Events

Saturday 18/01/2025

Since 2003, Jazz re:freshed has been a renowned London-based, multi-faceted arts organisation and cultural institution. At the invitation of the Brussels Jazz Festival, they are curating the closing...
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Friday 17/01/2025

DJ Khalab has built an international career with his unique fusion of traditional African sounds, deep bass lines, jazz, and electronic music. In all his works, he promotes the rich African musical c...
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Activist jazz with a sharp focus, contemplation, and moments of joy. This is what the American jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, led by musician and poet Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother), brings t...
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One of Belgium’s most adventurous bands, De Beren Gieren, is releasing their seventh full album What Eludes Us (2024, Sdban Ultra). It is an ode to what escapes us and what we consciously choose to i...
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Altera Vita (2024, BBE Music) is a tribute to Pharaoh Sanders and the first studio album by the multi-award-winning duo Tony Kofi and Alina Bzhezhinska. On this album, saxophone and harp blend in per...
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Thursday 16/01/2025

Dishwasher_ laat zich moeilijk in een hokje plaatsen. Het label ‘jazzband’ doet hun eclectische muziek tekort. Vrije improvisatie blijft niettemin een belangrijke pijler en verraadt hun jazzroots. He...
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For the sixth time, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and Flagey join forces to make a jazz master sound even better: by putting him on stage with symphonic orchestra Brussels Philharmonic. This season, we pr...
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Expressiveness, inventiveness and creativity are central to both Bram De Looze's solo projects and his collaborations. For his trio Vice Versa, Bram surrounds himself with two resounding names from t...
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Wednesday 15/01/2025

Met Bodies brengt Alejandra Borzyk uitzonderlijke muzikanten samen uit de internationale jazzscene. Het resultaat is een Brussels ensemble dat experimenteert met saxofoon en synthesizers. Hun diverse...
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The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and breath. This riveting sound was f...
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Tuesday 14/01/2025

Ontdek de volgende generatie jazzmuzikanten! Voor het eerst vindt de Toots Thielemans Jazz Award plaats tijdens het Brussels Jazz Festival, dankzij de nieuwe samenwerking tussen Flagey en het Koninkl...
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Sunday 12/01/2025

Jazz pianist Bram De Looze is known for challenging himself by collaborating with artists who inspire him and by exploring other musical traditions. This time, he invites a Korean gayageum player to...
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Verwacht geen traditioneel concert van The Rising Moon, het improviserend collectief rond gitarist Willem Heylen. Ze stelden zich de vraag: wat als de band niet voor het publiek op een podium speelt,...
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Saturday 11/01/2025

The party band KVR creates incredibly infectious, danceable music. Drummer Lander Gyselinck and bassist Dries Laheye, both known from STUFF, create a unique mix of electronics, grooves, and sharp dru...
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Vijf sleutelfiguren uit de Britse jazzscene verenigen hun krachten in de superband Flock. In hun nieuwste release Flock II (2024, Strut Records) verleggen ze de grenzen van hun composi...
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On his solo debut City Swamp (2024, New Soil), Jake Long dives deep into creating a compelling rhythmic world. The British drummer, a member of the post-punk band Snapped Ankles, toured the world wit...
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Friday 10/01/2025

Y-Otis, the band led by Swedish tenor saxophonist Otis Sandjö, will bring the evening to an end in a very festive way. He delivers a taste of Berlin’s underground scene, and crafts a mosaic of s...
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As artist in residence, Bram De Looze will present three new projects at the Brussels Jazz Festival 2025. For his first performance, the jazz pianist surrounds himself with American greats Thomas Mor...
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All Black Everything… The warm soulful voice and groovy bass lines of Amy Gadiaga’s latest EP linger for days after the first listen. This London-based singer and bassist’s fresh and unique style con...
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Simon Comté, one of the most promising saxophonists of his generation, performs his own original compositions with his quartet. Surrounded by the crème de la crème of the young jazz scene, the focus...
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Thursday 09/01/2025

What better way to open the tenth edition of the Brussels Jazz Festival than with one of the most powerful tenor saxophonists of our time? Last year, David Murray once again demonstrated his "passion...
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Saturday 20/01/2024

This South African double bill is without a doubt one of the highlights of the Brussels Jazz Festival: Drummer Asher Gamedze opens with his new album Turbulence and Pulse in which he plays with the c...
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Friday 19/01/2024

Brussels group Bandler Ching stands for an infectious mix of contemporary jazz with electronica, trap, hip-hop, global beats and delicious improvisations. The group closes the evening with their debu...
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A legend on stage! Flagey welcomes multi-instrumentalist Kahil El'Zabar, who comes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his groundbreaking album Ethnic Heritage Ensemble as well as his own 70th birth...
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