Eliott Knuets 5tet "Introducing
This 18-year-old Belgian guitarist started playing at the age of 6. Initially immersed in the world of rock music, he quickly developed a passion for jazz and trained with Peter Hertmans and Bert Cools. When he was just 16, he had the great good fortune to jam [...]
Jazz Station Big Band
The Jazz Station Big Band was formed in 2006 and comprises 14 great soloists, including its own arrangers. The special feature of this big band is that there is a guitarist in the rhythm section, and, compared with a traditional big band, there are only 4 [...].
30 years of Trio Grande
The world's smallest big band will be celebrating 30 years of musical complicity in 2022, a rare enough event to deserve a special mention! For this anniversary, the three musketeers are preparing a sixth album. This all-round trio can just as easily charm audiences in the intimacy of a club as on a big festival stage. Their [...]
Marco Mezquida Piano Solo
The press, programmers and audiences all agree that Marco Mezquida is one of the brightest and most promising newcomers to the Peninsular music scene in decades. Born in Menorca in 1987, he graduated from Barcelona's ESMUC in 2009 and has since recorded 20 albums in [...].
Swing Party
Have you always dreamed of dancing to the music you love? Did you know that as soon as man started playing jazz, he also started dancing to it? Since October, every first Friday of the month, the Jazz Station has been hosting 'TAKE THE [...]' evenings.
Margaux Vranken "Songbook
"Songbook" is a collection of instrumental and/or vocal songs that reflect the full range of colours in Margaux Vranken's compositional work. This album is the result of several collaborations with artists whose work Margaux admires. Long-time musical companions Fil Caporali (Brazil, bass), Daniel Jonkers (Netherlands, drums), Tom Bourgeois (France, saxophone) and [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...
Order Spoon
Commander Spoon from Brussels bring a wide range of influences to their energetic jazz, from hip-hop, R&B and electronica to African and Brazilian music. The quartet is made up of saxophonist Pierre Spataro - who is also the creator of the cosmic melodies - guitarist Florent Jeunieaux, bassist Fil Caporali and [...].
Nicolas Thys Trio
Nicolas and Jeroen have always been close friends. Antoine is a natural addition to the group. This trio is a second version of the group that recorded for Igloo in 2000 with drummer Steve Altenberg and guest singer Ghalia Ben Ali. The repertoire is made up of standards and new [...]
River Jazz Night: Alexandre Cavaliere
If there's one date you don't want to miss during the festival, it's River Jazz Night, the main event of the fortnight: a unique evening during which a carefully selected musician presents three different projects in the same evening, in each of the festival's partner venues.
River Jazz Night: Fabian Fiorini
Both a signature and the climax of the festival, Night crystallises a carte blanche of three times and three spaces. Fabian Fiorini is no accident. Talented, chameleonic, prolific and crazy enough to rise to the challenge of putting together three projects as different as they are complementary, Fabian Fiorini's portrait is a vivid snapshot [...].
Aleph Quintet
At the cultural crossroads between the world of North African oriental music and that of jazz improvisation, Aleph's music is also influenced by Sufi culture and its close link between music and trance. The group is a motley mix of nationalities and backgrounds: Tunisians, Belgians and French. The five musicians [...]
Raphaëlle Brochet & Philippe Aerts Duo
Raphaëlle Brochet and Philippe Aerts blur the lines of the usual repertoire of their instruments, voice and double bass, and concentrate on creating a singular soundscape, filled with their respective experiences. Their music is a cocktail of Carnatic music (from southern India), Bulgarian songs, bebop colours, jazz, and a touch of jazz.
