The Brussels Jazz Weekend is back for a third edition on 24, 25 and 26 May 2019. This free city festival offers a complete experience. Visitors will enjoy more than 100 concerts that weekend, but the discovery of jazz and Brussels starts here and now!

Get in the mood with:

– Jazziness. Our own podcast is the ideal warm-up for the festival. Just dive into the history of jazz. http://www.brusselsjazzweekend.be/podcast.php

– Jazzatars. Create your own jazzatar via our website and receive a tailor-made program. http://www.brusselsjazzweekend.be/jazzatar/

Be there on 24, 25 & 26 May for:

– Shop on Jazz. The Brussels Jazz Weekend team will set up city walks to explore Brussels’ finest spots and shops. https://m.me/BRUJAZZWE?ref=Discovery%20Routes

– Bru Jazz Brass. A procession of Belgian and European brass bands will be roaming the streets of the capital. http://www.brusselsjazzweekend.be/brujazzbrass.php

And also: Each outdoor stage has it’s own unique style and host. The main stage on the Grand Place is hosted by Viktor Lazlo. This French-Belgian singer became famous in the eighties and still successfully brings jazz to new audiences.

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MANNEKEN TOOTS

09:00 > 16:00
€ Free
@ Crossroads Rue de l’Etuve / Rue du Chêne, 1000 Brussels

On the occasion of the International Jazz Day, the Manneken-Pis will be dressed up as Toots Thielemans, the greatest Belgian harmonica player. Born in the Marolles, Brussels native Toots Thielemans (1922-2016) has played alongside some of the world’s greatest jazz artists.

STIB LOVES JAZZ

PLAYLIST

All day long
Special selection “Belgian musicians”. Broadcast on the entire network.

VIDEO PROJECTION

Broadcast all day long
€ Free
@ Métro Botanique

Selection of images from the archives of Sonuma.

LIVE SOUNDTRACK

18:00 > 19:00
€ Free
@ Espace Qartier
Métro Bourse-Grand-Place

Semi-improvised music, played live on the images of Charles Dekeukeleire’s films Combat de boxe (1927, duration 7min38sec) and Impatience (1928, duration 36min31sec), by the duo Benoît Leseure (violin and electronics) and Fabien Leseure (keyboard and electronics).

LIVE JAZZ AT THE MUSEUM

10:30 > 16:30 € Free
Reservation recommended
@ Les Lundis d’Hortense
info@leslundisdhortense.be | + 32 2 219 58 51

Five museums in Brussels open their doors to jazz by playing original duos in the exceptional setting of their halls. The opportunity to discover the city and its museums in a musical way!

 

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PROGRAM

10:30 > 11:15   JEAN-PAUL ESTIÉVENART / CEZARIUSZ GADZINA

Duo trumpet / saxophone
@ experience.brussels – Salle des Parapluies
Rue Royale 2-4, 1000 Brussels

Jean-Paul Estiévenart is a hard working, creative and inventive musical spirit. He is the most popular trumpet player of the Belgian jazz scene. In his ten-year career, he has had the opportunity to play with great names such as Enrico Pieranuzzi, Avishai Cohen, Logan Richardson, Noel Gallagher, Perico Sambeat, and Maria Schneider.. Estiévenart appears on more than 40 albums and has recorded two albums as a leader.

Polish saxophonist Cezariusz Gadzina studied at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Belgium) and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Grand Prize of the International Jazz Competition of Sorgues in France. Founder of the European Saxophone Ensemble (2008) and the Belgian Saxophone Ensemble (2012), Gadzina has performed in festivals and venues around the world.

12:00 > 12:45    JEAN-LOUIS RASSINFOSSE / JEANFRANÇOIS PRINS

Duo double bass / guitar
@ Museum of the National Bank of Belgium – Atrium
Rue Montagne aux Herbes potagères 57, 1000 Brussels

Bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse is a prominent figure in the Belgian jazz scene. He has toured the world with some of the greatest jazz musicians such as Philly Joe Jones, Clifford Jordan, Claudio Roditi, Richard Galliano, Michel Pettrucciani, Chet Baker, Steve Houben, Toots Thielemans, Eric Legnini « The Soul of Poets », and José Van Dam among others. His home-grown sound and singing upright bass resonates on more than a hundred albums. Unstoppable, he never ceases to surprise the listener!

