Showcase @ European Jazz Meeting Saturday 26 april 16:00 – 16:30 Borgward Saal (Hall 2 Conference Center) Too Noisy Fish Peter Vandenberghe – piano Kristof Roseeuw – double bass Teun Verbruggen – drums Too Noisy Fish is breaking new boundaries. The piano trio with double bass and drums explores in total freedom any style or inspiration: jazz, film, classic, ambient, experimental or rock. TNF, being also the rhythm section of the slightly deranged Belgian big band Flat Earth Society, is now completely on the loose. They chose The Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California to record their second CD ‘Fight Eat Sleep’, with Oz Fritz pushing the buttons. Oz Fritz is best known for his work as a producer for Tom Waits, but he also worked with Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Iggy Pop, Bob Marley and many others. The result is a no bullshit recording straight to tape: no edits, no overdubs. “Too Noisy Fish prove throughout Fight Eat Sleep to be one of the most exciting, focused, and indeed telepathic piano trios on the planet.” DAVE LYNCH, AllmUSIC.COM “My nervousness at making a record that sounded as good as the last one completely disappeared as soon as we got sounds and they started playing. I realized that the excellence of their sound came from the group itself, the technical sound just had to capture that faithfully. I never heard that piano sounds good, and it was almost as easy as just turning up the faders.” OZ FRITZ, PRAIRIE STUDIO’S, CALIFORNIA USA, 2013 www.toonoisyfish.be Contact: Jens Tytgat, Inside Jazz Management p. 14 With the support of the Flemish Government and Sabam for Culture. Concert @ Skoda Club Night Concert @ Skoda Club Night Saturday 26 april 19:30-20:15 (Set I) & 20:30-21:15 (Set II) Saturday 26 april Theater am Leibnizplatz 18:00-18:45 Focke-Museum & 21:45-22:30 Sendesaal Caroll Vanwelden Jef Neve Sings Shakespeare Sonnets Solo William Shakespeare also made jazz - which has never been noticed! What the After touring for more than a decade with all different kinds of formations and Belgian singer and pianist presents with her three fellow musicians, sounds so bands it was about time to come to the essence. One piano, one pianist and that’s stunning, so natural and fresh that there can be no doubt about this surprising just it. Take away the musician out of his ‘comfort zone’, strip down that rhythm thesis. A sparkling sound from the first note. The instrumentation of the 16 section and watch this pure, naked form of art appearing on stage. sonnets is sensitively selected. A solo concert of Jef Neve is a nice blend of personal interpretations of existing After the success of her first Shakespeare JazzA lbum in 2012, Caroll scheduled songs, perfectly matched with his own compositions, written during all these tours the release of a second Shakespeare Jazz album for October 2014. For this all over the globe. A musical journey, accompanied with fitting stories and quotes concert she’ll bring songs from her first work and, in preview, some songs of the about the origin of the songs so you can dream away in that story whilst hearing upcoming album. the song. Line-up: Caroll van Welden (vocals; piano); Thomas Siffling (trumpet; flugel horn), Line-up: Jef Neve (piano) Mini Schulz (double bass); Florian Alexandru-Zorn (drums; percussion) www.jefneve.com www.carollvanwelden.be Contact: Pieter Kindt - Silverbyrd Management p. 17 Contact: Caroll Vanwelden p. 10 With the support of the Flemish Government and Sabam for Culture. 4 /Artists /Agencies. /5 Aubergine Artist Management Aubergine Artist Management is a Brussels based agency that offers manage- ment, production, communication and tour support to Belgian artists. The artists it represents use music as the key element to develop their artistic universe that can’t be captured in one single genre. The focus is on jazz and beyond: improvised music, urban sounds, ‘world’ music, contemporary opera, avant-garde and hip hop. JENS MAURITS ORchestRA MAnngold DE COBRE Aka Moon Labtrio Whoever talks about Belgian Jazz will sooner They released their debut album on Outnote which is acclaimed by both press or later arrive at Aka Moon. This legendary trio and public. This year they were presented at 12 points Umeå. Not only are they that exists since 1992 has been inspiring many very young (mid. twenties) but also their music -which evokes late E. S. T. grooves young jazz musicians. They renewed Belgian or an acoustic Flying Lotus- is fresh, intelligent and contemporary in its aspect. jazz music by enriching it with influences from many different (musical) cultures. They now Jens Maurits Orchestra play as a trio or in collaboration with guests, With their first project “The DUBTAPES : interview concerts”, they amazed and can blow your mind with their powerful and AKA MOON us by an inventive approach of the jazz idiom. In their new creation “Triggers and energetic