Belgium,Brussels, Jazz, The Music Village, Program Week of 1st FEBRUARY 2015‏

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AGENDA WEEK OF 1st FEBRUARY 2015
Dear Music Lover, dear Jazz Fan, VOTE for JAZZ  VOTE for your MUSIC VILLAGE  The Brussels Tourist Authorities, VISISTBRUSSELS, have launched a kind of referendum in order to put the spotlight on some Brussels cultural events and  venues. Support your Jazz Club, support JAZZ  and take a few seconds to help us to get some Xtra visibility and more official  recognition. >>> click HERE http://visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/minisite_visitbrusselsawards/vote-for-your-favorite-project-s.do select  "EVENING EXPERIENCE 2014" and..vote for Jazzzzzzzz....! THANKS ! WEDNESDAY 4               FOCUS JAZZ Martin Salemi Trio Martin Salemi (piano), Martijn Vanbuel (bass), Lionel Beuvens (drums) … a mix of jazz standards and own compositions in the traditional form of the "jazz piano  trio". Swing, groove, expressiveness and freedom on the menu. To be discovered/ TICKET : 7,50€ THURSDAY 5                    TOP BELGIAN JAZZ TRIO Olivier Collette Trio Olivier Collette (piano), Sam Gertsmans (bass), Jan de Haas (drums) ..first class trio…one of the best Belgian pianists of his generation… Sabam award for the best jazz composition…three albums under his name… a “jazz for ever” trio-recital… TICKET :  13-15€ FRIDAY 6                   SWING POWER SESSION      The Swing Dealers Jean Van Lint (vocals,bass ), Vince Mardens (sax),Dirk Van der Linden (piano), Jan de Haas (drums) ..this band  finds its roots in the swing-jazz of the 50's and the 60's…  Back to the Roots, Back to the Groove, Back to the Village, against all bad moods or  feelings…our beloved swing machine… including crooner Van Lint and stratospheric sax  Vince Mardens… humor included… TICKET :  16-18€ SATURDAY 7        FRENCH VOCAL JAZZ      Benoit Mansion Quintet Benoit Mansion (vocals, guitar), Sophie Mansion Nathalie Pâques (backing vocals), Jean-Pol Steffens (trumpet, bugle, trombone), André Meuwis (piano), Ignace Rizzuto (bass) ,Mimi Verderame (drums) …they elegantly dance through French jazz, French samba, bossa nova and late night,  lulling jazz blends rich with extended chords, sexy bass and light, shuffley percussion,  classy, subtle vocals and suitably warm tones…a similarity to Sting as well as Joao  Gilberto….close your eyes: you are in in Brazil, Belgium, France and California… TICKET :  16- 18 € SUNDAY 8                         CHANSON FRANCAISE LUZ CHABANE chante...BREL Luz Chabane (voix), Thibaut Dille (piano, accordéon), Thomas Mailliet (guitares,  arrangements), Félix Zuurstrassen (bass) … Luz Chabane  nous emmène au coeur de Brel, et, après des hommages de talent à Ferré et Piaf, nous plonge dans sa “Brel-gitude”... surréaliste baluchon,  véritable fourbi, patchwork flamand-wallon-bruxellois…parfums d’embruns,  de crevettes grises et de moules-frites, les murmures et les colères du vent dans les  dunes, les effluves de bières…un certain art de la chanson et de la poésie à perpétuer  et à transmettre... TICKET : 12-14€  asbl-vzw                   rue des Pierres 50 Steenstraat  Brussels         MORE INFO,  FULL PROGRAMME AND RESERVATION                                          >> http://www.themusicvillage.com