Guitarist, composer, arranger and producer Jeanfrançois Prins has spent most of his career between New York City and Berlin, until recently moving back to his roots: Brussels. Collaborating with many international jazz giants, he performed and recorded all over Europe, the U.S.A., Latin America and Asia. A melodic story-teller, he enjoys risk-taking improvisation and organic interaction. Jeanfrançois has recorded 7 CDs as a leader, one can hear him on more than 50 other CDs as a guest soloist.

13:30 > 14:15    EVE BEUVENS / FRANÇOIS VAIANA

Duo piano / vocal
@ Jewish Museum of Belgium
Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Brussels

Pianist Eve Beuvens studied philosophy before beginning to study piano with Nathalie Loriers at the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel. Beuvens recorded her first quartet album in 2009. An ambitious and inspired composer, she has taken part in projects of very different styles, turning her into a determined and convincing musician. Solo projects, collaborations, or working as a bandleader of a septet under her own name, nothing can stop Eve Beuvens.

Before falling in love with singing, François Vaiana started music by playing bass and percussion. A former student of David Linx’s at the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel, he also studied music at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Being an eclectic musician he founded the « Brussels Vocal Project » and « Blue Monday People ». He also works as a lyricist for Loïs Levan and Tom Bourgeois’ projects.

15:00 > 15:45   PIERRE DE SURGÈRES / TOM BOURGEOIS

Duo keys / saxophone
@ BELvue museum – Pavillon Borgendael
Place des Palais 7, 1000 Brussels

Pianist Pierre de Surgères studied journalism and philosophy before beginning piano lessons with Diederik Wissels, Nathalie Loriers, and Kris Defoort at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. His stay in New York in 2008 allowed him to further enrich and deepen his style of playing. Throughout his career, he has participated in several contemporary jazz projects and has written soundtrack music for movies. He is now devoted to his trio project.

Originally from Lyon, France, Tom Bourgeois graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2015. He studied jazz saxophone, jazz composition and arranging, allowing him to develop a language between modern jazz and contemporary music. Interested by the blending of artistic disciplines, Tom plays and writes for projects with very different styles (jazz, chanson, experimental music, big band) and regularly writes music for long-feature movies, theater plays, and his own projects.

16:30 > 17:15      ALAIN PIERRE / SYLVAIN DEBAISIEUX

Duo guitar / saxophone
@ Belgian Museum of Freemasonry
Rue de Laeken 73 – 75, 1000 Brussels

For more than ten years, guitarist Alain Pierre has been playing on a 12-string guitar to explore the techniques of “classical guitar”. Founder of the record label “Spinach Pie Records”, he has performed in several groups with varying instrumentation in Europe, Turkey, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Congo, India, and Vietnam among others. Alain Pierre is currently teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the Conservatory of Huy.

In constant search of new sounds and new means of expression on his instrument, saxophonist Sylvain Debaisieux is a graduate of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. Sound, flow, energy and rhythm are at the core of his playing. Sylvain Debaisieux is currently developing his art and musical experimentation in various projects.

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On Saturday, June 22 at BOZAR, the famous director, who is also a clarinetist, will be on stage with musical director Eddy Davis and his band. It will be the first time in 10 years that Allen has performed in Belgium on the clarinet. This all-too-rare concert is part of a European tour he is undertaking this spring and summer. Other dates later this year include Amsterdam on June 24, Munich on June 26 and Milan on June 28.

The show, brought to this country by the leading Belgian promoter Greenhouse Talent, will be improvised each night with no firm set list as always and will comprise a diverse collection of early twentieth century tunes, hymns, blues and rag, drawing inspiration from a range of artists, including legendary performers such as Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone and Louis Armstrong.

It has been 36 years since Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band, led by musical director Eddy Davis, have been delighting audiences with a unique mix of New Orleans inspired music. It is no less than 23 years since their very first European tour in 1996, where they played 19 concerts in 21 days.

