Greg Houben (trumpet, compositions), Ivan Paduart (piano, compositions), Cédric Raymond (bass), Mimi Verderame (drums)

Son of the famous saxophonist and jazz flautist Steve Houben and of a mother who produces shows, Greg Houben has a heart that swings between Belgium and Brazil, between music, theater and French song...

He is a polymorphous artist, but his trumpet is his most faithful friend: he takes it with him in his numerous projects, which lead him to the biggest Belgian and international stages.

The quartet's repertoire will be a mix of standards and compositions of the two main soloists, both sharing an undeniable melodic fiber.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Brazilian Music

Vincent Penasse (sax), Arthur Hirtz (sax), Simon Comté (sax), Duilio Ingrosso (sax),
Fil Caporali (bass), Jan de Haas (drums), Ricardo Sibalde (arrangements)

Since the beginning of his career as a jazzman, Vincent Penasse always enjoyed playing in different salsa and brazilian groups such as: Chama, Brasil tropical,samba lanço and many more.

“Montuno” is the first band he created in 1985 together with Daniel Moffat and Frankie Rose.

After that, Vincent Penasse decided to travel to Brazil where he lived there from 1999 to 2010 in Salvador de Bahia. During his period in Brazil he had the opportunity to play in different Brazilian bands such as forro, bossa nova, samba and jazz bands. He played with multiple artists including: Lima Alves, Mou Brasil, Tati Lima, Arrocha o no, Roberval Santos and Horracio Barros Reis.

In the city of Salvador, he met Ricardo Sibalde, which is a musical arranger for Carlinhos Brown.

Together, Ricardo Sibalde and Vincent Penasse worked hard on the creation of a saxophone quartet which has as a repertory music from the Nord-East of Brazil.

The style of the Araucaria band is a very particular style in which they mix popular music from Brazil such as samba and specifics rhythms from Bahia, while creating a jazz feeling and making room for improvisation.

The repertory is made out of Brazilian composers and some tunes written by Vincent Penasse.

VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/KRqzXeDSDUY

TICKET: 20€ Members – No Members 22€

TWO LADY SINGERS IGNITE PASSION WHERE JAZZ MEETS SOUL
Hanne Vansant & Dunja Mees

Hanne Vansant (vocals), Dunja Mees (vocals), Mathieu De Wit (music director & piano),
Julien Fraipont (double bass) and Didier Van Uytvanck (drums)

Prepare for an entertaining celebration of the unique attraction of two vocalists who love to perform how jazz has been influenced by soul music.

Hanne Vansant and Dunja Mees, two of Belgium’s leading soul and jazz singers, will share the stage interpreting famous songs like “Moanin’”, “Work Song,” and lots more. They will pay tribute to iconic musicians like Cannonball Adderley and Bobby Timmons as Hanne and Dunja passionately combine blues and churchlike harmonies and melodies, together with jazzlike rhythms and instrumentation. Experience vocal crossovers where jazz and soul are superbly interwoven. Feel that indefinable thing that moves you. Take a musical journey through the history of soul-jazz. What’s more, enjoy also what “Jazz & Soul” combined sound like today.

They will be accompanied by equally outstanding musicians. Directed by Mathieu De Wit (piano), his jazz trio also features Julien Fraipont (double bass) and Didier Van Uytvanck (drums). It’s an entertaining evening that you absolutely want to experience for yourself.

Introducing Singers Sunday ! During 2023, on the last Sunday of every month, The Music Village will present a special concert with the spotlight on vocalists. Each Singers Sunday will feature a pair of professional singers. Every month, a different musical theme. Every month, an entertaining celebration of passion for vocal jazz accompanied by a trio of top musicians. Every month, a splendid experience for everyone of all ages.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Yuxiang Zhang (Guitar), Umberto Odone (Drums), Emanuel Van Mieghem (Double bass) + guest Warre Van De Putte (Tenor saxophone)

Mojo Jojo is a trio formed by Yuxiang Zhang (Guitar), Umberto Odone (Drums), Emanuel Van Mieghem (Double bass). Together they've been developping their compositions with a unique sound that draws inspiration from each individuals musical influences.

Recently they have been expanding the project with the great Warre Van De Putte on Tenorsaxophone.

