JUKE NIGHT SPECIAL CLARK TERRY • Swing
Jean-Paul Estievenart (trp) ; Mathieu Najean (sax) ; Wouter Van den Broeck (p) ; Victor Foulon (b) ; Matthias De Waele (dr)
This year, for our monthly Juke Nights, the house band led by Mathieu Najean pays tribute, at each concert, to a great figure of the Swing Era. A perfect opportunity to discover or rediscover a rich repertoire that was once the most popular music of the 1930s and 1940s.
For this edition, the spotlight falls on one of the most distinctive, most beloved and most inventive trumpeters in the history of jazz: Clark Terry.
Having played with the orchestras of Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and a great stylist with an instantly recognisable sound, Clark Terry moved through the history of jazz with a rare blend of elegance, virtuosity, swing and humour. Able to bridge the energy of the big bands and the modernity of bebop, he left a unique mark through both his trumpet and flugelhorn playing, as well as through his generosity as a musician and teacher.
Today, our Brussels swing all-star band takes on, in sextet form, the music and spirit of one of jazz’s greatest horn players — much to our delight.