic Quartet
1 February 2026 E 20:00
Pieter Claus - vibraphone, compositions
Jan Ghesquière - electric guitar
Federico Stocchi - double bass
Pierre Hurty - drums
With this new quartet, vibraphone player Pieter Claus brings some of the finest jazz musicians on the Belgian scene together.
They perform the leader’s new compositions, covering a wide range in sound and atmosphere that takes the listener from
dynamic excitement to intense mystery. Contemporary jazz under the influence of Bartok and Stravinsky.

NAWĀ (FR/TU/IT/PT/BE)
8 February 2026 E 20:00
Adèle Viret - cello
Sarra Douik - vocals and oud
Zé Almeida - double bass
Pierre Hurty - drums
Nawā was born of the encounter between cellist Adèle Viret (FR/BE) and singer and oudist Sarra Douik (TU/IT). Joined by Zé Almeida (PT/BE) on double bass and Pierre Hurty (FR/BE) on drums, they form a quartet whose soundscape blends poetic storytelling, jazz, ontemporary languages and Arab, North African traditions. In Arabic, Nawā means both “seed” and “intention”, sharing the spirit of the music; a core where diverse influences meet together and a shared desire to tell stories through it.

ABC Trio
15 February 2026 E 20:00
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