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Abstract INC

15 January 2023  E 20:00

Machiel Heremans - guitar and compo

Abel Jednak - alto saxophone

Joos Vandueren- tenor saxophone

Leonard Steigerwald - keys

Otto Kint - double bass

Daniel Jonkers - drums

YouTube

Abstract INC. is a Brussels-based six-man company playing the music of guitarist Machiel Heremans. Their music is characterized by influences of numerous styles and subjects and -like the band name suggests- contrasting colours and atmospheres. You’ll hear hints of Bach next to some power grunge rock groove together with fresh untapped ways of using their two saxophone players. At Roskam,

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𝐁𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐄

17 January 2023  E 19:30

Joos Vandueren (sax, electronics, voice)
Leonard Steigerwald (synth)
Gionata Giardina (drums)

YouTube

BSFOE - Black Sun and the Flowers of Evil - plays an electro-acoustic mix of psychedelic spirit-jazz-inspired riff-rock. If that doesn't mean anything to you, influences like The Comet is Coming and Donny McCaslin might ring a bell. Get carried away by their danceable trance and raw melodies.

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Maglé Quintet

22 January 2023  E 20:00

Laurence Cousseau - alto flute
Alice Riberolles - trombone
Clément Cerovecki - piano
Charline Flammang - bass
Barnabé Balmelle - drums

SoundCloud

Maglé, this is this fleeting moment that sometimes lands on the world, such as a sleepy morning where the mist shows bits and pieces of the landscape. The balance between writing and improvisation nourishes a music that is both narrative and evocative. The aesthetic of Maglé results from multiple influences in jazz and classical music, but also from the choice of an original instrumentation, combining the alto flute and the trombone.

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Trikosis (NL/BE)

29 January 2023  E 20:00

Emma - diatonic button accordion, voice

Koen - darbuka

Bjarke - bass drum, voice

Teun - guitar, voice

Joep - bass guitar, voice

Annelies - violin, voice

SoundCloud

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Frank Vaganée 
Sam Gerstmans
Teun Verbruggen trio

5 February 2023  E 20:00

Frank Vaganée - sax

Sam Gerstmans - bass

Teun Verbruggen - drums

Web Site

Een tweetal jaar geleden nodigde Frank Vaganée Sam Gerstmans en Teun Verbruggen uit voor een trio-concertje op het Mechels festival  ‘Jazz at home’. Het werd een onvergetelijke ongedwongen muzikale namiddag met drie sets puur speelplezier. Frisse interplay en liefde voor de geïmproviseerde jazzmuziek oversteeg alle stijlidiomen en verwachtingen. 

Een namiddag die het trio zin gaf om uit pure ambitie voor de muziek en zonder al te veel stress van buitenaf samen te komen om verder te exploreren wat er die namiddag gebeurd was.

Ondertussen namen ze hun eerste live cd op, die zij in de Roskam voor komen voorstellen.

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LANIAKEA

12 February 2023  E 20:00

Jozef Dumoulin - fender Rhodes and FX

Jeroen Van Herzeele - sax, modular synths

Nicolas Chkifi - drums 

Web Site

We drink divine Chinese tea, we talk about yoga, kung-fu and we laugh. Walk down, connect, listen and play!
Laniakea is a Hawaiien word that means "immense heaven". It's a super cluster of galaxies. This inspires us for our instant compositions.

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Llum Trio 

19 February 2023  E 20:00

Matthieu Ablain - tenor saxophone 

Jim Monneau - double bass 

Pierre Floch - drums 

Web Site

The trio of three long-time friends bases its music on their mutual trust.  Dialogue, interaction and nuance are the founding parameters of their identity.  In their compositions, the melody holds an almost obsessive place, especially since being a group without a "harmonic instrument" (double bass/tenor sax/drums), it is suggested by the intermingling of the voices of the three instruments.

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TaoYu Quartet

26 February 2023  E 20:00

TaoYu - tenor sax

YuTing- Li - keys

Federico Stocchi - bass

Gionata Giardina - drums

YouTube

TaoYu a saxophonist from China, she met her friends YuTing (Taiwan), Federico (Italy) and Gionata (Italy) in Brussels, this time they're going to play her compositions.

