Results for "Ghent"

Ingrid Nomad

Born: April 28

Ingrid Nomad was born in Ghent (Belgium). Music was not her first choice as a career. She studied ‘Applied Communications’ and began singing after overcoming stage fright by taking classes with Brad Chapman in Los Angeles (US). He has worked with Anita Baker, Quincy Jones and others. She studied classical piano at the School of arts in Ghent and graduated in 1995. Wanting to expand her horizons, she went to the Jazzstudio in Antwerp where she was introduced to jazz music with the likes of Billy Hart. She then formed a jazz quartet with Olivier Collette (piano), Joris De Backer (double bass) and Wouter Van Dyck (drums)

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Citadelic 2019

by Martin Longley
June 14, 2019

Citadelic Citadelpark Gent, Belgium May 29-June 2, 2019 Free jazz with free admission. That's the appealing concept of the five-day Citadelic festival, which presents jazz, improvisation and other adventurous sounds, from around noon until around 10pm, in a continuous schedule that roams several dips and mounts, or caves ...

Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes

by Mark Sullivan
September 6, 2016

Young Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already had an active recording career, especially with his quartet and the duo Linus. His recordings have become progressively more acoustic and ever more freely improvised. Guitarist Karl Van Deun was Ruben's teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. His performing career has been sidelined by hearing problems, but he ...

Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes

by Jakob Baekgaard
August 24, 2016

In spite of his young age, Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already traversed a wide spectrum of musical expressions, and yet, while the textures are different, his records share a certain lyrical sensibility and the quality of dwelling in the moment. On Shapes, Machtelinckx joins his former teacher Karl Van Deun to play ...

Skordatura PE: Empty The Headbin

by Mark Corroto
July 15, 2016

The Belgian quarter has altered their name, actually shortened it from Skordatura Punkjazz Ensemble to Skordatura PE. They still are jazz artists playing punk jazz, not just punks playing jazz. There is an important distinction here. You see they can play, no really play. Their Punkjazz is that of Jaco Pastorious, Mike Stern, and Wayne Krantz-- ...

Linus + Skarbø / Leroux: Linus + Skarbø / Leroux

by Dave Wayne
April 21, 2016

In the seven years since its inception, El Negocito Records, based in Ghent, Belgium, has established itself as one of the most adventurous and far-ranging independent labels on the European new music scene. The phrase “new music" is operative here because the label concentrates on improvisation in all of its musical guises. There are modern jazz ...

Ruben Machtelinckx & Linus: Belgian Experimental Music, Strings Attached

by Mark Sullivan
March 5, 2016

Belgian guitarist/composer Ruben Machtelinckx has built an impressive catalog of recordings as a leader since graduating from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2010. He tends to work in groups with no drummer, a chamber jazz approach that suits his lyrical, sometimes minimalist compositions well. His guitar style is tasteful and devoid of flashy pyrotechnics: even ...

Dikeman, Parker, Drake: Live at La Resistenza

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 23, 2016

Quattro brani di dieci minuti l'uno registrati dal vivo a Ghent in Belgio, i primi due estratti dal primo set, il terzo e il quarto dal set conclusivo. Protagonisti due mostri sacri dell'improvvisazione come Hamid Drake e William Parker più il giovane John Dikeman, statunitense di nascita, giramondo per vocazione--alcuni anni passati al Cairo in Egitto ...

De Beren Gieren: One Mirrors Many

by John Sharpe
November 29, 2015

Still looking to breathe life into the venerable piano trio format, Belgian threesome De Beren Gieren (The Bears Shriek would be one translation) present their fourth album following The Detour Fish (Clean Feed, 2014), A Raveling (De Beren Records, 2013) and Wirklich Welt So (El Negocito, 2012). Leading the charge pianist Fulco Ottervanger helms an unchanged ...