sound! Tresholds” that will not be very different! This music-theatre-installation challenges its audience to think about the essence and perception of music. Kris Defoort Trio Kris Defoort is the Jekyll & Hyde of the Belgian Manngold De Cobre music scene. On the one hand he composed no A powerful avant-garde rock jazz combo with 2 drums, 3 guitars and 6 horns. less than 2 opera’s, a symphonic orchestra piece They literally blow you away. Perfect band to put your stage on fire! and much more; on the other hand he’s one of KRIS DEFOORT TRIO the most active jazz pianists. He is currently on Maaike Wuyts the road with his jazz trio on a theatre General manager / contact for Aka Moon, production inspired by Thelonius Monk. Kris Defoort, Jens Maurits Orchestra and Manngold De Cobre De Beren Gieren [email protected] After their participation at Jazzahead in 2013 M +32 (0)473 37 19 70 they are now touring along some of the biggest DE BEREN GIEREN jazz festivals in Norway, The Netherlands, Zoë Pigot Mc Pherson Germany, Slovenia and France. Don’t miss out Production and tour manager / contact for on one of the most refreshing trio’s of Belgium. De Beren Gieren and LABtrio Their next album will be in collaboration with [email protected] trumpet player Susana Santos Silva on Clean M +32 (0)496 86 50 24 Feed Records. www.aubergineartistmanagement.com LABTRIO 6 /Artists / Agencies. /7 Aventura Musica Aventura Musica is a small Brussels based management company and music label taking care of the organisation, booking and management of projects around accordionist/pianist/composer Tuur Florizoone. Tuur Florizoone - Chromatic accordion Put an old fashioned accordion in the hands of a composer and improviser with imagination and taste, such as Tuur Florizoone... his broad know ledge and TUUR FLORizoone MAssot / FLORizoone / HORBACZEWSKI TUUR FLORizoone AND DIDIER LALOY interests, charisma and tangible joy in performing, and his gift for touching the heart of the music as well as that of the listeners, will give a new sound to this traditio - nal instrument. Florizoone collaborated with heavyweights from the worlds of jazz, classical music and the folk and world music scene . He demonstra- ted his control of mood and atmos - phere, in popular film soundtracks such as L’Amour des Moules and Aanrijding in Moscou. Massot / Florizoone / Horbaczewski TRICYCLE MIXTUUR Accordion, tuba and cello share a rich sound, a broad register ... ánd a photogenic Mixtuur appearance. When improvising, the trio conjure up the weirdest and wackiest but Together with an impressive all-star strength, Tuur Florizoone presents a also most moving sounds from their instruments. From full cinematic soundtrack seductive mix of cultures, styles and instruments from the best Africa and Europe to delirious threshing, Tuur Florizoone, Michel Massot and Marine Horbaczewski have to offer. MixTuur sings the story of the Métis, the forgotten bastard children demonstrate just why they are, all three, considered master musicians. of colonial Congo. With national and international top musicians such as South African singer Tutu Puoane, percussionist Chris Joris, tuba player Michel Massot, Tuur Florizoone and Didier Laloy Congolese choir Nabindibo, Burkinese drummer Wendlavim Zabsonre and the When these two genius accordionists come together, the result is extraordinary legendary Malian balaphone player Aly Keita and many more... innovative music! Between them, the duo have pledged to make the accordion sexy and to thumb their nose at all the facile clichés attributed to the instrument. For, in Latest Releases the right hands, accordion can mean original harmonies and imaginative melodies, Nov 2006 Tricycle ‘King Size’ AM 004 rhythmic control and a subtle groove. And when two creative hotheads bring their Feb 2008 Massot/Florizoone/Horbaczewski: ‘Cinema Novo’ AM 005 talents to bear, then prepare your ears and eyes for the all-out spectacle. Dec 2012 Didier Laloy & Tuur Florizoone AM 006 May 2013 Massot/Florizoone/Horbaczewski: ‘Balades Ephémères’ AM 007 Tricycle 15 years of playing together as a solid trio … you can hear it! Accordion / Tuur Florizoone saxophones & flutes / double bass… it’s a world of sounds! The cultural mix of Artist, composer ‘little Belgium’ has left its traces on Tricycle’s music: jazz is only one of the many [email protected] types of music these musical world citizens have in their kit bag. They juggle with M +32 (0)495 47 04 49 styles, improvisations and melodies just as René Magritte would do if he were a www.aventuramusica.be musician! ‘Ceci n’est pas un accordéon’! www.tuurflorizoone.be 8 /Artists / Agencies. /9 Badass Yogi Prod Brussels Jazz Orchestra BYP is both a record label and promotion agency that promotes bands and artists The Brussels Jazz Orchestra plays jazz with a dynamic orchestral sound, rooted through management, consulting, videos direction, booking shows and events in in jazz tradition.