VIDEO LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfbEYyPr_Y

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Time to Rag

Renaud Crols (Piano/vocals), Laurent Vigneron (Drums), Antoine Lissoir (Clarinet/Sax)

Back to the roots with this new project led by Antoine Lissoir: A tribute to the great composers of ragtime. Surrounded by Renaud Crols on piano and Laurent Vigneron on drums, he will play some of Scott Joplin's huge hits, other lesser known pearls and even some of his own compositions.
As some musicians like Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong or Jelly Roll Morton did, the trio will appropriate these magnificent pieces of history.

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Flavio Rio Band (Soul Music)

Flavio Rio (vocals, piano), Gabriele Di Franco (guitar), Théo Zipper (bass), Théo Teboul (drums), Annalisa Tessarolo (backing vocals), Gabriel West (backing vocals), Egutchi Diop (backing vocals)

Brussels-based Italian singer-songwriter Flavio Rio has been prominently active in Brussels music scene over the last five years.

For this very occasion, he put together some of the finest musicians in Brussels to deliver a pure soulful experience!

Get ready to hear surprising arrangements and to sing along some of the greatest tunes by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Bruno Mars and more!

VIDEO LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjGZk1GZ2NE

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

FROM BACH TO HENDRIX

Fabrice Eulry (piano)

From Bach to Hendrix, Fabrice Eulry offers one of most dynamic piano shows in a complete rainbow of music atmosphere.

VIDEO LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfF8S6r2qAM

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Michael Varekamp (trumpet, vocals), Peter Verhas (clarinet),
Jasper Soffers (piano), Harry Emmery (bass), Erik Kooger (drums)

Frontman Michael Varekamp is ten years when he picks up the trumpet and start living his dream to follow Louis’ footsteps. Ten years later he performs all over the world with the Dutch Swing College Band and works furthermore  Kenny Ball, Scott Hamilton and Branford Marsalis ao. The other virtuoso bandmembers such as masterpianist Harry Kanters and legendary bassplayer Harry Emmery worked with great musicians like Chet Baker, Leroy Jones and Dorothy Donegan to name a few. Drummer Erik Kooger is probably the most spectacular Dutch drummer at the moment. Peter Verhas on clarinet/sax is well known in the scene of New-Orleans and Swingmusic.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

A tribute to the Great American Repertoire

Adında HERTMANS (vocals), Fil CAPORALI (doublebass), Martin SALEMI (piano) Raphaël AURAND (drums)

Raphaël AURAND met ADINDA HERTMANS during their studies at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Royal Conservatory of Brussels), as well as studying together, they found out also a deep sharing love for American music, including the great repertoire of the Great American Songbook, with composer as Gershwin or Mancini.

Naturally they started to play together, either old jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, and their own compositions.

Along with two of the most reQuested musicians on the Belgian Scene, Martin SALEMI on piano and Fil CAPORALI, they will serve a swinging music that will make you want to clap your hands as well as a sincere and poetic music that will cheer you up and enlighten your night. Be there to witness this amazing two generations band!

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Johannes Eimermacher (alto sax), François Sponar (guitar), Sophian Bourire (double bass),
Benjamin Sauzereau (drums)

Joy, swing, melodies and a discreet proportion of chaos by these four very active musicians inspired by the sharing dimension of music and the mythical city of Filford.

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LATIN JAZZ

Jérémy Dumont (piano), Humberto Gonzalez (baby Bass and electric bass and vocals),
Leonid Muñoz (Percussion), Adrien Verderame (drums) +spécial guest : horns and vocals

This project goes in different style of jazz and Cuban music, influences by chucho Valdez, Ruben Rodriguez , chick corea , and more recently Alain Perez and Michel Camilo

This is a fusion between jazz and Latin for all amateurs of Latin groove and jazz improvisations.

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Franz Liszt Award Winner

Attila László (guitar), Tamás Zsári (saxophone), Reggie Jonas (piano),
Bart de Nolf (double bass), Bruno Castellucci (drums)

An outstanding representative of Hungarian jazz music, started his career in 1977.

In 1985 he founded his band called Things with Tony Lakatos.

During his career he worked with many famous musicians, such as Randy Brecker, Anthony Jackson, James Moody, Tommy Campbell, Billy Cobham, Miroslav Vitous, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Russell Ferrante and Patti Austin.

He’s been teaching at the Jazz Department of Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest since 1987 as an associate professor.

With his own bands he has released 13 albums. He composed the first Hungarian jazz-guitar concerto for guitar, strings and woodwinds.

