JOIN OUR BOOTH & GET TO KNOW US Hello there, Belgian jazz is booming! Again, about 50 agencies, artists, labels, festivals, venues and jazz organisations are joining forces at Jazzahead this year at the Belgian stand. Visit our booth 6 D01, explore and get to know the Belgian jazz scene. WELCOME! Lobke Aelbrecht Liliana Graziani Flanders Arts Institute Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques 23 TABLE OF CONTENTS Rockoco .............................................................................. 33 SHOWCASE ........................................................................ 6 Silverbyrd Management .....................................................34 Hermia/Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq Stilletto ............................................................................... 35 ARTISTS/AGENCIES ...................................................... 8 Talia .................................................................................... 36 Alain Pierre // Spinach Pie Records...................................... 8 Toine Thys // Bartok Management .................................... 37 Antoine Pierre // Urbex .........................................................9 Zig Zag World ..................................................................... 38 Art-Spot.be .......................................................................... 10 LABELS ............................................................................... 40 Aubergine Artist Management ..........................................11 Hypnote Records ................................................................ 40 Badass Yogi Productions ....................................................12 Igloo Records ......................................................................41 Barbara Wiernik // Complicity ...........................................13 Solidude Records ............................................................... 42 Bestov ................................................................................. 14 Zephyrus Records ...............................................................43 Bis Bookings .......................................................................15 VENUES/FESTIVALS ................................................... 44 Bop’n Booking ....................................................................16 30CC ................................................................................... 44 Choux de Bruxelles .............................................................17 B-Jazz International Contest ..............................................45 Collectif du Lion .................................................................18 Brosella Folk & Jazz festival ................................................46 Degryse/Rabesolo duo ........................................................19 Djangofolllies ..................................................................... 47 Félix Zurstrassen Trio......................................................... 20 Festival International de jazz à Verviers ............................ 48 Flat Earth Society ................................................................21 Flagey .................................................................................. 49 granvat ................................................................................ 22 Handelsbeurs Concertzaal ................................................ 50 Guillaume Vierset // LG Jazz Collective .............................23 Jazz & Muziek: Gent Jazz // Jazz Middelheim .....................51 Hermia/Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq............................................ 24 Leuven Jazz ........................................................................ 52 Inside Jazz Management ....................................................25 Travers Emotion .................................................................53 MET-X ................................................................................ 26 Muziekpublique ................................................................. 27 ORGANISATIONS ........................................................... 54 NU:BE // Thomas Champagne Random House ................ 28 JazzLab Series .....................................................................54 Orchestre Toubab............................................................... 29 Flanders Arts Institute ....................................................... 55 Otto Kintet ..........................................................................30 Muziekmozaïek folk & jazz ................................................56 Presence Artists International ........................................... 31 Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques ............................................ 57 Redcat Artists ..................................................................... 32 LET ME BE YOUR GUIDE: belgianjazz.be .................... 58 45 B E BELGIAN SHOWCASE L G I A N S H O W HERMIA/CECCALDI/ C A DARRIFOURCQ S E S We are very proud to present the Belgian-French trio Hermia/ Join us for a great showcase on Ceccaldi/Darrifourcq to you during the European jazz meeting Friday 20 April, at 20:50 PM in Hall 7.1. at Jazzahead. MANUEL HERMIA ˜ sax // VALENTIN CECCALDI ˜ cello // SYLVAIN DARRIFOURCQ ˜ drums Saxophone player Manuel Hermia (Sabam Jazz award 2017, Octave Best Jazz Artist 2011) has cemented his reputation as a European musician at the top of his game. In this trio he collaborates with two outstanding French musicians. Valentin Ceccaldi could be considered the new revelation on cello. His strong complicity with drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq is palpable, and together they develop unpredictable and inventive music, weaving the ideal groundwork for the overlapping sax of Manuel Hermia, who furrows the roads of world music while strongly carrying the primal scream of a furiously libertarian jazz. More info at manuel-hermia.com 67 ARTISTS/AGENCIES Antoine Pierre // Urbex The titles of their latest album, Sketches of Nowhere, reflect the turning point for Urbex: their sonority is much more hyp- Alain Pierre // notic, thanks to original sound effects by Bert Cools in addi- Spinach Pie Records tion to the acoustic piano by Bram De Looze. As usual, Felix Zurstrassen is the driving force of the group, but his bass lines In his personal approach of jazz, Alain Pierre uses classical have become more groovy and catchy with influences from guitar techniques on the 6- and 12-string guitars, which is defi- electronic music. The trumpet of Jean-Paul Estiévenart in turn nitely one of the key features of his style. His compositions and offers an extra dimension in the overall sound of the group, playing arise from the influences of the luxuriant acoustic jazz and he moves us with the laughter and the tears that character- of the 70’s. ize the multi-layered and symbolic music by Antoine. Along his career, he always led his own projects. In the same vein, creating his own label for his music and for the musicians he loves was very logical. “Spinach Pie Records” was born in January 2016 (www.spinachpierecords.com) Next release: Autumn 2018 - Alain Pierre Unaccompanied Guitar Solo “Sitting in Some Café” (SPR 103). © RAYMOND DAKOUA © RAYMOND Get in touch Present at Jazzahead this year Get in touch Present at Jazzahead this year Paméla Malempré Antoine Pierre, Band leader Alain Pierre Alain Pierre, Musician, Producer pamela@aubergineartist Paméla Malempré, Manager [email protected] management.com +32 486 678 192 +32 498 413 154 alainpierre.com antoinepierremusic.com 89 A R T ART-SPOT.BE Aubergine Artist I S T ART-SPOT.BE is a Ghent-based alternative management agen- Management S / cy for jazz musicians, bands and crossover projects in the per- A Aubergine Artist Management is a Brussels-based agency that G forming arts. offers management, production, promotion & tour support to E N some of Belgium’s most talented musicians. The focus is on C ART-SPOT.BE represents the following bands and projects: I jazz-and-beyond ranging from world music, contemporary E Compro Oro - H A S T - Imagine Raymond - John Ghost - Maité, S music, noise, improvisation, urban sounds, post rock, funk to the girl and the bird - MDC III - Nightwatch - Nordmann - Or- hip hop. Thanks to the expertise the company has built over chestra Exotica - The Milk Factory - Steiger - Too Noisy Fish. the years, the team regularly collaborates as a production team or consultant for different events, festivals and special pro- jects. Aubergine Artist Management represents: Aka Moon - Antoine Pierre’s Urbex & NextApe - BRZZVLL - De Beren Gieren - ESINAM - Jean Paul Estiévenart Trio - Kris Defoort - LABtrio - Lynn Cassiers’ Imaginary Band © JODIE STELLA © JODIE STELLA DAKOUA © RAYMOND Get in touch Present at Jazzahead this year Get in touch Present at Jazzahead this year Lawrence Van Den Eede Lawrence Van Den Eede, General Maaike Wuyts Maaike Wuyts, General Manager [email protected] Manager maaike@aubergineartist Lize Colson, Production & +32 475 904 725 Dries Geusens, Artist & Production management.com Communication art-spot.be Manager +32 473 37 19 70 Paméla Malempré, Production & aubergineartistmanagement.com Communication 10 11 - Singer, Leader Singer, , Present at Jazzahead this year Present Barbara Wiernik Get in touch Barbara Wiernik [email protected] +32 479 51 98 63 barbarawiernik.com Barbara Wiernik // Wiernik // Barbara Complicity Barbara Wiernik & Nicola Andrioli present Complicity, their first joined album which offers us melodious, luminous and