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Jazz Station was established as an exhibition venue in the former train station at Leuvensesteenweg and was inaugurated on 30 September 2005. The initiative comes from Jean Demannez (first), [1] [2] a jazz drummer and from 1999 to 2012 mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. [3] The opening was conducted by the mayor. [1] [4]
Crooze FM (styled CROOZE.fm) is a Belgian Jazz radio station created in 2004, broadcasting in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent and specialized in mainly Jazz, Soul and Lounge. Other genres played regularly on Crooze FM include R&B music, Nu-jazz, Funk, Deep House and Chill. In 2004 and 2005, Crooze FM was elected in the Radiovisie.be Radio Awards.
Klara is a Belgian radio station operated by the Flemish public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). Its output is primarily focussed on classical music, but also includes jazz and world music. [1] The name is derived from Klassieke Radio, which translates as "Classical Radio". [2]
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section.
New clubs opened: the Blue Note and Pol's Jazz Club in Brussels, the Jazz Inn in Liège, and the Jazz Clu Hnita in Heist-Op-Den-Berg. Large outdoor gatherings called "festivals" were organized. Comblain-la-Tour is the oldest: the first edition took place in 1959.
He also served in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1989 to 2001 and was President of the Compagnie intercommunale bruxelloise des eaux . [ 3 ] In 2012 , Demannez was defeated in the local election by Emir Kir and lost his seat as mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
The Belgian jazz trio LABtrio was founded in 2007 around Lander Gyselinck (drums), Anneleen Boehme (bass) and Bram De Looze. They won a number of competitions, including the 2008 Belfius Axion Classic competition and Brussels Jazz Marathon. In 2018, they received the Jong Jazztalent Gent award. [6]
Concert 'New York, City of Jazz' by the Brussels Jazz Orchestra with Tutu Puoane, at Heist-op-den-Berg in 2014 BJO in Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York March 2015. Brussels Jazz Orchestra is a Belgian jazz orchestra with big band line up founded in 1993 by saxophonist and composer Frank Vaganée, Serge Plume, Marc Godfroid and Bo van der Werf.