This was captured for the much-acclaimed documentary “Wild Man Sings the Blues’”, which was filmed by Oscar-winning director, Katherine Bigelow, who shadowed Woody and the band throughout the tour.

Allen and the band also play regularly to sell-out houses at The Café Carlyle in New York, which is famed for its musical heritage. For years, every Monday night Allen has played clarinet with the same band on the ground floor of the legendary Carlyle.

The American director, writer, actor, and comedian’s career spans more than six decades. He began his career as a comedy writer in the 1950s, writing jokes and scripts for television and publishing several books of short humour pieces.

Further info, including ticket details, via

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In 2016, the Balassi Institute came up with the idea of organizing regular Jazz concerts in its venue. The primary scope of the program was to provide quality entertainment for the local public by bringing the best Hungarian Jazz musicians to Brussels. In addition to this, the team aimed to create connections, to build musical bridges between prominent Belgian and Hungarian musicians. To do so, the Balassi Institute asked Tamás Zsári, saxophonist to team up with local Jazz musicians and invite for each concert a leading figure of the Hungarian Jazz scene.

Since the creation of the Balassi Jazz Club 10 sold out concerts were organized with acclaimed guest of the genre: Gábor Gadó and Laurant Blondieu, Roby Lakatos, Kristóf Bacsó, Béla Szalóky, Gábor Cseke, Gábor Winand, Mihály Borbély, János Hámori and Linda Kovács.

The next concert is scheduled for 21 February 2019 at 7PM with Elza Valle as lead singer. The Cuban singer and composer will captivate the public with her powerful and melancholic voice.

Elsa Valle (singer and composer) born in Cuba -descendant of a prestigous musician family- is living now in Europe. She studied in the best music academy in Havanna Escuela Nacional De Artes. Shortly after graduating she received her first appreciation at the famous Tropicana in Havana. She appeared at the most well-known Cuban and South-American festivals, earning worthily the praise of the audience and critics at the famous Cuban festival ”Boleros De Oro”. Her style can be defined as an interesting and fantastic blend of traditional and contemporary Cuban singing. Her voice and singing is melancholic, luscious and explosively improvisational at the same time. She brought her music and wonderful voice to a worldwide public by appearing at jazz, latin and pop festivals as San Remo Festival or La Bienal Flamenco Festival. She performed on stages captivated by Estremeno, Santana, Al di Meola or the legendary Cuban musicians from Buena Vista Social Club. Besides international appearances she captured the audience with her wonderful voice and talent also on the biggest Hungarian stages like Pepsi Sziget, opening for Omara Portuondo, Cachao Lopez, or Ibrahim Ferrer. Recently she has been working with her own group keeping the Cuban tradition alive by singing the jazz in her unique style mixing it with rhythm and melodies of Cuban music.

Balassi Jazz Club

The Balassi Jazz Club is formed by Tamás Zsári – saxophone, Gábor Ladányi – guitar, Bruno Castellucci – drums and Bart de Nolf – double bass.

Tamás Zsári

Born in Budapest, he graduated from the jazz department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. After graduating, he moved to the USA, where he lived and worked for 3 years. In 2001 he received an invitation to join the Budapest Jazz Orchestra and he is one of the founding members of the Modern Art Orchestra. He has played with internationally renowned musicians such as Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, Dave Liebmann and he performed at many festivals in Hungary and Europe. With his band, he also plays his own compositions. He is currently living in Brussels.

Bart De Nolf

Born in Bruges in 1965, he graduated at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent in ‘87 for double bass (classical). He attended jazz workshops in Dworp with John CLAYTON and Hein VAN DE GEYN from ‘81 to ‘84. Since 1986 he became member of the “BRT Jazz Orkest”, and he accompanied a number of soloists, like Horace PARLAN, Jerome RICHARDSON, Kenny WHEELER, Palle MIKKELBORG, Von FREEMAN. In April 97, he performed at Toots THIELEMANS’ 75th birthday concert in Brussels, with Toots, Philip CATHERINE and Brazilian stars Ivan LINS, Dori CAYMI, Oscar CASTRO-NEVES, Eliane ELIAS. Since then, he became a regular band member of the Toots Thielemans Quartet, and performed with Toots in Belgium, Europe, and around the world. He played several years with the French piano player Jean MARIE MACHADO’s “Sextet Andaloucia” and “Danzas”. In 2010, he formed a trio with English sax player ANDY SHEPPARD, and Belgian drummer DRE PALLEMAERTS. Together with Peter ERSKINE, he forms the rhythm section for the Frank DERUYTER Quartet.

