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Jef Neve Trio - news & tours 2009-2010EJN Administrator | Agency proposals | 2009-03-05 |
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Jef Neve (p) - Piet Verbist (b) - Teun Verbruggen (dr)  www.jefneve.be NEWS : Jef neve finished writing his first Pianoconcerto, which will go in world première on 1 + 2 May in Brussels and Ghent, with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Michel Tabachnik. http://www.flagey.be/en/ On February 6th he received the award Best Musician at the Music Industry Awards 2009. The Jef Neve Trio released their fourth album "Soul In A Picture" in May 2008 and the album got into the charts only a few weeks later. http://www.emarcy.com/release. It is since released worldwide in 24 countries, and receives great reviews. « Jef Neve Trio: Soul in a Picture 
« If Neve had been born somewhere jazzily iconic such as Chicago
or New
Orleans he would already have been fêted as the hottest new
pianist on
the block. » (Times Online, John Bungey - June 21, 2008)« Soul in a Picture is as much for the committed as the enquiring as Neve emerges as a pianist par excellence. So it's perhaps unsurprising that he's created an excellent album, one that could well feature among the pick of 2008. »  (The Guardian – 13-7-2008)« SPECTACULAR. His previous album had enchanted the critics and was crowned with a ‘Choc’ Jazzman. “Soul in a Picture” hits the nail right on the head and confirms all our expectations. » (JAZZMAN, 10-2008) Young pianist/composer Jef Neve has become a prominent figure in his homeland Belgium and his reputation is rapidly spreading to the rest of the world. In 2006 he signed with UNIVERSAL Music Belgium for his 3rd album "Nobody Is Illegal" which is released in 20 countries and put him immediately on the international scene, hailed everywhere as one of the finest artists of the young generation. They performed at major festivals : Paris Jazz, North Sea jazz, Vienna Jazz, Montreal Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz, Veneto Jazz, Blue Note Ghent, Middelheim, Rabat, London Jazz Festival, Toulouse, Barcelona, Münster 'Jazz Inbetween', Lille Festival, Audi Jazz Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Madrid, Athens, Berlin, etc... Beginning 2008 the trio had great success at Bremen JazzAhead, Spain and their first shows in Japan, where they also recorded one tune with great artist TOKU for the Japanese release of the new album. The trio played their first concert in Hungary and a second time Mexico, where they played in Monterrey at the two main theatres for more than 1700 people and in Mexico city festival for 4000 people with standing ovations, as well as in England, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland. In 2009 they will perform at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Poland, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the UK, France, Japan, Mexico, etc. The Trio has been together since more than 6 years. The outstanding musicianship combined with fine-tuned interactivity and visible joy while playing is very communicative and makes an event of each concert. Some press : « Bremen JazzAhead. “ But it was Jef Neve from Belgium who took Jazzahead! by storm. It earned the loudest ovation of the whole event as everyone sensed the arrival of a major talent. » - UK / Jazz.com, 5-5-08 « Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz - "young Belgian pianist Jef Neve's enthusiastic performance with his trio in the Teatro Principal was a festival standout." - USA / DOWNBEAT, James Hale – Dec. 2008 « The Belgian trio gave an extraordinary concert. » « The European jazz welcomes a new super trio. » - SPAIN / Diario de Sevilla – 13-2-2008 « The festival had reserved the best for the end : the Jef Neve Trio. Jef Neve, who awaits a great future. » - GERMANY / Westfälische Nachrichten - 7/1/2008 North Sea Jazz (1) «Terence Blanchard, Al Green, Medeski Martin & Wood en gitarist John Scofield and a extraordinary Jef Neve-trio were the toppers on the first night. » « A concert of 1h15’ which felt like only 20 minutes and where you are completely overwhelmed, that is the Jef Neve Trio. Please invite them back very soon ! » - HOLLAND / NU.nl - Dick Hovenga, 15/7/2007  CONTACT Jacobien Tamsma | management & booking Jazztronaut Entertainment sa | Bd Léopold II-laan 184d - B-1080 Brussels - Belgium T: +32 (0)2 456 04 87 | Mob: +32 (0)476 635 141 | e-mail: jacobien@jazztronaut.be www.jazztronaut.be bookings for following countries contact : FRANCE : Ronan Palud / LOOP Productions - ronan@looproductions.com ITALY : Vic Albani / Pannonica - email : info@pannonica.it HOLLAND : Eline Muller / Amsterdam Jazz Agency - email : 007@amsterdamjazzagency.com SPAIN : Fernando Tormo / La Bikina - email : ftormo@labikina.org |
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