He recorded the album ‘On the Broadway’ with Tony Lakatos from which album some of the songs can be heard in The Music Village. (www.laszloattila.com)

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Vanessa Matthys (vocals), Ivan Paduart (piano), Bart Denolf (bass),
Bruno Castellucci (drums)

95 year old Burt Bacharach is a true songwriter legend. “Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember” is one of his motto’s and boy, did he live up to that standard. Jazz vocalist Vanessa Matthys arranged several of his greatest hits. Her jazzy, delicate and soulful voice is accompanied by Ivan Paduart (piano), Bart Denolf (bass) and Bruno Castellucci (drums). What the world needs now is … a wonderful night at Musicvillage filled with Bacharach hits.

VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8WtGFQUuU

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

From Old Style to Golden Age & Bossa

Camille Setier (vocals), Bastien Jeunieaux (guitar), Ben Teki (drums), Sofiane Remadna (bass)

Made from desperate love, torn passions, unconditional hopes and joy, jazz standards all bring us to listen to the deep heart of human nature. Night Tales, a Brussel-based acoustic project with groove and bossa touches, takes another tender look at those urban lyric tales. An immersion into different periods and traditions of this thousand facets genre ; from old style to golden age and bossa Nova…

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Kreshen (vocals), Solstice (vocals), Sylvie Sansalone (bass), Guy Rens (piano),
Marc Deprez (guitar), Mike Florida (drums)

MoonOnMan performs it’s Tribute to the legendary band of the 80’ies called CHIC.

Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with Guitarist Nile Rogers and bassist Bernard Edwards,

Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977 and became since that moment one of the biggest band of the late Disco era.

Inspired by Roxy Music, Chic developed a sound that was a fusion of jazz, soul, and funk grooves with melodies and lyrics with a European influence.

Rodgers wrote and produced music for other artists such as Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, David Bowie, INXS, Duran Duran, Madonna and lots more.

Rodgers & Edward had written, produced, and performed on albums that have sold more than 500 million units and 75 million singles worldwide !!!

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

TaoYu (Tenor Sax), YuTing- Li (Piano), Federico Stocchi (Bass), Gionata Giardina (Drums)

Taoyu a saxophonist from China, she met her friends Yuting (TaiWan), Ferderico  (Italy) and Gionata (Italy) in Brussels, this time they're going to play her compositions.

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TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Tribute to Sting

.Natacha Wuyts (Lead vocals), Magy Tyson (Lead Vocals), Maxime Moyaerts (Piano), Guylain Domas (Bass),
Lucas Vanderputten (Drums)

Leader of 'The Police', a major 80s rock band with an improbable name, Sting began a solo career in 1985 with the release of the

album «The Dream of the Blue Turtles», the first album of a poprockcareer with many other hits:

"If you Love Somebody" "Englishman in New York", 'Fragile', 'Message in the bottle'...

He is considered one of the most brilliant and talented musicians in the world.

Today, these five passionated musicians propose to take you into the fabulous Sting's universe.

Goosebumps guaranteed.

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Tribute to Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

Alain Cupper (Baritone Sax), Michel Paré (Trumpet), Everton Rodrigues (Doublebass), Pierre Ferrand (Drums)

In the early 1950s, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker formed a group that is considered one of the most important and original formations in the history of jazz.

Baritone saxophonist Alain Cupper and trumpet player Michel Paré, backed by Brazilian bassist Everton Rodriguez and French drummer Pierre Ferrand, revisit the repertoire, compositions and arrangements of Mulligan's legendary Pianoless Quartet, the spearhead of the Jazz Cool era.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Olivier Collette (piano), Salvatore La Rocca (bass),
Bilou Doneux (drums) Toine Thys (clarinet,sax), Philippe Laloy (flute,sax),
Maayan Smith (sax), Eliott Knuets (guitar)

The Heptone is a jazz club in Ittre. To celebrate its anniversary, the Heptone gathers every year its "SUPER BAND". The band presents a festive concert with a varied and eclectic repertoire arranged for 3 multi-instrumentalists and rhythm section.

The program includes jazz classics, pop-rock and personal compositions. The group moves !!!.

VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/AnG9DEWeypA

TICKET: 20€ Members – No Members 22€

AFRO JAZZ

Malick Pathé Sow (Lead Vocals, Hoddu Guitar), Bao Sissoko (Kora),
Robert Falk (Guitar, Bass), Mady Kouyate (Bass, Balafon), Ocatve Agbekpenou (Percussions)

Malick Pathé Sow is internationally recognized as one of the great talents of Senegalese music. A descendant of a long lineage of “griots” (the guardians of tradition and folklore within the halpulaar people) he is a master of the “hoddu”, which is the african ancestor of today’s banjo.

His duet with Bao Sissoko on kora (another west African instrument) has toured the world and won a Top of The World Review for his CD Aduna

In this new formula Malick promotes a more jazzy approach to his music, bringing in veteran guitar player Robert Falk who has made a name for himself in the afro-jazz scene as co-soloist.

Multi-instrumentist Mady Kouyate from Guinea and percussionist Octave Agbekpenou from Togo complete the set-up.

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Alexandre Hessabi (guitar), Wajdi Riahi (piano), Robert Jukic (bass) Oscar Georges (drums)

With this new quartet, Alexandre Hessabi (guit.) wanted to be working on textures and sounds as much as on melody and improvisation. To do so, he gathered some of the best musicians of Brussels jazz scene. Together they will build around compositions and jazz standard, a music that is all about the instant, sharing a common will with connected energy, looking towards that moment when everyone feels united as one.

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TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Afro Yambi Jazz

On the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Pierre Lognay will give a concert with Afro Yambi Jazz at the Music Village

Special guests on this occasion, not to be missed under any circumstances.

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Eeco Rijken Rapp (piano/vocals), Tristan Patigny (drums), Stefan Willems (bass), Peter Verhas (sax)

Since 2007, Eeco has been traveling throughout Europe and the United States as a solo pianist. For 10 years he mainly played classical music but when he was 17 years old he switched to jazz and boogie woogie. He learned the intricacies from the Dutch jazz pianist Rob Agerbeek. He has since built up an international reputation. With his trio Boogielicious, Eeco regularly performs in Germany and Switzerland. In 2014 he put together his newest band: “Eeco Swing & Boogie Express”. Consisting of a formation of only toppers in Classic Jazz with, among others, Frits Landesbergen, Bert Boeren and Edwin Corzilius.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Xandra Willis (vocals), Johan Clement (piano), Sal La Rocca(bass), Luc Vanden Bosch (drums)

This evening Jazz/Soul singer Xandra Willis, will pay homage to the most enchanting jazz standards, from The American Songbook.

Xandra graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music "cum laude." She has performed with several big bands and her Jazz Quintet.

Played at the North Sea Jazz festival and on all kinds of stages in Europe.

This evening she will perform music from The American Songbook.

Xandra's favorite ballads such as: We'll be together again, The nearness of you and Georgia on My Mind, are on the set list. And of course swing classics like: Sentimental Journey and Duke Ellington's 'In a Mellow Tone' are not forgotten either.

It will be a classic evening of jazz! So come join us and enjoy....

VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/A5yovJoVUno

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

What's Trending

Leo Sidran (guitar, vocals), Max Darmon (bass),
Romain Bouiges (drums), Paul Sany (piano)

Leo Sidran presents What's Trending, the Grammy winning singer-songwriter's eighth solo record. In many ways it picks up where his celebrated 2021 release The Art Of Conversation left off. If The Art was a “hymn to empathy” (El Pais, Spain) and “a treasure chest of intimate and introspective portraits of family life during the pandemic” (West Coast Soul, Germany), this latest release is a hip, deeply personal exploration of how music can make life more livable in difficult times.

VIDEO LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4aI9giAf8

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Simon Groppe (piano), Lorenzo Di Maio (guitar), Robert Jukic (bass), Oscar Georges (drums)

After playing in different context with Robert, Simon and Lorenzo, Oscar decided to gather them inivte them to play his own compositions. It's the first time that the four friends will play Oscar's new music in Brussels. The music, inspired by the last twenty years of Modern Music composers and Modern Jazz musicians, will guide you through Oscar's own musical world.

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TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Joseph Nowell (Piano), Umberto Odone (Drums), Lorenzo Simoncelli (Bass)

Born in Legnano (MI) on 8 December 1972. He began studying piano in 1980 under the guidance of Irina Langôva.

In the years that followed, as a keyboard player, he gained his first musical experiences in small bands, among which Fabio Lorenti and the Patente F band stands out for its ability, despite the young age of its members.

The band played between 1989 and 1991, gaining much praise and recognition.