Bruno Castellucci

He was born in Chatelet, Belgium. Since the age of 14 years, he plays the drums as a self-taught person. In 1962 he won the 1° price of drums at the Jazz Festival Adolph Sax Dinant, playing with René Thomas, Bobby Jaspar, Jacques Pelzer, Maurice Simon, Jean Leclerc, Francis Boland. From 1963 onwards is member of the Jazz quintet of Alex Scorier, played with Slide Hampton, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Benny Carter, Joe Pass, Walter Norris, Jigg’s Wiggham, Ferdinand Povel, Tete Montoliu, Palle Mikkelborg, Nathan Davis, Clark Terry, Red Rodney, Howard Johnson and Niels H.H. Pedersen. Since 1970 he have had recording sessions in Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Japan and Brazil. Between 1974 and 1980 he was member of the BRT Jazz Orchestra. He represented Belgium as a soloist In 1976 at the Jazz Festival of Pori in Finland, in 1977 at the Jazz Festival of Lubijana in Yugoslavia and in 1978 at the Noordring EBU Radio Concert. Since 1980 he is a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rythm combination and Brass.

Gábor Ladányi

was born in Budapest in 1993 in a musician family. He graduated from the faculty of jazz-guitar at the Kőbánya Music Shool, and from the faculty of classical guitar at Kodály Zoltán Music High School in Hungary. He has played in the Debrecen Big Band on several festivals in Hungary and recieved a gold award at the Big Band Festival in Budapest. Currently he is living in Brussels and studying at Koninklijk Conservatorium.

All concerts take place at the Balassi Institute  and are free of charge upon registration

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“In recent years, more and more jazz bands have been emerging in Brussels. A thriving scene made up of young talents such as Antoine Pierre, Jean-Paul Estiévenart, Melanie De Biasio and Esinam Dogbatse coupled with leading figures such as Aka Moon or Philip Catherine illustrates the creativity and mix on show in Brussels. Not to mention the legend of Brussels jazz, Toots Thielemans who put Brussels on the map with his contributions on several legendary albums by great American stars. Edinburgh, a city known internationally for its cultural life and Jazz Festival, which welcomes thousands of visitors every year, has a large network of venues and partners in the area, which will allow our artists to perform in prestigious locations, have the pleasure of playing with Scottish musicians and broaden their audience,” Rachid Madrane, Minister of Promotion of Brussels at the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

For this 4th edition, the spirit remains the same, to make Brussels shine by highlighting its artists. Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is renowned for featuring extraordinary musicians based on their outstanding performances, rather than their name recognition in Scotland. As they survey the jazz world, they are amazed by the quality of some European jazz scenes, and it’s a thrill to offer a very special snapshot of one of the most exciting places for jazz in 2019: Brussels.

Belgium has played a key role in jazz history. The iconic jazz instrument, the saxophone, was created by a Belgian – Adolphe Sax – and Django Reinhardt, the Belgian guitarist, was the first non-American, to be a major international jazz star and to almost single-handedly created a European jazz style – gypsy swing – that endures to this day. There have been many Brussels jazz greats, from Phillip Catherine to Toots Thielemans, but nothing to match the current crop of brilliant musicians.

From Thursday 7 February to Saturday 9 February 2019, Thrill presents twelve concerts that highlight the best of the new Brussels jazz scene in some iconic Edinburgh venues: The Queen’s Hall, The Jazz Bar, St Brides Centre and on the High Street.

