Eve Beuvens, piano solo

Liberati Quartet

Edoardo Liberati, guitar
Jesse Schilderink, tenor sax
Denis Baeten, drums
Marijn Van De Ven, doublebass

Eve Beuvens piano solo

TM Street Band

Tal Mashiach

bass/band leader/the fifth element

TM brings the party to town. He helps to release your inner child like a volcano finally erupting from a long season of being dormant. Surrender to his musings. You’ll awaken your mind, body and soul to jumping the highest heights and twisting down low.

Yotam Ben Or

harmonica/enigma/model/murderer

Growing up on the hilly landscape of Nataf, walking bare foot and playing to the trees, Yotam will kill you softly with his honest sound that connects with the very nature of ourselves.

Yonatan Peled

trombone/Arranger/Featured Soloist/The Pilot/

Yonotan will make you fly, literally. Just ask after the show. Not only will he have you soaring through the stratosphere with his funky sounds, he will take you on a world wide trip, if you can make him laugh.

Victor Pablo

percussionist/Latin Lover

Straight from the sunny beachside of Carolina, Puerto Rico, Victor brings summer into your heart and love into your soul with his rhythmic vibrations and tons of good vibes.

David Jimenez

drummer/quiet storm

David is the embodiment of still waters that run deep. Don’t be fooled by his sweet demeanor. He’ll bring the funk and take you by surprise.

Mélanie Isaac

https://youtu.be/DtoP9aAwoiE

Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio

Oh No! Earl Okin Again

Who is Earl Okin?

Three Pearls On A String

Katie Thiroux Trio

Kenny Washington Quartet

Kenny Washington, voice
Kim Minchan, drums
Paul Kirby, piano
Martin Zenker, double bass

Robin Elsmoortel Trio

Robin Elsmoortel, guitar/composition
Simon Jonsson, hammond organ/composition
Pauls Pokratnieks, drums

Jim Snidero Quartet

Over the past thirty-five years, Jim Snidero has come to be known as one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation. As an alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, author and educator, Snidero has been called both a “master musician” and “alto saxophone virtuoso” by Downbeat Magazine, and placed in the 2017 Downbeat Critic’s Poll, demonstrating his continued impact on the international jazz scene.

Jim Snidero grew up in Camp Springs, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC . Musically nurtured from a young age, both at home and in his school music program, Snidero began to quickly show promise as a musician. As a teenager, Snidero studied with the great Phil Woods and was a member of the famed One O’Clock Lab Band at the world-renowned jazz program at the University of North Texas. Studies with another saxophone great—Dave Liebman—helped Snidero to reach the next level as a musician and, ultimately, helped him to make the decision to move to New York at the conclusion of his college years.

After arriving in The Big Apple in 1981 at age 23, Snidero first appeared on the jazz radar when he joined Brother Jack McDuff’s band, recording 3 albums with a jazz giant. That proved to be the first of many notable sideman stints for the then-budding saxophonist. Word of his skills quickly spread, leading Snidero down other avenues with the Mingus Big Band, saxophone icon Frank Wess, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, and Frank Sinatra (Duets II, Capitol), to name just a few.

Snidero became a leader on record with On Time (Toshiba/EMI 1984), the first of many notable dates that he would record under his own name. Over the quarter century that followed, he created an enviable body of work built with musical consistency and stylistic diversity. Highlights include Mixed Bag (Criss Cross, 1987), his first widely-available release, Blue Afternoon (Criss Cross, 1989), deemed one of the best jazz records in history in The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History Of The Music In The 1001 Best Albums, and Strings (Milestone, 2003) which he both composed and arranged for string orchestra, hailed a “masterpiece” by several major news organizations.

The last ten years has delivered a series of well-received dates for the prominent Savant record label. Snidero initially focused on a guitar-centric line-up, among other things teaming up with young modernists like bassist Linda Oh and drummer Rudy Royston for dazzling efforts like Stream Of Consciousness (Savant, 2013), resulting in Snidero placing in Downbeat Magazine’s 2014 Reader’s poll. He then pivoted to piano trio with Main Street (Savant, 2015) and quintet with MD66 (Savant, 2016) inspired by Miles’ Davis’ second great quintet, resulting in a critic’s pick in Jazz Times magazine.

In 1996, Jim Snidero revolutionized jazz education by penning the first Jazz Conception books. These best-selling books eventually spawned an Easy and Intermediate series that filled in the gaps for players at different levels; to date, the Jazz Conception series contains over forty books, and it remains an incredibly popular jazz education resource.  In 2013, Snidero furthered his role as a jazz education visionary, creating The Jazz Conception Company, which explores a new frontier in the technology-meets-education world

After touring with Jack McDuff from 1981 to 1982, he joined Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra in 1983 in New York, and performed with the group for twenty years. He also played in Frank Sinatra's band from 1991 to 1995 and Eddie Palmieri's band beginning 1994. Snidero also has performed with the Frank Wess Sextet (1985), the Mingus Big Band from 1996 to 2000, and Walt Weiskopf from 1994 to 2003. He has worked as a sideman for David Hazeltine,David Murray, Mike LeDonne, Joe Magnarelli, Maria Schneider, Mel Lewis, Jim Rotondi, Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, and Tom Varner.

In 1984 he formed his own quintet and recorded and performed with sidemen that includes trumpeters Brian Lynch, Tom Harrell (from 1989 to 1992), and Tim Hagans (from 1992 to 1995); the pianists Benny Green (from 1987 to 1991), and Mulgrew Miller (in 1991); the double bass players Peter Washington and Dennis Irwin; and the drummers Billy Hart (from 1984 to 1986, and again in 1989), Louis Hayes (in 1990), Gene Jackson (in 1993), and Adam Nussbaum (from 1996). He was awarded two National Endowment for the Arts grants, including one recording with Dave Holland and Jack Dejohnette (1997).

Billy Hart Quartet

picture by Jean-Baptiste Millot