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TRIO Bart Defoort

7 January 2024  E 20:00

Bart Defoort- tenor saxophone
Jos Machtel - double bass
Lieven Venken - drums

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Dit trio brengt een mix van Standards en eigen composities 

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Natasha Vew Quartet

14 January 2024  E 20:00

Natasha Vew - piano, voice, compositions

Elly Brouckmans - alto saxophone

Jim Monneau - double bass

Pierre Hurty - drums

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Belgian pianist Natasha Vew invites you to discover her creative universe through her lyrical neo-hardbop compositions. After completing the recording of an album set to be released in 2024, her team will take you on a journey through shared influences, including Sean Jones, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter or Avishai Cohen. Her music is open and puts improvisation and interaction between musicians at the forefront. Natasha's deep and warm touch will transport you to a realm where each note unfolds a story, and emotions resonate in fascinating harmony.

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Macondo Trio

21 January 2024  E 20:00

Sylvain Debaisieux - saxophone
Federico Stocchi - bass
Angelo Moustapha - drums

Web Site

MACONDO takes the audience to a place where time is relative, where cycles intertwine and melodies remain anchored in bodies and minds. Musicians come together to share, dialogue and connect. The fusion of energies is transmitted through captivating grooves, repetitive motifs and boundless improvisations. History repeats itself, and is never the same. And things take on their full meaning when the listener, open-minded and attentive, lets himself be carried away by the surging wave of music.

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Ola Tunji

28 January 2024  E 20:00

Ornella Noulet - saxophone
Roman Raynaud - guitar
Loic Lengagne - piano
Scott Cizhou Huang - double bass
Egon Wolfson - drums

YouTube

"The music speaks for itself", said John Coltrane.
The new Ola Tunji quintet is moving in this direction, where musical interplay becomes a powerful and expressive whole.
Its members started playing together before summer 2023 and then united in the passion that each feels towards the spiritual and musical life of Coltrane. A path to follow seemed to form itself, like a vision shared through every feeling.
What they play bring them back to a deeper humanity in the music.

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The Return of the Pastramies 2 (NY/FR/BE)

4 February 2024  E 20:00

Robby Pastrami - saxophones
Nicky Pastrami - double bass
Tony Pastrami - drums

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The notorious Pastrami family will be back again at café Roskam. Come listen to this mysterious though familiar sounding band! Let yourself be carried away on the wings of the beautiful saxophone (playing) of tenor and soprano saxophonist Robby Pastrami. (Fellow saxophone gear nerds know which type of saxophone and which player comes with this).
Meaty (but vegan!) NYC jazz with a bite on a hero sandwich! 

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Transfiguring Photograms

11 February 2024  E 20:00

Andrej Thompson - saxophone
Samuel Ber - drums
Piergiorgio Pirro - piano 

Nathan Wouters - double bass

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For this ensemble one body of work has been created thus far called Embracing Asymmetry which will be recorded in December 2023. The work focuses on the transitional process of improvising between two sound objects. Here the performer is improvising variations of a composed object whilst simultaneously seeking to slowly introduce a new composed element. A photogram is photographic technique that produces a negative shadow image. The transformation of a real object into a shadow is analogous to the transformation from a composed sound object into an improvised variation. Embracing Asymmetry also explores post-colonial identity through the intersection of reality, delusion and the incomprehensible.

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Forest3io

18 February 2024  E 20:00

Jeroen Van Herzeele - saxophone
Lieven Venken - drums
Géraud Portal - double bass

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“Forest3io ” is the result of the meeting of three extremely active musicians on the European jazz scene. Lieven Venken, an inspired drummer of great musicality, perfected his art in the United States for nearly 20 years, notably alongside the master Billy Hart. Jeroen Van Herzeele, a saxophonist with a powerful and lyrical sound, masters his instrument perfectly, moving the listener to the depths of his soul. Géraud Portal, a double bassist who built his reputation alongside Jacky Terrasson's trio, and more recently alongside the American saxophone legend Gary Bartz. Forest3io creates unique music, composed of original pieces and rearrangements of standards, with each  performance."

