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🎷 This Week at the Toots

🎷 Salut à Toots ! Encore le plein de swing cette semaine 💥 et un cocktail spécial Halloween 🎃🍸 à venir tester, issu des mains expertes de Noah Luembe ! Ce soir, le tournoi de Blitz ♟️ pour garder l’esprit vif ! Mercredi, la jam sera ouverte par le toujours très inspiré Martin Salemi, en compagnie de Jim Monneau et Daniel Jonkers. 🎹 Jeudi, le piano bar 🎶 dès 18h avec Eve Beuvens, avant votre rendez-vous mensuel avec notre groupe de swing maison 💃🕺 — toujours un moment magique où les sourires remplissent les visages et les pieds claquent le sol ! Vendredi, c’est le leader de notre groupe maison, Mathieu Najean 🎷, qui présente son nouvel album en quartette, dans le plus pur esprit du swing qu’il aime et maîtrise comme peu de monde aujourd’hui 🔥 ! La late jam spéciale Halloween 👻 sera ouverte par votre serviteur Joachim Caffonnette, en compagnie d’une rythmique qu’on ne présente plus : Malek Patrman 🥁 et Manolo Cabras 🎸. Samedi 1er novembre, quintet très spécial 🌟 : Robert Jukic invite une des grandes voix du sax ténor européen, Jure Pukl 🎷, avec le génial Jean-Paul Estievenart 🎺, le jeune et super talentueux guitariste tunisien Skander Jenahi 🎸, et un des batteurs les plus actifs du royaume (à juste titre !) Armando Luongo 🥁. La late jam sera ouverte ce soir-là par le pianiste chilien Tomas Rivera 🎹, entouré de Fil Caporali et Pierre Hurty. Pour le goûter de dimanche ☕, ce sera la musique du géant Wayne Shorter 🌠 qui sera mise à l’honneur avec un groupe constitué autour de Robert Jukic, avant d’accueillir le trio de Vincent Thekal 🎷, qui vous a concocté de nouvelles compositions pleines de groove et d’énergie 💫 ! 🎶 Une semaine de swing, de sourires et de belles vibrations, comme on les aime au Toots Jazz Club ❤️ ! Weer een week vol swing 💥 — en een speciaal Halloween-cocktail 🎃🍸 om te komen proeven, bedacht door de vaardige handen van Noah Luembe! Vanavond beginnen we met het Blitz-toernooi ♟️ om de geest scherp te houden! Woensdag opent de jam session 🎹 met de altijd inspirerende Martin Salemi, samen met Jim Monneau en Daniel Jonkers. Donderdag vanaf 18u, het pianobar-moment 🎶 met Eve Beuvens, gevolgd door jullie maandelijkse afspraak met onze swing-huisband 💃🕺 — altijd een magisch moment waarop de glimlachen oplichten en de voeten ritmisch de vloer raken! Vrijdag presenteert de leider van onze huisband, Mathieu Najean 🎷, zijn nieuwe kwartetalbum, in de puurste swingtraditie — een stijl die hij als geen ander beheerst en belichaamt 🔥! De Halloween Late Jam 👻 wordt geleid door ondergetekende, Joachim Caffonnette, samen met een onweerstaanbare ritmesectie: Malek Patrman 🥁 en Manolo Cabras 🎸. Zaterdag 1 november brengt een heel bijzonder kwintet 🌟: Robert Jukic ontvangt één van Europa’s grote tenorsax-stemmen, Jure Pukl 🎷, samen met de briljante Jean-Paul Estievenart 🎺, de jonge en supergetalenteerde Tunesische gitarist Skander Jenahi 🎸, en één van de meest actieve (en terecht!) drummers van het land, Armando Luongo 🥁. De Late Jam wordt die avond geopend door de Chileense pianist Tomas Rivera 🎹, samen met Fil Caporali en Pierre Hurty. Tijdens het zondagse jazzmoment ☕ brengen we een eerbetoon aan de muziek van de legendarische Wayne Shorter 🌠, met een groep rond Robert Jukic, gevolgd door het Vincent Thekal Trio 🎷, dat enkele nieuwe composities vol groove en energie 💫 heeft voorbereid! 🎶 Een week vol swing, glimlachen en goede vibes, precies zoals we het graag hebben bij Toots Jazz Club ❤️! Hello from Toots! 🎷 Another week full of swing 💥 — and a special Halloween cocktail 🎃🍸 to try out, crafted by the expert hands of Noah Luembe! Tonight, it’s time for the Blitz tournament ♟️ to keep the mind sharp! On Wednesday, the jam session 🎹 will be opened by the always inspiring Martin Salemi, together with Jim Monneau and Daniel Jonkers. On Thursday, enjoy Eve Beuvens’ piano bar 🎶 from 6 p.m., before your monthly rendezvous with our house swing band 💃🕺 — always a magical moment when smiles light up faces and feet start tapping! On Friday, the leader of our house band, Mathieu Najean 🎷, presents his new quartet album, in the purest spirit of swing — a style he loves and masters like few others today 🔥! The Halloween Late Jam 👻 will be hosted by yours truly, Joachim Caffonnette, joined by an unstoppable rhythm section: Malek Patrman 🥁 and Manolo Cabras 🎸. On Saturday, November 1st, a very special quintet 🌟 takes the stage: Robert Jukic invites one of Europe’s great tenor sax voices, Jure Pukl 🎷, alongside the brilliant Jean-Paul Estievenart 🎺, the young and super talented Tunisian guitarist Skander Jenahi 🎸, and one of Belgium’s busiest (and best!) drummers, Armando Luongo 🥁. The Late Jam that night will be opened by Chilean pianist Tomas Rivera 🎹, joined by Fil Caporali and Pierre Hurty. For Sunday’s afternoon set ☕, we’ll celebrate the music of the great Wayne Shorter 🌠, with a band led by Robert Jukic, before welcoming the Vincent Thekal Trio 🎷, who’ve cooked up some fresh new compositions full of groove and energy 💫! 🎶 A week of swing, smiles, and good vibes — just the way we love it at Toots Jazz Club ❤️!

