Okay, I thought, but I didn't really understand why he asked me along. We arrived at the club and it was busy for a moment – there was another concert going on, all those instruments were on the musicians' backs or in the musicians' arms – and Ivanhov started talking to me.
“Are you part of the club?” he asked. He had a beautiful voice.
Actually, he was just a very beautiful man.
“But no,” I laughed. “I don't understand it all very well either.”
Once the group's equipment was safely stored, came Charles towards us.
“Eat and drink what you want, the costs are for the club!”
Wow! Very jovial, but why was I here? He knew I wasn't part of the group.
A little later he came to me, with another man.
“Luc, this is Colin. He is also a partner of Brussels Jazz Club,” said Charles.
Colin seemed very friendly to me – he did have one tic nervous on his left eye. He winked continuously. This struck me immediately, it must have been annoying for him!
“With the club we have founded a non-profit organization to give young musicians a chance to play here to play,” said Charles.
“Young Talents, that project is called. Would you like to come back here on Friday evening and have a look? to talk about ?"
Wow. My agenda was empty anyway, so I said yes, but also:
“I am medically disabled and often suffer from my limitations, it is important that you know that.”
“We'll talk about that on Friday,” Charles said.
Charles also chatted with the Russian students and eventually we all said goodbye. The Russians had rented a flat nearby for a few months and they asked to exchange address details. We gave our phone numbers each other.
“We're calling you to go for a drink this week!” said Ivanhov.
Okay, why not! It was a nice bunch. On Friday I went back to BrusselsJazz Club for my appointment with Charles. The bar manager, apparently called Philip, said I could walk down to the basement: that was where Charles's office was. He and Mathieu were already ready.
“Do you know a lot about jazz, Luc?” they asked me.
I was completely honest and told them that it was all no- bile was new to me. I had looked up some things on the Internet since we met, but I actually knew very little about it. I really liked what I had already discovered. They looked at each other once. become.
We were wondering if you would be interested in volunteering to be the programming manager of the Young Jazz Concerts to organize. Wow. I was very surprised – but I also liked it. I knew that a lot still had to be arranged and that this would be challenging work. First the medical advisor had to approve it and I would have to familiarize myself with the matter.
“I am homosexual,” I also said,
quite soon after their question. If there was an unpleasant response to this, it would have been just this one conversation.
"Is that a problem?"
Charles and Colin started laughing.
“I'm straight,” Charles said. “Do you have a problem with that?
”I had to laugh too.
“I don't know why.”
“Voilà,” said Charles.
“Then you know our answer too!”
It was a very pleasant conversation.
“Luc is honest and just approaches people openly and with direct communication,” said Charles to Colin.
“I saw that when the Russian musicians played in the street.”
I was completely happy.
“We have already spoken to others,” said Charles.
"You know, promising a lot but delivering nothing. We would now like to give you a chance.”
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