newsletter December 6th, 2016
VOTE YOUR FAVOURITE BAND INTO THE FINALS OF B-JAZZ 2017
From today on you can vote for your favourite band(s) on this page.
The jury listened to and looked at all 105 YouTube videos that were submitted and they have chosen a winner:
Phil Meadows Project (United Kingdom).
On top of that we're proud to present a list of 31 bands that are still in the running to play the finals of B-Jazz 2017.
How does it work?
Fairly simple: go to the page with all the videos, have a look at the videos that seem interesting to you and vote for them.
An overview of the 31 bands you can vote for:
342Four (United States of America)
Adam Jarzmik Quintet (Poland)
BRAIN//CHILD (Belgium)
Charlie Stacey Trio (United Kingdom)
David Tixier Trio (France)
Dominic J Marshall Trio (Netherlands)
FOURS collective (Poland)
Gauthier Toux Trio (France)
Guy Mintus Trio (United States of America)
HOLON Trio (Germany)
i.f.o (Belgium)
Ivan Blomqvist Trio (Norway)
Jacopo Ferrazza Trio (Italy)
Jeremy Dumont Trio (Belgium)
Keno Harriehausen Quartet (Denmark)
Kristina Barta Trio (Czech Republic)
Ludanyi Quartet (Hungary)
Lukas Zabulionis Group (Norway)
Marithé Van der Aa Quartet (Belgium)
Mark Pringle Trio (United Kingdom)
Marutyri (Netherlands)
MIXCLA (United States of America)
ODIL (Belgium)
PINTO (Belgium)
Quindependence (Poland)
Roy Mor Group (Israel)
SoundMeck (Poland)
Sun-Mi Hong Trio (Netherlands)
Totenhagen (Germany)
Weezdob Collective (Poland)
Who Wouldn't Like Tom? (Israel)
The deadline for the public to vote is the 25th of December, so on the 26th the votes will be counted and by doing so we'll know the last finalist for B-Jazz 2017.
That band will be on stage together with five others, namely:
Hoera. (Belgium)
Phil Meadows Project (United Kingdom)
Salim Daahoud Quintet (Spain)
the band proposed by Amersfoort Jazz (Netherlands) (tbc)
the band proposed by Saint Louis College of Music (Italy) (tbc)
Good luck to all of the bands!
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COMPOSITION CONTEST LAUNCHES NEXT WEEK
Next week we'll launch the Composition Contest 2017, in which Belgian composers get the chance to submit a composition.
This contest is organised by Sabam for Culture and Muziekmozaïek Folk & Jazz, in search for new Belgian jazz themes.
Stay tuned.