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Sicx-Sacalxot quartet

25 February 2024  E 20:00

André Sacalxot (US) - saxophone
Lara Humbert - piano
Jim Monneau - double bass
Gaspard Sicx - drums

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Gaspard and André met in the United States working together in the band Fievel is Glauque. They became good pals and now André came down to visit. 
They will play some of their tunes alongside the French pianist Lara Humbert and the French bass player Jim Monneau.

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Just Another Foundry (DE)
feat. Alberto///Uranes

3 March 2024  E 20:00

Jonas Engel - sax
Florian Herzog - bass
Anthony Greminger - drums
Marc Alberto - live processing
Jonatan Uranes - live processing

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“Courage for the edge and the non-lovely in the intensity-filled performance of the trio and its excellent interplay” 
- Roland Spiegel, Bavarian public radio (BR)

“This is what the future of German Jazz looks like.” 
- Oliver Hochkeppel, South German public newspaper (SZ)

“Their confident playing with melodic finesse and rustic violence both, won the band several prices” 
- Uli Lemke, JazzThing

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Umami Quartet 

10 March 2024  E 20:00

Our music ranges from dreamy ballads to raw grooves, experimenting with opening up the fixed song structures. Through improvisation and the use of electronics and effects, we try to deconstruct the compositions and thus keep challenging ourselves. This creates a very tactile and delicate interaction between the musicians that results in a unique sound, where the written score becomes just a vague outline of the song.

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IBIYEWA

17 March 2024  E 20:00

Angelo Moustapha - drums

Toine Thys : saxophones

Joël Rabesolo - guitar

You Tube

Born in the corners of Brussels, this band is the brainchild of Angelo Moustapha. Beninese drummer recently arrived in the Belgian capital, Angelo is already a cornerstone of the creative scene, and a protégé of Philip Catherine and Lionel Loueke.

Think of the rhythms of a Beninese master drummer, the dancing harmonies of a Madagascan guitarist, and the melodic improvisations of a Jazz saxophonist in love with the equator. "Here we are" in Yoruba, IBIYEWA is a laboratory born of
encounters in Brussels, at the crossroads of traditional music and creative innovation.

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I’m not done cooking

24 March 2024  E 20:00

Matteo Mazzu - electric bass

Lucia Pires - flute

João Lobo - drums

Lara Humbert - piano

You Tube

I’m not done cooking » est le nouveau projet de la pianiste Lara Humbert. Ce groupe à pour but de faire évoluer pour chaque concert sa formation. Après une première représentation en Octet, les musiciens vous interpréterons pour ce concert une version pour quartet du répertoire. Une musique très personnelle, à venir découvrir en live. 

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Massot/Florizoone/
Horbaczewski

31 March 2024  E 20:00

Marine Horbaczewski - cello

Michel Massot - tuba, euphonium, trombone

Tuur Florizoone - accordion

You Tube

Lovers of orchestras, brass bands and carnivals, come and see! In preparation for an upcoming CD recording and an extensive tour, the ever-mature and legendary Massot/Florizoone/horbaczewski will stop by to provide your favorite Sunday evening flight with style, pitfalls and some depth.

On the repertoire: shiningly new compositions and improvisations, balancing between contemporary classical and jazz. In thought, elephants and mice, princes and princesses and overworked civil servants pass the catwalk. Schol!

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Léa Chiechelski/Stan Maris/Lara Humbert

7 April 2024  E 20:00

Lara humbert - piano

Léa Chiechelski - saxophone

Stan Maris - accordion

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Après une semaine de résidence, ces trois musiciens vous proposerons le résultat de leur recherche sur la limite entre musique écrite et musique improvisée. Le répertoire proposé est un mélange de leur différents univers respectifs.

