Jazz&mo' #26 - STORIES

The common thread throughout this Jazz&mo'? Stories. Behind every album, every song, every musician in Jazz&mo' #26 is an inspiring, beautiful, critical and sometimes unbelievable story.

On the cover: Knoel Scott, conductor of the Sun Ra Arkestra AND conduit for the insane, spacy and insanely spacy story behind Sun Ra. Sophie Tassignon turns Arabic poems into jazz. Julien Tassin and his quartet tell a story about hope, resilience and expectations. Austrian handpan player Manu Delago is back from a second ReCycling Tour. The Villa Voortman Band presents its first album. Mieke Evenepoel tells and illustrates the life story of Adolphe Sax. And the editors look back on 2023 and look ahead.

And further: in a brand-new section, Lieven Keymolen explores with us the traces of jazz in poetry, and of poetry in jazz. Adia Vanheerentals is young & amazing. Maarten talks about pig intestines and watermelons. Tuur Florizoone shares not only his joy of playing with the audience, but also his record collection. We check out the label International Anthem. Patrick Auwelaert talks about a world-famous Flemish Cover artist with Michaël Borremans. Leon Lhoëst takes a trip to the land of Thelonious Monk. We serve up five reviews you didn't read online yet. And Ão's debut album gives you a wonderful feeling of saudade.