Between 1991 and 1993, in addition to continuing as a keyboard player, he worked with Westudio Records and Pongo Edizioni Musicali as a studio manager manager.

In 1994, driven by a passion for listening to Blues music, he began studying the diatonic harmonica with the help of Egidio Ingala and, at the same time as studying the harmonica, he resumed studying the piano with maestro Sante Palumbo, a leading name in Jazz pianism in Italy.

In 2002, he met Max De Aloe and immediately became attracted to the chromatic harmonica.

Once he was introduced to the instrument, he perfected himself first with Sante Palumbo and later with Luciano Zadro (2005 - 2009) in order to deepen his knowledge of 'jazz' harmony and improve himself in improvisation.

From 2006 to 2008 he performed in a duo with pianist Markelian Kapedani, playing a repertoire of Balkan/jazz music.

In 2008, he released his first solo album: TUTTOLOGY, a pop/jazz work mainly focusing on harmonica soloism

From 2010 to 2014, he was leader of the band "the Magnetoscopics" with whom he produced the album "Heart Attack" in 2012. In recent years the band has performed in clubs all over Italy and has become a reference point on the Italian independent blues scene.

In 2013 he was a guest at the Harmonica summer festival in Varna Bulgaria and performed on Bulgarian radio and television.

from 2014 to 2017 he was a member of the Swiss band 'Marco Marchi & the mojo workers' with whom he performed an average of 60 concerts a year all over Europe and took part in some of the most important European blues&jazz festivals: Lucerne Blues Festival, JazzAscona, Blues to Bop Lugano, Hondarribia Blues Spain, Jazzfovaros Hungary, Moon &Stars festival.

from 2018 to 2020 he resides in Brussels, and it is there that the writing of the 3rd album BREEJO takes shape, an album aimed at returning to Italy in 2021

VIDEO LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jzf2IIJMU

TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€

Björn Ingelstam (vocals, trumpet), Maxime Moyaerts (piano), Armando Luongo (drums), (bass)

The internationally acclaimed trumpeter Bjorn Ingelstam has, with his roots in southern Sweden, been a frequent figure on the European Jazz Scene from an early age. Since moving to New York in 2013 and later on to Paris in 2019 he has developed a unique sound within the Jazz tradition with a refined, modern approach still deeply rooted in the fundamentals of the music with focus on groove, swing and the blues.

The group is consisting of some of the finest musicians in Europe and the program will be a melting pot of musical genres all coming together under the arch of The Great American Songbook.

Don’t miss this!

VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/Ak_5CgyGtY4

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

Björn Ingelstam (vocals, trumpet), Maxime Moyaerts (piano), Armando Luongo (drums), (bass)

The internationally acclaimed trumpeter Bjorn Ingelstam has, with his roots in southern Sweden, been a frequent figure on the European Jazz Scene from an early age. Since moving to New York in 2013 and later on to Paris in 2019 he has developed a unique sound within the Jazz tradition with a refined, modern approach still deeply rooted in the fundamentals of the music with focus on groove, swing and the blues.

The group is consisting of some of the finest musicians in Europe and the program will be a melting pot of musical genres all coming together under the arch of The Great American Songbook.

Don’t miss this!

VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/Ak_5CgyGtY4

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€

TWO LADY SINGERS CELEBRATE BROADWAY JAZZ NIGHT

Lorena del Mar (vocals), Lynn Cassiers (vocals), Mathieu De Wit (music director & piano), Sal La Rocca (double bass) and Armando Luongo (drums)

Prepare for an entertaining celebration and special evening with two vocalists whose passion is jazz on Broadway.

Lorena del Mar from Spain and Lynn Cassiers, one of Belgium’s major jazz voices, will share the stage and bring you beloved classics of the golden era of jazz on Broadway. Experience some of the world’s most enduring music by the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter and many more.

They will be accompanied by equally outstanding musicians. Directed by Mathieu De Wit (piano), his jazz trio also features Sal La Rocca (double bass) and Armando Luongo (drums). It’s an entertaining evening that you absolutely want to experience for yourself.

Singers Sunday ! During 2023, on the last Sunday of every month, The Music Village will present a special concert with the spotlight on vocalists. Each Singers Sunday will feature a pair of professional singers. Every month, a different musical theme. Every month, an entertaining celebration of passion for vocal jazz accompanied by a trio of top musicians. Every month, a splendid experience for everyone of all ages.

TICKET: 18€ Members – No Members 20€