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Daniel Stokart Quartet

5 March 2023  E 20:00

Daniel Stokart - sax, compositions

Martin Salemi - piano

Manolo Cabras - double bass

João Lobo - drums

YouTube

Ce nouveau projet qui joue la musique du saxophoniste Daniel Stokart est composé de Martin Salémi au piano, Manolo Cabras à la basse et João Lobo à la batterie . Daniel Stokart  y joue essentiellement du saxophone soprano. L’univers proposé par le saxophoniste, est inspiré du jazz moderne européen  (ECM), avec des influences modales, blues, et musique du monde qui font la part belle aux improvisations et aux thèmes lyriques. vC’est une musique pleine de nuances, tantôt très fouillée, tantôt très dépouillée, un savant mixage entre travail d’écriture et improvisation débridée …

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The Return of the
Pastramies 
(NY/BE)

12 March 2023  E 20:00

Robbie Pastrami - saxophones

Nicky Pastrami - double bass

Tony Pastrami - drums

YouTube

After a great concert in Roskam on March 22 last year this mysterious but familiar sounding band will be back! Meaty NYC jazz with a bite on a hero sandwich! (vegetarian alternatives available!)

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Lise Van Dooren Trio

19 March 2023  E 20:00

Lise Van Dooren - piano, compositions

Guillaume Robert - double bass

MoAdib Garti - drums

YouTube

Pianist-composer living in Reunion Island, Lise Van Dooren is releasing his first album “Jamrosa”. In a dreamlike universe, borrowed from poetry, the trio explore the acoustic sounds of traditional jazz trio, that displays the prowess in performance and improvisation, which is specific to this music of the moment.

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Sinister Sister

26 March 2023  E 20:00

Pieter Claus - vibraphone, compositions

Jan Ghesquière - guitar
Michel Hatzigeorgiou - Fender bass
Pierre Hurty - drums

YouTube

A jazz & beyond band with some of the leading figures on the Belgian scene. They’re currently presenting own, new music, based on the work of Igor Stravinsky. In addition to that, some music by Frank Zappa and Bela Bartok will also be on the program. The music delivers dancing grooves, exciting rhythms, sparkling melodies, surprising turns and mysterious sound. Improvisation floats and tears throughout the music.

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ASKIP

2 April 2023  E 20:00

Gauthier Lottin - tenor saxophone

Issam Labbene - electric bass

Chaeyeon Lee - keys

Pierre Ferrand - drums

SoundCloud

ASKIP. est un projet de jazz fusion composé de quatre musiciens actifs sur la scène actuelle Belge, française et tunisienne. Monté en 2020, le groupe profite d'un format ultra percutant et puissant qui séduit très vite une communauté large et très variée. Après de nombreux concerts et des compositions toujours plus ambitieuses, la formation enregistre en 2022 son premier projet et creuse toujours plus loin dans sa science du groove.

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Bruteleiir Collectiif

9 April 2023  E 20:00

Simon Groppe - keys

Matteo Mazzu - bass

Denis Baeten - drums

Pierre-Antoine Savoyat - trumpet/flugelhorn

Manu Hermia - saxophone

YouTube

The Bruteleiir Collectiif started from the idea of Matteo, Denis, Simon and Pierre-Antoine to create a band where their music could explode without any boundaries, and where every tune could be adaptable to different line ups. Which started as a quartet quickly became a sextet, but the line-up is always subject to be extended, which is why they decided to call it a « collective ». The name is a contraction between the words  « Brute » and « Brusseleir » which is the dialect spoken in Brussels. The band is a laboratory where the music can easily touch some extreme parameters : loudness, dissonance, interactions and freedom, and find the perfect balance between these elements.

