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Peggy Richie and the Rock

Peggy Richie was born in 1974 as the youngest of a very talented family. It didn't take long before she started singing in church with the local child chorus Peggy played in many musicals until she discovered the stage. She was 15 when she became front lady of Uncle Bob. She took singing classes with Carolien Goudswaard and Louis de Vries. Soon she started writing her own songs. From 1993 till 1996 she was working with composer/pianist Jan Meiborg. She performed with him on stage as well as in the studio. On her 21° Peggy traveled to the other side of the world. During a year and a half she was the singing barmaid at Café Amsterdam in Auckland (New-Zeeland). In 1998 she came back to Belgium where she worked as freelance singer in different bands and with different artists

Daniel Miranda

Daniel Miranda introduces you into the amazing and captivating world of the guitar in al his facets. He will let you enjoy the sounds of the authentically Brazilian guitar, which is a guitar with seven or ten strings. He will also show you that Brazilian music is much more that Bosa Nova and Salsa only. Daniel Miranda has his merits in Brazil, as well as in the United States and Belgium. This because of his virtuosity combined with his refined and sophisticated compositions which are a real pleasure to listen too. Some of his merits: 1997: RIO TRIO: first full CD Lots of concerts and workshops in Brazil as well as in the United States. Professor and performing artist on international conferences of the mandolin at San Diego (California) and in Montana with the "Montana Mandolin Orchestra: The Bozeman" 1999: " suite Retratos " of Radamés Gnatali with the chamber orchestra of the conservatorium of Brazil 2001 CD in Belgium " Rencontre " with Frankie Rose (belgo-irish) 2002 professor at the Villa-Lobos school 2003 in a theater at Mons " si c'est chanté c'est pas perdu " under the direction of Pascal Charpentier (know also from his performances with Christoff)

Music Music Music

MMM are Michael Edlund (drums), Fabian Kallerdahl (keyboards), Josef Kallerdahl (bass)--an independent jazz trio from Sweden. No rules, just fun.

The leading jazz critics of Sweden all agree on the vitality and freshness of this trio and the second biggest newspaper appointed the group's second album "What's a good boss anyway?" best jazz album of 2005.

They are touring all over the world, from Bangkok to the United States.

Can Angels Swing?

This band doesn't exist any more.

Toots Thielemans

Born: April 29, 1922

Jean 'Toots' Thielemans is widely regarded by most people as the most accomplished harmonica player in the world. Of course, that's not all he does and it would be a great injustice to label him as just a good harmonica player. If you are not into Jazz, you may not have heard of his name but you have probably heard his music many times and I suspect you liked it. He is equally good at playing guitar, the accordeon and many other instruments. For instance, you will never hear anyone whistle jazz better than Toots. Born on 29 April 1922 in Brussels, he quickly got interested in music and was playing the accordeon at age 3

Phil Abraham

Born: June 2, 1962

After studying the classical piano, the guitar and harmony, Phil Abraham was seduced by jazz and the trombone, on which he is self-taught. His stylistic evolution is parallel to the history of jazz, and even if he is a modern soloist today, he has worked with a wide variety of great musicians. Phil has taken part in more than eighty albums, thirteen with his own group, with which he won many prizes. He has often been invited in big bands as a soloist. He took part in many recordings and concerts of the big band of the Belgian Radio (BRT). Phil Abraham also devotes his career to teaching, training courses and master-classes

Jeanfrancois Prins

Born: February 18, 1967

Jeanfrancois Prins Jazz Guitarist Composer Arranger Educator “ A real voice on the guitar with a warmth that’s all his own” Joe Lovano “...there can be no doubt that this truly creative and musical young man will continue to be heard from. But don’t wait for his next record - catch him live!” Dan Morgenstern “Jeanfrançois Prins plays directly from the heart…” FRED HERSCH “There is a great Jazz Guitar tradition in Belgium, represented successively by Django Reinhardt, René Thomas, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, and now by Jeanfrançois Prins.” KNACK – DE MORGEN Jeanfrançois Prins has become Belgium's most international jazz guitarist (he spent most of his career between New York City and Berlin, until recently moving back to his roots: Brussels, and has performed and recorded all over Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Asia)