Thrill kicks off in the Queen’s Hall with a celebration of the music made famous by the Belgian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt with a thrilling five-star international Gypsy Swing double bill featuring Les Violons de Bruxelles + Rose Room. Led by violin superstar Tcha Limberger, Les Violons de Bruxelles are an all-string swing orchestra playing gypsy music with virtuosity, verve and panache. Fronted by Seonaid Aitken, Rose Room, re-create the excitement of Rive Gauche Paris where Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli set alight the jazz clubs of the 1930s and 40s.

The programme at St Brides also includes double headers, with STRATA + Antoine Pierre URBEX, two young bands at the forefront of the new jazz scenes in Belgium and Scotland. On Saturday, saxophonist Toine Thys Trio, featuring guest guitarist Hervé Samb, are paired with leading Scottish group Colin Steele Quintet. Later Brussels jazz legends, Aka Moon, feature opposite Laura MacDonald’s History of Sax.

The Jazz Bar programme kicks off with a Scottish/Belgian Sextet featuring three musicians from each country: the Thrill Sextet play in double bill followed by Mâäk quintet. Piano jazz features with Oriental Jazz Project + Martin Salemi Trio. ESINAM delivers hypnotic, dance-floor beats with a spiritual jazz feel. Brandhaard and Echoes of Zoo deliver exciting contemporary jazz, one with a New York feel, one with eclectic influences.

The High Street is the setting for an extraordinary outdoor performance on Saturday 9 February. Thrill the City features steaming gnaoua drums. Moroccan percussionists and red-hot saxophones will create a carnival of rhythms. The three performances are free and last 20 minutes.

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UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day seven years ago to highlight jazz and its role in uniting people around the world. And so, every year on the 30th of April, Brussels celebrates this tribute to jazz music and its power in uniting people.

A series of concerts, events, and performances will take place today, starting from morning and going right up until the night. These include:

A piano marathon

Starting from 08:00 and going up until 18:00, you will have the chance to witness some of Belgium’s best pianists play hour long gigs at various locations in the city.

Improv class

This free improvisation group lets you go wild and experiment in the true spirit of jazz, Creation on the spot, intense and honest!

Jazz ensemble from The Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music

Six different professors of music take you up and down the meandering pathways of jazz at these free concerts Only some of the wide variety of ends on offer today are listed here, but the ones that are here are free.

So why not celebrate the coming together of the world with some groovy tunes and great beats in one of the many events on offer for this year’s international jazz day.

Full programme here

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On Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018, the Marni Theater in Brussels hosted a 50th birthday celebration of another remarkable Belgian jazz figure: Anne Wolf. Born in Brussels to a father who loved painting, and a pianist mother who loved Chopin, Wolf joined the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1985. A master class in Paris with the exceptional Michel Petrucciani changed her life forever.

“It’s a pleasure to share this evening with you, and with musicians who are close to my heart,” said Wolf at the start of the evening. The concert was one of the headlines of the River Jazz festival, jointly organised by three institutions who care a great deal about the promotion of jazz music in Brussels: Senghor Cultural Center, Jazz Station, and the Marni Theater. Its fourth edition, the festival runs from 12th until the 27th of January and is hosting world-known musicians and bands like Richard Galliano, Marc Ribot, the Steve Houben quartet; Yves Teicher and Fabian Fiorini, among others. With concerts for kids, conferences and exhibitions, the festival had an activity for everyone.

“This is a composition inspired by the three kids I met in Gambia,” said Wolf, introducing one of the first pieces where she shared the stage with bassist Theo De Jong, singer Magda Mendes, percussionist and flutist Esinam Dogbatse, and drummer Lionel Beuvens. Mendes captivated the audience with her soft, melancholic skat-singing, reminiscent perhaps of a distant sunset in her native Portugal. Dogbatse is a multifaceted artist, one moment playing the drums, the next one beguiling the crowd with the delicate, whisper of her flute.

In front of a full-house theatre, Wolf performed a set of compositions that varied in style and rhythm: blues, sambinhas, bossanovas, smooth jazz, and French chanson too. Then she left the stage and found a seat amid the audience, ceded her place at the piano to another great Belgian musician, Nathalie Loriers, who delighted the audience with compositions by Wolf, but also by Belgian composer Pierre van Dormael.

