Jazzenede 2010 – Little Kim & the Alley Apple – Slappin’ Slim

Double bass player Selim Meiresonne alias Slappin’s Slim.

Jazzenede 2010 – Steven De Bruyn & Roland

Roland

Steven De Bruyn

Jazzenede 2010 – My Groovy Sisters – Rony Verbiest Kwartet

My Groovy Sisters had the difficult task to open the second Jazzenede festival day. My Groovy Sisters is a modern, 12-16 voice group, based in Ghent and directed by Ilse Duyck (singer/songwriter/composer). True to their motto “Let’s have some fun”, the charismatic singers, backed by pianist Luc Vermeir, put on a refreshing and much appreciated live show with vibrant and stimulating cabaret, gospel, jazz and pop songs.

My Groovy Sisters are: Ilse Duyck, Debora Van Durme, Elena Buyle, Sara Callebaut, Ellen Comhaire, Liesbet de Backer, Evelien De Jaeger, Lin Delcour, Sara Fiems, Kaatje  Hillewaere, Ineke Langaert, Celine Martens, Stephanie Muylle,  Nele Thienpont, Lieselot Vanroose and Karin Vlieg.

 Rony Verbiest is a popular Belgian accordion, bandoneon, harmonica and saxophone virtuoso with a compassion for jazz. Rony Verbiest learnt to play accordion at the age of six and studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. He played with various (big) bands and also worked with the very popular Flemish singer/songwriter Johan Verminnen. The musician from the neighbouring municipality Zelzate is a regular guest of Jazzenede. This year he was, together with Harry Happel (piano), Mary Hehuat (bass) and Luc Vandenbosche (drums), the highlight of the second day of the bi-anual blues, jazz and roots music festival. Rony Verbiest Kwartet celebrated music at its best this evening and overwhelmed the audience under the roof of the fully occupied “Duvel Droomschip” chapiteau with dynamic and passionate music, from dreamy musettes to sensuous tango nuevo and powerful jazz.

Harry Happel

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Jazzenede 2008 – Vindaloo Five

Vindaloo Five is a traditionalist jazz band from Assenede that plays an interesting mix of New Orleans standards and popular early classics. Vindaloo Five are: Karel Algoed (bass), Tom Callens (tenor saxophone), Bruno De Groote (guitar), Joris De Cock (trumpet, vocals) and Fredrik Van den Berghe (drums)

Karel Algoed

Tom Callens

Bruno De Groote

Frederik Van den Berghe

Joris De Cock

Jazzenede 2008 – Rootsmusic – Blues – Jazz

 

From August 6-10, the small Belgian polder village Assenede changed its name to Jazzenede. For five days, the Flemish village alongside expressway E34 Antwerp/Knokke was the place to be for fans of ambitious rootsmusic, blues and jazz.  The organizators Strandpaal 28 vzw and Vliet vzw presented on the occasion of this 3rd edition of the bi-annual music spectacle a highly interesting program:  more than 25 well worth hearing concerts - all free of charge - took place under ”Duvel Dream Ship” chapiteau (Duvel is a Belgian special beer with a subtle bitterness) on the festival site at the backside of the new town hall, at jazz pub Strandpaal, Diederiksplein, and at WZC St. Jozef retirement home. 

The real Music Band  opened the festival with a  moody dixieland  concert, on Wednesday,  August 6. The next days e.g. Ilse Duyck Group, Rony Verbiest Kwartet, Those Metal Boys with their Metal Toys, Roland & Bruno, Blues Lee, Jihye Lee Quintet, Stefan Bracaval Quartet, Waso, Tricycle, Phoenix Jazz Band, Vidaloo Five, Big Swing Band and Richard Roussselet – Marie-Anne Standaert Special Quintet came to Jazzenede. The very well-attended festival was finally closed on Sunday, August 10 at 11.30 pm with driving funk jazz of the seventies performed by Brazaville, the winners of the newcomer’s contest Jong Jazztalent Gent 2007.  In my opinion, the revelation of  Jazzenede 2008 was  Jihye Lee, a young talented singer from South Korea with a clear crisp voice, who - with her quartet – featured  an impressive performance with modern jazz improvisation and  Korean traditional melodies. I’m convinced Jihye Lee , currently student at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, will reach the jazz top very soon.