Fresh Fish

Four new jazz bands and Fish 'n' Chips

Anything fresher is still swimming

There are some powerful waves in the jazz sea. New ensembles pop up then slip away again. Sometimes there is even so much wave that you can no longer see the sea. Which is why the Handelbeurs has hooked four fresh fish.

These four young bands are tomorrow’s starfish and what’s more you can have them with a portion of Fish ‘n Chips (veggie too). The names of these fresh fish: Donder, Marie Kruttli Trio, Post K and Bardo.

Donder

  • a Belgian piano trio 
  • Cinematic, atmospheric music
  • Debut album Still (2016), second album with Danish reed blower Lars Greve in May 2018
  • Winner of the Storm! competition in 2017
  • Influences: The Jackson 5, The Beatles, J.S. Bach, D'Angelo

Marie Kruttli Trio

  • Piano trio of the Swiss pianist Marie Kruttli 
  • Sounds lively and fresh, mature and virtuoso, no hipster minimalism
  • Debut album Kartapousse (2015), second album Running After The Sun (2017)
  • Influences: Stravinski, Debussy and Ravel

Post K

  • French jazz quartet
  • Eclectic, contemporary takes on stride piano, New Orleans meets Europe
  • Influences: post-apocalyptic cinema, New Orleans jazz of Fats Waller and Willie “The Lion” Smith, free jazz of the 60's-70's

Bardo (release debut album)

  • Belgian jazz kwintet
  • Extreme contrasts in instrumentation, acoustic versus electrical/electronic
  • Debut album out at RAT records (label of drummer Teun Verbruggen)
  • Influences: jazz, rock, impro 

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