Jef Neve

Born: March 8, 1977

CAREER

• After Jef Neve graduated “cum laude” in 2001 for piano in both the classical and jazz departments, as well as for chamber music, at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, he soon made his first jazz albums with the Jef Neve Trio. Since 2006 he signed with the major record label Universal Music and his career took an international turn.
• With the 'Jef Neve Trio' he makes successful tours, from Denmark to Australia, from Canada to Japan.
• The collaboration with Gabriel Rios and Kobe Proesmans resulted in a series of great performances during 2008. Rios again asked Jef Neve to collaborate on compositions for his CD “The Dangerous Return” which was released at the end of 2010.
• In 2009 he toured through Flanders with his first piano concerto, with the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Michel Tabachnik.
• The CD “Face to Face” of the Duo with vibraphonist Pascal Schumacher was released in January 2010 on Enja Records. The duo made a 'Rising Star Tour' along a dozen important European venues. Jef Neve also contributed to Pascal Schumacher's albums.
• Also in 2010 he made the album “For all we know” together with the American singer José James, and the Impulse label was restarted especially for this album. This album took them to just about every major jazz festival worldwide, from Japan, Canada and America, to all of Europe.
• Jef Neve was asked by the National Belgian Radio VRT-Klara to make a weekly jazz program. Between January 2008 and August 2010, the program "Neve" was recorded live and broadcast every Friday night.
• In February 2012, Neve wrote the music for the theater production 'De Tocht van de Olifant' by Stefan Perseval with the actors Sien Eggers and Marc van Eeghem.
• In 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, Jef Neve is the curator of the 'Neve Festival' in the Warande at the cultural center de Warande in Turnhout, where he was given carte blanche to program the whole weekend.
• In 2012 he toured through Flanders with his 2nd piano concerto, accompanied by the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dirk Brossé.
• During the 2014 edition of Leuven Jazz, Jef Neve was still the great trendsetter with a unique occasional combo including Richard Galliano and Dré Pallemaerts. Neve was also present in the 2015 edition.
• Jamie Cullum, England's best-known and most talented jazz artist, invited Jef Neve to play music together at the North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam on 24 November 2014.
• Jamie also took the time to interview Jef extensively for his radio show, on which Jef also brought his film crew to interview Jamie for Café Corsari, where he was a guest during the 2014-2015 season.

• 'Piano meets hip-hop': In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Jef already played several concerts with the famous Dutch rapper Typhoon. The Tour with Typhoon and Amsterdam Sinfonietta at the end of 2017 and spring 2018 was a resounding success.
• Spirit Control: this album was presented in 2017, this time with an extensive band. Jens Bouttery on drums, Lennart Heyndels on bass and a string quartet join Jef Neve on stage.

• Jef Neve conducted his own orchestra at Pukkelpop 2018 and played 'The 4 Seasons', adapted by Max Richter at Pukkelpop, the Nevefestival 2018 and ‘Lekker Klassiek’ 2018, of which he was the artistic director.
• Since 2019, Jef has been playing in duo with the famous trumpeter Teus Nobel, in Kenya, Canada, Japan, Czech Republic, Latvia. In 2022 the concerts were a homage to Toots Thielemans with the subtitle 100 years Toots, , which he would have turned 100 years old on 29/04/2022. In February 2023 they were guests in Hungary
• duo concerts with the Dutch top trumpeter Teus Nobel, at home and abroad.
• In recent years, Jef has also focused more and more on composing. In 2021 he wrote 3 piano books: “Start”, “2” and “Play for the 3 different degrees in the music academies. There is also a deluxe edition, “Sharing Life Stories”: a collection of the 3 books, in combination with illustrations by Oswald Cromheecke. All compositions are 2x on Youtube, 1x in the "concert version" played by Jef, 1x in a "tutorial version" where Jef explains the difficulties per song. There is the accompanying solo album on Spotify, Sharing Life Stories.
• In 2022 he again composed 2 piano books: "Reflections in Black and Reflections in White", in addition to the previous 3 books. These new books will be fully presented by Jef in the various music schools in the spring of 23.
• Jef Neve composed the next album “Mysterium”, which was released in August 2020. It was supposed to be released in March 2020, but the lockdown due to the corona pandemic decided otherwise.
• During the 2020 corona year, Jef Neve focused on live streaming from his own studio. He delivered no less than 150 live streamed concerts, first on Facebook, then on his own new subscriber website, www.jefneve-live.com, where people could register per series of 10 concerts. This continued until spring 2021.
• In the summer of 2020 and the summer of 2021 he performed “Ochtendglorenconcerten”, with soprano Hanne Roos, saxophonist Andy Dhondt and a string quintet. Neo-classical and minimalist music performed outdoors at dawn.
• In the autumn and winter of 2021, Jef played several concerts: “Jef Neve plays with you”, in which Jef improvised on stories that the audience provided.
• The “Mysterium tour” was finally kicked off with a headliner concert at Gent Jazz in July 2021, before touring throughout Flanders and the Netherlands from September to the end of December 2022.
• In March 2023: release of the documentary film “Rebound”, the story of Sebastien Bellin, the former basketball player who was seriously injured in the attack on the airport on March 22, 2016.
• April 21, 2023: release of his new album “That Old Feeling” an album on which Jef invites 8 international singers to sing a song with him. The first live shows in large venues are planned for May 2023.

Ellen Demos

Born: May 6

I was born in Boston Massachusettes. My early education included formal training in voice and classical piano. In my early twenties I found I had more interest in blues and jazz then the classics and began working with various jazz and ethnic ensembles in the Boston area. This included exposure to Indian music both classical and fusion and African drumming and dance. I later became interested in Brazilian music and worked in the New England area fusing jazz and Brazilian influences. I also worked in improvisational theater at that time. In 1979 I moved to Los Angeles and continued studies in vocal technique, composition and arranging

Manfred Eicher: ECM 50 at Centre Culturel Flagey, Brussels

by Mario Calvitti
January 12, 2020

This article first appeared at italia.allaboutjazz.com. ECM 50Centre Culturel FlageyBrussels, BelgiumNovember 21-24, 2019 During the year marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the German record company ECM, there have been numerous music festivals in Europe and America dedicated to the official celebration of the event. One of ...