Long-time friend Bo Waterschoot performed a heart-rending bass duet with Theo De Jong where Waterschoot displayed the mastery she holds over her instrument. High and low notes, quick or prolonged, Waterschoot knew how. After Loriers, in came pianist Ivan Paduart, who greeted Wolf somewhere in the distance, then sat down and began to pay his tribute.

In a handful of pieces, Philippe Decock played the harmonica and knocked out the audience. Averting his eyes, introvert, almost self-effacing, he accompanied Mendes voice, or Dogbatse’s flute, or simply improvised a blue, melodic line that seemed to come from the depths of his heart. At the end, all the musicians gathered on stage and bowed, then Wolf played one last piece before thanking the audience and saying good night.

Good to know:

The River Jazz Festival ends on Saturday with the Tuur Florizoone trio at Jazz Sation; Nowhere at Senghor; and Psül at Marni Theater.

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At sixty two, Uri Caine has come to Brussels to delight the audience, with Beethoven’s music, but also with Jazz. On Thursday January 18^th, the American pianist and composer performed at Flagey accompanied by the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Alexander Hanson. The concert was one of the headlines of the Brussels Jazz Festival at Flagey, which is taking place from the 11^th until the 20^th of January. The festival has received jazz artists and bands such as the Enrico Rava Tribe, Soweto Kinch, Tony Allen, Mâäk, and many more.

Wearing loose, black clothes and rimless glasses, Caine met the audience at Flagey’s studio four. With an untucked shirt he sat behind the grand piano and began to play the theme of the Diabelli’s variations with virtuosity. The first half of the program consisted of the Diabelli Variations for Chamber Orchestra and improvised Piano solo, a piece Caine composed in 2001. Throughout the performance there were segments that resembled Beethoven’s composition, but also moments of ragtime jazz, smooth passages with string instruments, as well as the first few notes of the Moonlight Sonata. Caine seemed to be enjoying himself while performing his own composition, which included instances when he slapped the side of the piano, clapped, and even sneezed.

The second part of the concert included the piece commissioned by Flagey and De Bijloke, specifically for this event. The world premiere of Agent Orange included the performances by jazz master Dave Liebman on the saxophone, John Hebert on the double bass, and DJ Olive at the mixing table. The composition, which in its title includes a veiled reference to the US president, has a rich percussive element, with three musicians at the back of the stage busy shifting from one percussion instrument to the next. At different points one can hear the sounds of a woman laughing, a baby babbling, or a man groaning, going on for a while, then fading away. But the gift of the night was Liebman’s performance, whose soprano saxophone filled the hall with its amazing, delicate sounds.

On Friday the 19^th, Kurt Rosenwinkel’s Bandit 65 will perform at 21:00, while Matthew Herbert’s Brexit Big Band and Choir will delight the audience on Saturday night.

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This is the man Flagey will pay tribute on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Philip Catherine will celebrate its birthday this Friday surrounded by great jazz musicians such as Bert Van den Brink or Nicola Andrioli.  It will be a multitasking evening for Catherine as he will play in duo, trio, quartet and even quintet.

Philip Catherine is not a Bruxellois de pure souche but he became one. He was born in London back in 1942, of a Belgian father and an English mother, and moved to Brussels when he was only 6-years old.

Catherine started on guitar in his teens, and by seventeen he was performing professionally at local venues. He released his debut album, Steam, in 1970. During the next few years, he studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, with Mick Goodrick and George Russell. In 1976, he and the guitarist Larry Coryell recorded and toured as an acoustic duo. The following year he recorded with Charles Mingus, who dubbed him « Young Django ». He has performed all over Europe as well as he received many awards, such as the Django d’Or” in 1998 (Paris), the “Maestro Honoris Causa” in 2002 (Antwerp Conservatory) and the “Best International Guitarist” in 2016 (Hamburg). Philippe Catherine released more than 20 albums.

You can watch Philip Catherine’s birthday concert via Flagey’s livestream. 

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