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Trio Dani/Lara/Laura

16 April 2023  E 20:00

Lara Rosseel - double bass, voice (BE)

Laura Cortese - violin, voice (US)

Dani Aubert - banjo, voice (US)

YouTube

Filmische Amerikaanse folk
Voor dit nieuwe trio verzamelt artist in residence Lara Rosseel twee Amerikaanse talenten rond zich. Samen met songwriters Laura Cortese en Dani Aubert gaat ze op ontdekking voor een concertavond vol jazz- en folkinvloeden, humor en verhalen. Met haar Californische roots, skills op haar 5-snarige viool en gouden stem smelt de inmiddels in Gent wonende Laura Cortese (Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards) harten en zielen. Dani Aubert (Fellow Pynins) blinkt dan weer uit in storytelling, zowel via haar gezang als op banjo of bouzouki. Haar teksten haalt ze uit o.a. haar gezinsleven te midden de wildernis van Oregon. Goed voor intieme, rauwe en eerlijke muziek.

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Punk Kong

23 April 2023  E 20:00

Giotis Damianidis - guitar

Grégoire Tirtiaux - saxophone

Viktor Perdieus - saxophone

Ruben Verbruggen - saxophone

João Lobo - drums

YouTube

Edgy guitar, powerful drums and three hyper dynamic saxophones. A special instrumentation that creates a unique wall of sound with songs that blend free Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, African Blues and Improvised music into a remarkable amalgam!

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Plume/Damien Brassart Quartet

30 April 2023  E 20:00

Damien Brassart - soprano saxophone

Joseph Nowell - piano

Emanuel Van Mieghem - double bass

Gionata Giardina - drums

SoundCloud

Plume is a jazz quartet that explores the art of improvisation through a repertoire of original compositions. The sound universe of the musicians is built from an inner musicality to get closer to the very nature of sound: a vibration. They use jazz and improvisation as keys to approaching various musical styles, as a means of researching their musicality as well as an open door to more freedom. Damien Brassart (soprano saxophone), Emanuel Van Mieghem (double bass), Joseph Nowell (piano) and Gionata Giardina (drums) like to insist on the process of creation in which the framework is fixed by the composition and where the improvisation allows you to explore different musical dimensions thanks to the connection it induces between the musicians. For them, a piece of music is like a living organism, it's not possible to play the same one twice in a row. Plume has found in jazz an infinitely repeatable way of playing with the fragility of the moment.

Roskam jazz concerts

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TRIAUX

7 May 2023  E 20:00

Grégoire Tirtiaux - alto and baritone saxophone, compositions

Lennart Heyndels - bass

João Lobo - drums

YouTube

TRIAUX est un trio qui joue les compositions du saxophoniste Grégoire Tirtiaux accompagné de 2 compères de longue date: Lennart Heyndels à la contrebasse et Joao Lobo à  la batterie. Ils présentent un répertoire tout frais, partiellement composé pour l'occasion

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Le Monde Merveilleux de Pépito 

14 May 2023  E 20:00

Pierre-Antoine Savoyat - trumpet, flugelhorn

Simon Groppe - piano

Fil Caporali - bass

Oscar Georges - drums

YouTube

On stage, an artist reveals a side of his personality that one can rarely see in the everyday life. He can experience questionings or doubts but sometimes certainties are a way to assert himself. Following this idea, the French-Brusselair trumpeter Pierre-Antoine Savoyat creates « Le Monde Merveilleux de Pepito » (« The Amazing World of Pepito »), the nickname of this side in which he is without filter and deeply sincere. 

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SPEAK NO EVIL
Tribute to Wayne Shorter

21 May 2023  E 20:00

Andrew Claes - tenor & soprano saxophone

Bram Weijters - piano

Soet Kempeneer - double bass

Toni Vitacolonna - drums

YouTube

Speak No Evil is a tribute to Wayne Shorter by fans of Wayne Shorter. This is our humble attempt to honour his legacy.

Rest In Peace Wayne Shorter. 

We miss you but we will never forget you. 

Thank you.

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Araponga
Brussels Jazz Weekend

26 May 2023  E 22:00

Adelaïde Supiot - voice

Gaspard Mathelin - trumpet

Alice Riberolles - trombone

Karen van Schaik - baritone sax, flute

Alexandre Eskandar Hessabi - guitar

Anaïs Moffarts - double bass

Pierre Ferrand - drums

YouTube

Quand une chanteuse lyrique excentrique fait la rencontre d’un
groupe de musicien- nes animé par la culture d’Amérique latine on obtient
un style musical totalement inattendu et inclassable.

