BELGIUM, JAZZ, THE MUSIC VILLAGE AGENDA WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY 2015

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THE MUSIC VILLAGE  AGENDA WEEK OF 23                         FEBRUARY 2015
Dear Music Lover, dear Jazz Fan, A diversified  programme this week,  including  soul & world music,   old jazz, Medterranean jazz and top Belgian jazz now.... Welcome ! TUESDAY 24  EXCEPTIONAL CONCERT – MEDITERRANEAN JAZZ from  CROATIA Tamara Obrovac Transhistria Ensemble Tamara Obrovac (voicals, compositions), Uroš Rakovec (guitar, mandolin),  Žiga Golob (bass),Fausto Beccalossi (accordeon), Krunoslav Levačić  (drums) … a brilliant combination of jazz with elements of Istrian and Mediterranean  folk music……inventive improvisation, freedom, humor...Tamara's voice is  equally  impressive when she sings lyrics and when she performs vocalizes... for one night only at the Village, as a special stop in their European tour.... "She is an audience-captivating phenomenon...she brought a different kind  of energyand soon had the crowd pleading for more. Obrovac has a  phenomenal stylistic range and has the temerityto want to take her trio into any number of moods." London Jazz News 2013 TICKET :  12-14€ WEDNESDAY 25    FOCUS  WORLD & REGGAE Keshow Christian  Ngirinshuti (drums & percussion), Didier Ntizatureka (bass &  vocals), Fiston Ngandi (acoustic guitar & vocals) , Patrick Sly   (electric guitar, fx & vocals) …'Keshow' is swahili for 'tomorrow'….a band with afro, funk, reggae & soul  influences…from original compositions to adapted covers…a real moment of  escape…ambiance ! TICKET : 7,50€ THURSDAY 26                 SOUL Spaïcy Spaïcy (vocals, guitar), Désiré Some (lead guitar), Leonid Muñoz Hernandez  (percussions),Carlos Cachi Acosta (drums), Patinho Calvin (bass) …Afro Canadian Spaïcy (Couleur Café in 2012) combines Afro, Soul and  Jazz with her warm, deep and sultry voice…influenced by amazing soul  artists as Nina Simone, Jill Scott,Stevie Wonder... her music  soothes your  soul… TICKET :  12-14€ FRIDAY 27    NEW ORLEANS JAZZ New Orleans Train Jazz Band Lajos Van Peteghem ((trombone, leader), Guido Ros (piano),Jean-Pierre  Severens (trumpet, vocals),Danny Verleyen (saxes, clarinet),  Bart Robbrecht (banjo),Arnold De Schepper (bass), Koen Van Peteghem (drums) … a prominent JazzBand, active with success for more than 30 years now… dedicated to Old Style Jazz….fidelity to the New Orleans jazz language…  impetuous style and stage presence…this joyful band has been seen on  most of the jazz places in Belgium and Northern Europe… the so-called  “good old jazz”… TICKET : Member 16€ Non Member 18€ SATURDAY  28      TOP VIBRAPHONE BELGIAN VIRTUOSO     Jan De Haas Vibes Quartet NEW CD  "DREAMS AGO " Jan de Haas (vibraphone), Ivan Paduart (piano), Sal la Rocca (bass),  Mimi Verderame (drums) ….skilled musician, teacher, composer, Jan de Haas has been part of our  Belgian jazz scene for decadesand participated to numerous brilliant  projects… his talent on the vibraphone is outstanding…. discover his new opus DREAMS AGO…originals and standards with the  soundof the famous Modern Jazz Quartet –MJQ…. TICKET :  16-18€ asbl-vzw        rue des Pierres 50 Steenstraat  Brussels         MORE INFO,  FULL PROGRAMME AND RESERVATION                                          >> http://www.themusicvillage.com