Pump Up The Jam With Martin Salemi - Jazz Jam mercredi 29 octobre - 21:00 Martin Salemi (p) + Guests The Hang !  More info

Key Time : Eve Beuvens - AFTER WORK jeudi 30 octobre - 18:00 Eve Beuvens (piano) New weekly rendezvous! Every Thursday, start your evening the right way — after work, before dinner, or as a prelude to the night’s concert — with the finest local pianists playing timeless standards in a warm piano-bar atmosphere. In partnership with Omer! More info

Juke Night #3 - LYNDY HOP jeudi 30 octobre - 21:00 Mathieu Najean (ts, cl), Jean-Paul Estiévenart (tp), Timothé Lemaire (tb), Wouter Van Den Broek (p), Victor Foulon (db), Matthias De Waele (dr) Highlighting our Thursday swing nights, the monthly Juke Night features our house band as a sextet made up of the best swing musicians! Expect compositions from swing legends of the 1920s to 1950s, with nods to revivalists like Wynton Marsalis. A dream night for Lindy Hop dancers. [Juke Records is a Brussels-based label specializing in swing music with whom we’ve collaborated for many years.] More info

Mathieu Najean Quartet : Album Release - SWING ON HALLOWEEN! vendredi 31 octobre - 19:30 and 21:30 Mathieu Najean (sax), Wouter Van Den Broek (p), Victor Foulon (db), Matthias De Waele (dr) Mathieu Najean has built a strong reputation as a swing player, digging out hidden gems from early 20th-century recordings while developing an enchanting tenor sound rooted in a tradition he masters inside out. With his quartet, he surrounds himself with musicians who share his taste and flair for a straight-to-the-point kind of jazz — reminding us of the timeless modernity of swing and bebop, music that brings smiles and makes feet tap. Join the celebration for the release of their brand-new album West Side! More info

Late Jam With Joachim Caffonnette - Jam Session vendredi 31 octobre - 23:00 Joachim Caffonnette (p) ; Manolo Cabras (p) ; Marek Patrman (dr) More info

Undercover - A top-level showdown samedi 1 novembre - 19:30 and 21:30 Armando Luongo (drs) ; Skander Jenhani (g) ; Jure Pukl (sax) ; Jean-Paul Estievenart (trpt) ; Robert Jukic (b) Two Slovenians, a Belgian, an Italian and a Tunisian walk into a small jazz bar near the Grand Place… Not a joke, but a genuine meeting of five musicians bound by the same creative spark. With Jean-Paul Estiévenart and Armando Luongo, both well-known on this side of Europe, the solid groove of Robert Jukic, the brilliant guitarist Skander Jenhani, and one of Europe’s great tenor voices Jure Pukl — expect an explosive encounter. As the musicians themselves put it: A strategic forum's secret meeting out in the open, no agenda and no gloves, everything and nothing will be discussed, acknowledged and ignored. A 10 course menu with original recipes and traditional dishes will be served. First come last served. Welcome drinks, refreshments in the break and hospitality after guaranteed… Super Jazz! More info

Late Jam with Tomas Rivera - Jazz Jam samedi 1 novembre - 23:00 Tomas Rivera (p) + guests The Late Hang !  More info

Nostalgia In Grand Place : Wayne Shorter - TRIBUTE dimanche 2 novembre - 16:00 Jure Pukl (sax) ; Joachim Caffonnette (p) ; Robert Jukic (b) ; Pierre Hurty (dr) Starting his career as a composer by becoming, at just 26, the musical director of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, then serving as the creative mind behind Miles Davis’s legendary Second Quintet, while recording for Blue Note a string of albums among the label’s most visionary, later as a pioneer of jazz fusion with Weather Report, and finally leading one of the most innovative quartets of the 21st century — Wayne Shorter stands as a true giant of jazz. Celebrated for the boldness of his harmonic imagination and the poetic strength of his melodies, he remains an inexhaustible source of inspiration for musicians everywhere. This concert pays tribute to that rich, mysterious and luminous body of work — and to “Mr Gone”, who left us two years ago. More info

Vicent Thekal Trio - New Repertoire! dimanche 2 novembre - 20:00 Vicnent Thekal (sax) ; Robert Jukic (b) ; Armando Luongo (dr) Nieuw repertoire – Uitzonderlijk concert « Few tenors in the 21st century have captured the expanse between beauty and complexity quite like Thekal. » — Ron Hart, DownBeat Magazine ★★★★ (critique de l’album / review of the album Origami)   Saxophonist and composer Vincent Thekal has been developing a rich and distinctive musical universe for several years through his main project, the trio, as well as through numerous collaborations across Europe and the United States. After three critically acclaimed albums and many performances worldwide, he returns with his trio to present a new set of original compositions, written especially for this format. 🎶 A concert not to be missed! 🔗 www.vincentthekal.com More info

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