JEF NEVE: NEVER GIVE UP - Kraakpand, Handelsbeurs Concertzaal, 11.10.2014

Описание: Kraakpand @ Handelsbeurs Concertzaal
Zet een handvol muzikanten bij elkaar in een zaal en laat ze om de beurt spelen en iets over zichzelf vertellen. Dat is Kraakpand. Op één avond reis je met vier verschillende bands van het ene genre naar het andere, van de ene sfeer in de andere. Dit in intieme clubsetting, op neusafstand van de muzikanten. Voer voor avonturiers.
Pianist/composer Jef Neve (1977) has become a prominent figure in his homeland Belgium and his reputation is rapidly spreading to the rest of the world.

He studied at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven and graduated in 2000 as Master of Music in Jazz and classical piano, both with great distinction. In 2001 he specialized in Chamber Music and was rewarded the diploma 'cum laude'. He followed master classes with Brad Mehldau, Martial Solal, Lew Tabackin, Billy Hart, Bill Carothers, Kenny Werner, Bruce Barth and others.


JEF NEVE
Belgium
Jef started to play in local bands at the age of fourteen. During that period he composed a wide variety of pieces for the most divergent ensembles (from piano solo to symphonic orchestra). Between ages 17 and 20, he played with the popular funk band Mr Zebedee.

The first few years, he played with various ensembles: jazz bands, classical ensembles, pop bands (e.g. ‘Get Ready’, the famous Belgian boys band), theatre productions, and as a soloist with among others the Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michel Tilkin. In 2002, he spent a year at the contemporary Dance Company 'Dathe' in London as their pianist and composer. Jef Neve was also part of the 'Pascal Schumacher/Jef Neve Quartet', which recorded 2 CD's and won first prize at 'Tremplin Jazz' in Avignon in 2004.

Since 2008, Jef Neve's career has brought him onto the international stage. Whether as a solo-performer or with the 'Jef Neve Trio', he has been traveling on successful tours from Denmark to Australia, from Canada to Japan.

In between touring, he composes music for a solo album, for film and TV series as well as classical piano music.

ALBUMS

The first album of the Jef Neve Trio, ‘Blue Saga’ (Contour, 2003), was immediately a bestseller.
The second “It’s Gone” (Contour, Nov 2004) was a jazz album in Belgium. It received the prestigious Radio Klara prize for ‘Best International Jazz Album 2005’ and unanimous acclaim in the international press
In 2004 the album Witches Dance was released with the Frederic Delplanc Quartet.
Jef Neve signed with Universal Music Belgium in 2006. “Nobody is Illegal” (Universal/Emarcy) was again a best-selling jazz album in Belgium.
The album “Soul In a Picture” was released in May 2008 on Universal Music Belgium followed by world wide release in 24 countries. The trio’s concerts were sold out at all the main Belgian venues, and the CD and international concerts received great reviews in the press all over the world.
Jef Neve met with American singer José James end 2008 when he was invited to his live radio-show and the duo decided on the spot to record some standards together one free afternoon. The recording resulted to be magical, and the album « For All We Know » was released on Impulse!/Verve in May 2010.
With the band ‘Groove Thing’, with the world famous guitarist James muller, Nicolas Kummert on sax, Nic Thys on bass and Lieven Venken on drums, Jef goes back to his first love, the Hammond organ. The band recorded a live-album at two sold-out concerts in Brussels’ Ancienne Belgique : «The Love Album » (Prova Records, May 2010)
The album Jef Neve Soundtracks – De Helaasheid Der Dingen – Dagen Zonder Lief (two movies by Felix van Groeningen) was recorded in the Music Centre De Bijloke, Ghent, and was released by EMI Music Publishing Belgium.
Jef Neve’s trio album “Imaginary Road” (September 2010, Universal/Emarcy), was recorded with his long-time companion Teun Verbruggen on drums and a great young bass player: Ruben Samama, from Dutch origin living in NY.
Jef Neve’s album Sons of the New World was written for his trio with added woodwinds and horns. He dedicated this album to the changes in the world today and recent developments in the Arabic world, and was released end October 2012 on Universal/Emarcy. At the same time he made a first jazz video-clip surrounded by a bunch of young talented artists.
His Second Pianoconcerto was recorded in 2013 with Jef Neve on the piano, together with the orchestra Il Novecento conducted by Dirk Brosse. This album will be released mid-2014.
In Flanders Fields, the soundtrack to the prestigious TV series 'In Vlaamse Velden' will be released in 2014.
In October 2014, Jef Neve's first Solo Album will be released. The long awaited album was recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios and will be a European wide release.

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