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The Miracle

14 April 2024  E 20:00

Giovanni Di Domenico - Hohner Pianet
Giotis Damianidis - bass, guitar
João Lobo - drums

Web Site

The Miracle" is a holy trio that brings out a pure magma of an ecclesiastical free funk!

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Erwin Vann Trio

21 April 2024  E 20:00

Michel Hatzigeorgiou - bass
Dré Pallemaerts - drums
Erwin Vann - saxophone

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Erwin Vann Trio feat. Michel Hatzigeorgiou and Dré Pallemaerts
The Erwin Vann Trio traces its origins back to 1989. Over the years, they performed on numerous stages in Belgium and abroad. Their collaboration has yielded the albums ‘Some Sounds’ (1990) and ‘Eleven’ (1995). Their live performance will feature a selection of original compositions, offering a nostalgic glimpse into their musical journey. This is a rare opportunity to witness the synergy of these three master musicians.

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Albani/ Luppi/
Groppe/ Patrman

28 April 2024  E 20:00

Eleonora Albani - voice
Riccardo Luppi - sax and flute
Simon Groppe - piano
Marek Patrman - drums

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Interactive instinctive Quartet playing modern jazz, originals, and the best of jazz Standards.

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Jordi Grognard Trio
invites Lynn Cassiers

5 May 2024  E 20:00

Manolo Cabras - bass
Gaspard Sicx - drums
Jordi Grognard - sax, reeds
Lynn Cassiers - voice, FX

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New directions in music!
The original unit of the trio can already count on many years of sessioning and playing together. Jordi's compositions, originals -mostly by Monk and Ornette Coleman- standards, free impro, the band's repertoire is quite broad, always adapting to the vibe and to the acoustic space of venues. To spice things up, I (as Jordi the leader)/we are delighted to invite another partner-in-crime, the talented Lynn Cassiers, who will add her pristine voice and spaced-out electronic set to the mix!

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Nautilus

12 May 2024  E 20:00

Arnaud Guichard - tenor sax
Leonard Steigerwald - piano
Otto Kint - double bass
Mattia Gobbo - drums

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Nautilus is four musicians embarking on a vessel exploring their inner self.The music reflects certain conditions or feelings one might encounter in their life. A personal interpretation of such emotions or struggles. Life is unpredictable, we all must face what's coming our way, good or bad. The Nautilus imagined by Jules Verne is an image to explore and escape within the wonders of the inner self

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Blind Dogs

19 May 2024  E 20:00

Furmi Gomez - saxophone
Andrew Moreno - guitar
John Ho - bass
Gio Giardina - drums (special guest)

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AVA Trio (IT/TR/NL)

24 May 2024  E 22:00

Brussels Jazz Weekend

Giuseppe Doronzo - sax, bagpipes, flutes
Esat Ekincioglu - double bass
Pino Basile - tamburello, framedrums, cupaphon

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After successful past years with more than 120 concerts throughout China and Europe, three critically acclaimed albums and a highly praised showcase at Jazzahead 2023; AVA Trio sets sail back in time in the Mediterranean. Their fourth album "The Great Green" released on March 8, 2024 on Tora Records - takes us to Ancient Greece; an era in which the colour "blue" did not exist. AVA Trio stretches the boundaries of jazz, improvised and maqam music, creating a unique approach we define as "Mediterranean Avantgarde".

