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Friday May 18, 2012
Mâäk : 4 concerts with Kojo + invites musicians for a musical party on May, 20
Mâäk is going to give four concerts with the project KOJO : 8 percussionists from Benin and 6 'blowers' from Belgium.
Laurent Blondiau : Besides these concerts, we'd love to invite all of you to a big musical party on Sunday the 20th in Park Royal at 5p.m.
Take your horn or your percussion to join us.
To prepare some pieces, contact laurent.blondiau@gmail.com
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
Newsletter of the Lundis d'Hortense on-line (May 16, 2012)
Concert calendar and other upcoming activities. Click on the title to download the pdf.
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Tuesday May 15, 2012
Pianist Ivan Paduart's multiple projects
In the French version of this newsflash, Ivan Paduart describes some of his recent activities and upcoming projects.
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Tuesday May 15, 2012
The trio of pianist Jérémy Dumont wins the 1st Prize in the Young bands contest in Comblain-la-Tour
The trio of pianist Jérémy Dumont has won the 1st Prize in the Young bands contest in Comblain-la-Tour (ex-æquo with the Saying Somethin’ Quartet). The trio is composed of Jérémy Dumont (p), Bas Cooijmans (cb) and Fabio Zamagni (drs).
They are invited to perform during the festival in July 2012.
Photo © Jacques Joris
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Monday May 14, 2012
A radio interview of guitarist Guillaume Vierset (in French)
The radio show "L'Ardent Parler" recently featured an interview (in French) of guitarist Guillaume Vierset, who introduced his project "LG Jazz Collectif" during the recent Jazz à Liège Festival.
Click on the title.
Photo © Thomas Treta
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Sunday May 13, 2012
"MixTuur" & "Rêve d'éléphant" play in Roumania
'Mixtuur' & 'Rêve d'Eléphant Orchestra' played in Roumenia last week at the 'Sibiu Jazz Festival' (www.sibiujazz.ro), thanks to the Belgian Jazz Meeting, earlier this year in Bruges, where Belgian bands could play for a public of concert organisers. For Tuur Florizoone it's the 3rd time he will play at this prestigious festival.
Both bands will tour this summer at several jazz festivals in Belgium : Comblain-la-Tour, Gaume Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, Festival d'Art de Huy...
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Tuesday May 8, 2012
Michel Herr participates in the creation of "Colors of Time" in Switzerland, featuring 70 musicians on stage
Beginning of May 2012, Michel Herr is going to Switzerland to supervize the rehearsals of the "Colors of time" project, which will feature 13 arrangements he wrote on compositions by the Swiss pianist/composer Thierry Lang, featuring 5 European jazzmen (David Linx on vocals, Thierry Lang on piano, Matthieu Michel on trumpet, Heiri Känzig on bass and André Ceccarelli on drums) + the "Accroche-Choeur", a large choir (50+) from Fribourg (CH) and the strings of the "Ensemble de Chambre Fribourgeois", conducted by Jean-Claude Fasel.
This unique project, which will see more than 70 musicians and singers share the stage, will be created on May 11 and 12, 2012 in Fribourg (CH) and should be recorded live for a cd.
Photo © Jacky Lepage
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Friday May 4, 2012
May 6 & 7 : special "Hep taxi" on Belgian jazz on RTBF tv La 2
RTBF television (B) will re-broadcast a special programme from its "Hep Taxi" series, focusing on Belgian jazz. Musicians who will appear in the programme are a.o. Philip Catherine (gt), Bert Joris (tp), Alexandre Cavaliere (vl), Quentin Liégeois (gt) and Mimi Verderame (drs, gt).
Michel Herr wrote a piece for the occasion, titled "A hip taxi", played by Steve Houben (alto sax), Jean-Pol Estiévenart (tp), Nicolas Kummert (tenor sax), Pascal Mohy (p), Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (double bass) and Jérôme Baudart (drums).
64 minutes of live music, archives and interviews.
May 6, 2012, RTBF La2, 22:40
May 7, 2012, RTBF La2, 0:55.
