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Nostalgia In Grand-Place : Wouter Van den Broeck plays Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd — Toots Jazz Club

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Nostalgia In Grand-Place : Wouter Van den Broeck plays Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd \u2014 Toots Jazz Club
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🎷 Nostalgia In Grand-Place : Wouter Van den Broeck plays Pepper Adams and Donald Byrd — dimanche 25 octobre, 16:00
Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams formed one of the most complementary duos of their generation, producing several albums that have become milestones in the history of hard bop. The trumpeter brought a clear line, controlled lyricism and a mastery of composition; the baritone saxophonist provided the biting retort, the harsh yet precise tone that earned him the nickname ‘The Knife’ — a dialogue of temperaments that produced some of the genre’s most intense moments.
Wouter Van den Broeck shares with this repertoire a refusal to become set in his ways. A curious and exacting musician, he has forged his own path through Mathieu Najean’s quartet, his collective Jake Walker, the modern jazz quintet Don Marsh and, of course, the house band at Toots. At the piano, he remains an improviser attentive to the moment. Trained also in the classical repertoire, he tackles here a repertoire that is rarely heard.
Donald Byrd et Pepper Adams ont formé, le temps de plusieurs albums devenus des jalons du hard bop, l'un des tandems les plus complémentaires de leur génération. Au trompettiste la ligne claire, le lyrisme contrôlé et une science de la composition qui a marqué tout un pan du courant ; au saxophoniste baryton la réplique mordante, le grain âpre et précis qui lui valut le surnom de « The Knife ». Un dialogue de tempéraments qui a produit certaines des pages les plus denses du genre.
Wouter Van den Broeck partage avec ce répertoire un même refus de se figer. Musicien curieux et exigeant, il s'est construit en explorant des contextes variés : le quartet de Mathieu Najean, son collectif Jake Walker, son quintet de jazz moderne don Marsh ou bien sûr le house band du Toots. Au piano, il reste un improvisateur attentif à l'instant. Formé aussi au répertoire classique, en quête d'un lyrisme particulier, il s'attaque ici à un répertoire que l'on entend rarement.
👥 Wouter Van den Broeck (piano) ; Seba Colson (trumpet) ; Bruno Vansina (baritone sax) ; Victor Foulon (upright bass) ; Matthias De Waele (drums)
📍 Toots Jazz Club, Rue des Chapeliers 6, 1000 Bruxelles
🎟 Tarif unique 13 € — billets / tickets : https://toots.brussels/en/concert/14885/nostalgia-in-grand-place-wouter-van-den-broeck-plays-pepper-adams-and-donald-byrd
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Rue des Chapeliers, 6 , 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Hoedenmakersstraat 6, 1000 Brussel, België, Brussels, Belgium

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