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Lone Vouching Poet

25 May 2024  E 22:00

Brussels Jazz Weekend

Lennart Van Praet - vocals, keys
Jeroen Capens - tenor saxophone
PJ Seaux - bass guitar
Louis Favre - drums

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Since a good five years, LVP has been growing and harvesting songs at a steady, laid-back pace. They have been performed at times, in various settings, with different musicians, though always occasionally, fleetingly. Now it's time to come home, and dock the spaceship of artistic imagination in a beautiful place. Old camaraderie does not rust, and neither does musical kinship: LVP has rekindled the fire with three top-notch players and close friends, in order to lend a decisive boost to his ripened batch of sing-song-stories. Here's a deep melancholy that refuses to wallow in the modern-day despair of fearfulness, doubt, and identity-craving, but wants to connect and feed the light as well as the darkness through a deeply felt humanity. With an unabating life-force, these songs celebrate fragility and beauty, firmly pleading for hope, love and understanding. Expect to be swaddled in warm sonorities and swayed by a deeply earthed groove, straight from the underbelly.

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VIVA - The Soil

26 May 2024  E 20:30

Brussels Jazz Weekend

Pierre Hurty - drums

Daniel Jonkers - drums

YuTing Li - keys + efx

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‘VIVA’ is a double-instrument ensemble formed by YuTing Li experiencing sound design and sonic textures, with touches of delicate melodies floating on the immense sound palette. 

‘VIVA - The Soil’ is a variation of the ensemble researching the sonic spectrum of percussion and its interaction with the colors of harmony.

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Gabriel Moraes invites (NY/BE/BR/PA/ES/PT/NL)

29 September 2024  E  20:00

Gabriel Moraes (BE/BR) - drums

Ton Felices (NL/ES) - double bass

Miguel Valente (NL/PT) - saxophone

Aquiles Navarro (NY/PA) - trumpet

You Tube

Gabriel Moraes is a Brazilian jazz drummer, born in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais. A self-taught musician, he began his musical journey playing drums at church. At the age of 13, Gabriel moved to Portugal, where he was first introduced to jazz at 15, a genre that would deeply shape his career.

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Punk Kong
Album release

6 October 2024  E  20:00

Giotis Damianidis - guitar
Grégoire Tirtiaux - alto & baritone sax
Viktor Perdieus - tenor & baritone sax
Ruben Verbruggen - alto & baritone sax

João Lobo - drums

You Tube

Giotis Damianidis’s Punk Kong is coming back after a golden silence of six years with undoubtedly their most complete work in terms of composition, arrangement and execution. The bass-less ensemble offers a perfect blend of Free Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, dreamy Drone Blues music that flows over as a clean transparent river into the mountains! Their Third album, “Same but Different” is coming out in October 2024 on the Belgian almighty Label, WERF records! Worth mentioning that part of the album is the original score of the film of Italian director Davide Belotti, “Vita Altra” composed by Giotis Damianidis.

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Alejandra Borzyk
invites

13 October 2024  E  20:00

Alejandra Borzyk - sax, compositions

Simon Groppe - keyboards 

Cyrille Obermüller - double bass 

Diogo Alexandre - drums 

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OLA TUNJI

20 October 2024  E  20:00

Ornella Noulet - saxophones

Roman Raynaud - guitar

Loic Lengagne - piano

Anthony Jouravsky - double bass

Egon Wolfson - drums

Bandcamp

"The music speaks for itself", said John Coltrane.

The new Ola Tunji quintet is moving in this direction, where musical interplay becomes a powerful and expressive whole.

Its members started playing together before summer 2023 and then united in the passion that each feels towards the spiritual and musical life of Coltrane. A path to follow seemed to form itself, like a vision shared through every feeling. What they play bring them back to a deeper humanity in the music.

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Codus 
Project April 29

27 October 2024  E  20:00

Chaeyeon Lee - synths and keys
Robin Lisandro Couderc - bass 
Hyungjin Ee - saxophone, synth

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Robbie and the
Pastrami family 

(NY/FR/BE)

3 November 2024  E  20:00

Robbie Pastrami - saxophones

Nicky Pastrami - double bass

Tony Pastrami - drum

Web Site

A yearly tradition seems to be installed: Robbie Pastrami and his illuster family band will stop by Roskam again to play a concert with their legendary and slightly mysterious band. Fans and jazz connaisseurs know that this concert will be one not to miss!!!