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Friday May 4, 2012
The Fabrice Alleman New Quartet in concert in London on May 9, 2012
The Fabrice Alleman New Quartet will play in London on May 9, 2012 (Charlie Wright's, 45 Pitfield Street, Hoxton
London - N1 6DA ), with Reggie Washington (b), Nathalie Loriers (p) and Lionel Beuvens (drs).
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Tuesday May 1, 2012
Vibraphonist Bart Quartier puts on-line the analysis of some duets from the "Profiles" album
In English. Click on the title to see the pdf.
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Tuesday May 1, 2012
2012-2014 : Aka Moon artist in residence at the 'fondation Royaumont' in Paris
From 2012 till 2014 Aka Moon is artist in residence at the 'fondation Royaumont' in Paris. For their first project Aka Moon will shift focus towards the tradition of Balkan music.
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Friday April 27, 2012
Saxophonist Robert Jeanne turns 80 !
Saxophonist Robert Jeanne, a familiar figure on the Liège jazz scene for several decades, and still active, celebrates his 80th birthday.
Happy birthday, dear Robert !
Click on the title for more biographical info.
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Thursday April 26, 2012
Unesco declares April 30 "International Jazz Day" : a big band will play in unusual places
Unesco declares April 30 "International Jazz Day". The event will be celebrated worldwide, a.o. with big concerts in Paris , New York, etc..., with Herbie Hancock as the godfather.
In Belgium, for the occasion, a big band put together by the Lundis d'Hortense will play in unusual places :
13:30 : Campus ULB
13:30 : Campus ULB
16:00 : Metro Montgomery
17:30 : Gare Centrale / Centraal Station
19:00 : Place Flagey
22:00 : Sounds jam session / jam sessie!
(28, rue de la Tulipe/ Tulpstraat, 28 - 1050 Ixelles/Elsene)
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Thursday April 26, 2012
Contest for Belgian jazz themes organized by Sabam for Jazz Hoeilaart 2012
Like every year, SABAM organizes a composition competition for Belgian jazz themes (1 work only ) in the context of Jazz Hoeilaart (September 2012). The winning work will be the imposed work for the finalists of the Jazz Hoeilaart Int'l Contest for young bands. All jazz composers member (or future member) of Sabam can participate with one work.
Rules & details : click on the title.(pdf).
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Thursday April 26, 2012
Newsletter of the Lundis d'Hortense on-line (April 30, 2012)
Concert calendar and other upcoming activities. Click on the title to download the pdf.
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Wednesday April 25, 2012
King Albert 2 invites Toots Thielemans on the occasion of his 90th birthday
King Abert 2 and Queen Paola (of Belgium) have invited Toots Thielemans (and his wife Hugette) to the royal palace to celebrate his 90th birthday. They were joined by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo.
Click on the title (© Le Soir).
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Wednesday April 25, 2012
"Jazz exposition" : paintings by Eve : an exhibition in Brussels as of May, 4
From May 4 thru June 3, 2012, the "Hors Série" Shop, located 67 rue du midi, 1000 Brussels, will propose "Jazz exposition", an exhibition of the paintings by Eve, with jazz as a theme.
Vernissage on May 3, 18:30.
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Monday April 23, 2012
Toots Thielemans 90 : several tv shows to be re-broadcasted
On the occasion of Toots Thielemans' 90 th birthday (April 29, 2012), some of the tv programs devoted tohim will be shown again on tv :
On RTBF La Trois
April 27, 21:05 : "Toots", a film by Pierre Barré and Thierry Loreau (2008)
April 25, 23:20 : "Dites-moi, Toot"s, an interview by Michèle Cédric (2003)
May 4 : "Toot's Suite", a film by David Lachterman and Fred Van Besien (1983).
And more to come...
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Friday April 20, 2012
Saxophonist Stéphane Mercier has a new website
Click on the title to discover it.
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Friday April 20, 2012
Vibraphonist Pascal Schumacher receives an "Echo Jazz" (D) 2012 award
The "ECHO Jazz" 2012 in the category "Instrumentalist of the year International, special instruments, Vibraphone" for the album "Bang my Can", released by Enja Records, goes to Pascal Schumacher.
The ECHO, the German equivalent of the Grammy, is an established and well known music award in the world. This award, yearly granted by the German Phono Academy, honors outstanding and successful achievements of national and international artists.
photo © Jos Knaepen
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