Le groupe ARAPONGA est né dans une volonté de revaloriser et défendre
un répertoire tombé dans l’oubli : celui de la diva aux quatre octaves, Yma
Sumac. Ces sept artistes vous invitent à voyager dans la jungle péruvienne
tantôt séduisante tantôt dangereuse à travers un répertoire dynamique,
sauvage et surprenant mêlant mambo et lyricisme.

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Anchoises et Crustacés
Brussels Jazz Weekend

27 May 2023  E 22:00

Aurélie Charneux - clarinet

Anne Gennen - baritone saxophone

Etienne Plumer - drums

Jean-Jacques Renaut - trumpet, percussion 

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Les Anchoises, ce sont Anne Gennen au sax baryton, et Aurélie Charneux à la clarinette. Un  anchoisement réussi, c’est avant tout un souvenir ravivé au creux des neurones du public : cette fancyfair à 4 ans, ce slow à 17 ans, ce tube qu’on a fredonné au volant tout un été… C'est un sombre soir de 2010 qu'elles ont subitement trouvé leur vocation : devenir un juke-box vivant. Depuis lors, les deux musiciennes soufflent passionnément des tubes dans leurs tubes, et continuent d’étoffer patiemment leur répertoire, quelque part entre Edith Piaf et Pink Floyd. Quelques centaines d'apparitions plus tard, les voici avec un plateau de fruits de mer complet: des crustacés de premier choix Etienne Plumer à la batterie Jean-Jacques Renaut aux cuivres et percussions.

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Lara Humbert Quartet
Brussels Jazz Weekend

28 May 2023  E 20:00

Lara Humbert - piano, compositions

Amèle Metlini - violin

Benjamin Sauzereau - guitar

Gaspard Sicx - drums

YouTube

La musique du quartet est une infinie recherche d'un équilibre entre matériel écrit et improvisation libre. Mélangeant différentes influences musicales, allant du jazz, au rock, comme à la musique classique, le récit est guidé par de longues mélodies superposées, obstruant la frontière entre musique tonale et atonale. La rencontre du violon, du piano, de la batterie et de la guitare électrique, permettent une magnifique recherche de texture et de sons dans l'interprétation libre des thèmes ainsi que dans l'improvisation. 

Roskam jazz concerts

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HU!

4 June 2023  E 20:00

Karen van Schaik - sopranino, alto and baritone saxophone, compositions

Lúcia Pires - flute

Pierre-Antoine Savoyat - trumpet, flugelhorn

Bruno Grollet - tenor saxophone

Fil Caporali - double bass

Nico Chkifi - drums

YouTube

HU! is a jazz sextet that challenges todays' unconscious gender biases and the fact that there are still so few female jazz instrumentalists (only 5% jazz instrumentalists are female). HU! plays with the traditional roles of musical instruments, transforms relatable situations from daily life into music and brings to the table (sometimes fragile) subjects with musical pieces like "High Pitched Voices Often Get Interrupted", "Jeans With Tiny Pockets and Toothpaste for Men", "Circlusion" and "Ballad For The Frozen Eggs." By using the power of music and humour, HU! is a friendly invitation to question our unconscious gender biases! Let's all be HU! 

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Moanin’ Birds
double duo

11 June 2023  E 20:00

Wen-Hui Tsai - voice
Tom Bourgeois - sax, clarinet
Fil Caporali - bass

YouTube

Moanin’ birds double duo consists the original duo between Fil Caporali (double bass) and Tom Bourgeois (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet), and the other duo, Fil Caporali and Wen Hui Tsai. (vocal) The three of them work together in the 6tet, Vestige. They use all of their melodic and rhythmic freedom to create a rich musical  discussion with a wide range of sound textures, harmonic colour and counterpoint. Their original repertoire has the color of East, West and Latin America, rich and unique.

Roskam jazz concerts

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