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Festival Flash | Jazz Middelheim 2014, Day 3&4

Text Peter Beije | photo’s Eddy Westveer Day Three In the morning at the rehearsal and sound check, it became clear that this would be an exceptional tribute to Toots...

Festival Flash | Jazz Middelheim 2014, Day 1&2

Text Peter Beije | photo’s Eddy Westveer Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp attracted 19,000 visitors during the  four days. That number is in line with previous years. The...

CD Review | Oaktree “Well”

The main instrument on ‘Well’, the new cd by OakTree, is the voice. The trio consisting of vocalist Sarah Klenes, cellist Michael Osborne and accordionist Thibault Dill added...

Festival Flashes | Gent Jazz 2014 | Day One

By PETER BEIJE | Gent Jazz 2014: seven days music Peter Beije continues his summer Festival Flashes series with a quick rap up of day one at the Gent Jazz Festival. Keep an eye...

Festival Flashes | Scheldejazz Festival, Terneuzen (The Netherlands)

Our roving festival “meister”, Peter Beije will be providing us this summer with his impressions of the festivals he will visit in a new format we’ll call “Festival...

CD review | Brussels Vocal Project: The Art of Love

Three women and three men, two Altos, soprano, tenor, baritone and bass. That is the Brussels Vocal Project. The cd The Art of Love is dedicated to the late composer of the piece,...

Jazz Middelheim can’t do without the music of Toots Thielemans

By PETER BEIJE | Photos BRUNO BOLLAERT ‘The Music of Toots Thielemans’ is the title of the main program on the Saturday evening of Jazz Middelheim. The Antwerp jazz...

Kenny Werner on Toots Thielemans

‘There will never be another one like Toots’ – Kenny Werner We published Peter Beije’s article on the Toots Thielemans tribute at the coming Jazz Middelheim...

CD Review | Nueva Manteca 25 Years

Nueva Manteca has celebrated its 25th birthday, more than, enough reason to bring out a double-cd with two highlights from the illustrious history of the Dutch Latin Jazz group....

Darcy James Argue headlines Ghent Jazz Festival

A long-held dream comes true, says Director Bertrand Flamang of Ghent Jazz Festival. ,, We have managed to get Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society to come over to...