And saxophone nerds may get a hint of whom to expect from the drawing of the saxophone!!!!

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Y(h)ES! and... 
(FR/LU/BE)

10 November 2024  E  20:00

Yo Hes - alto saxophone

Jean-Jacques Mailliet - Violin

Robert Jukic - Double bass

Oscar Georges -Drums

You Tube

Yo Hes brings some Brussels, Paris and Luxemburg folks together to try out some crazy tunes... YhES!

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Saturno Santos (NL)

17 November 2024  E  20:00

Gabriel de Oliveira - e guitar, voice, ableton 

Helena Casella - voice

Zenzele Mthembu-Salter - e bass 

tba - sax

You Tube

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Dave Gisler Trio (CH)

24 November 2024  E  20:00

Dave Gisler - guitar
Raffaele Bossard - bass
Lionel Friedl - drums

You Tube

Dave Gisler enjoys an excellent reputation as an idiosyncratic architect of sound on the electric guitar. With the trio, he presents a dazzling array of possibilities for genre-bending music that is at home in jazz, but also draws on rock, punk and noise.

The trio's first recording, "Rabbits on the Run," was released in 2018 on Intakt Records. It laid the track for a musical departure that on the one hand intensified the trio and on the other hand also expanded it to a quartet or quintet.

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Jacky Liu Project

1 December 2024  E  20:00

Jacky(Yanfeng Liu) - tenor sax & EWI

Edoardo Cimino - guitar

Nathan Bruel - bass

John de Martino - drums

You Tube

The members of the Jacky Liu Quartet come from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. They come together to discover new sounds and ways of playing and to fully enjoy the different feelings that music brings during the performance. 

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Gratitude Trio

8 December 2024  E  20:00

Louis Favre - drums

Alfred Vilayleck - bass

Jeroen Van Herzeele - sax and electronics

You Tube

Gratitude Trio is this Belgian/French band based in Brussels known for their strength and sensitivity that opens people's hearts.
The music of this power trio is tinged with spacy electronic sounds, african rhythms, sexy grooves, endless trances, sensitive ballads, crazy free jazz and a large dose of unpredictable.
Gratitude exists since 2010 and has performed in prestigious venues in Europe such as Jazz Middelheim, La Fête de la Musique in Liege, Handelsbeurs, Brussels Jazz Marathon, Tournée des Lundis d'Hortense, Jazz Station, Pelzer Jazz Club, Zottegem Jazz Festival, Porgy and Bess in Vienna, Belgian embassies in Amman and Berlin, Ham Sessions in Ghent, Het STUK, Jazz In het Park Festival, AJMI in Avignon, Koa Jazz Festival, Jazzèbre Festival in Perpignan, Jazzdor in Strasbourg ...

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Popdragon

15 December 2024  E  20:00

Grégoire Tirtiaux  Sax & Electronique

Manuel Roland - Guitare

Manu Loriaux - Basse électrique

Jérémie Mosseray - Batterie & Percussions

You Tube

Eastern Rock and Electronic JazzDes rythmiques hypnotiques où batteries kraut et percussions orientales tournent autour de basses électriques saturées. Des contre-chants de guitares en échos. Des saxophones transformés par des effets électroniques. Un déluge de saxophone baryton.

Quatre musiciens tout en transe électrique et en danses organiques.

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Bart Defoort Trio

5 January 2025  E  20:00

Bart Defoort - tenor sax

Jos Machtel  - double bass

Jan De Haas - drums

You Tube

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Dancing with Don

12 January 2025  E  20:00

Lynn Cassiers - voice and electronics
Manolo Cabras - double bass
João Lobo - drums

Web Site

This is a jazz trio that improvises songs in a very original way. Besides being three excellent musicians, Lynn, Manolo and João have been collaborating for about 20 years in various constellations. They have their own unique improvisational language, carved and polished over the years.

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