I was once a member of following musical associations:
The Fanfare of my native village: Koninklijke fanfare De Verenigde Vrienden van Adegem
The Windbands of some nearby villages: LOKO (Lovendegem koperblazers) and Brass Consort Festiva ( Eeklo )
My first big band : Bigband 86 ( Geraardsbergen )
With the bands listed below, I played a lot of concerts. Some of these groups have disbanded, some of them are in standby mode, some of them changed line-ups, and some of them I left to pursue other projects …
Jazz :
– Misstriohso part 1 ( jazz trio with Marjolein Cneut and Jean Louis Rassinfosse )
– Ramontic Affair ( jazzkwartet with Wim Ramon, Kris Durinckx and Frederik Leroux )
– Wim De Roeck groups
– Les Godasses
– Scora ( project of Walter Baeken )
– Duo with accordion player Phillip Thuriot
– Kind Folk (group in Italy, with the music of Kenny Wheeler and texts from Shakespeare )
Other styles
– Azeto Orchestra ( Project with Pierre Vaiana and Gangbé Brassband)
– Feso Trombone ( afro )
– The Groovy Girls ( cover band )
– Kinky Afro/ Discomatic ( tribute to the seventies )
– Jesus Christ Superstar ( summer 2004 , production of Del Diffusion )
– Si c’ est chanté c’ est pas perdu ( 2003 – 2007, theatre de l’ éveil )
– Orchestre Alex Scorier – Karine Barella ( ballroom-orchestra )
– The Rhythm Junks ( very original band around harmonica player Steven de Bruin )
Through playing with all of these different bands, I’ve gotten to play in a lot of good festivals, nice venues, clubs, cultural centers, and hotels in a number of different countries :
Some highlights :
North Sea Jazz Festival, Blue Note Gent, Jazz festival Comblain la tour, Jazz à Liège, Dour Festival, Jazz Middelheim, World Harmonica Festival , Polé Polé,Gentse Feesten, Polé Polé Beach, Couleur Café, Hee Tervuren, afterparty Jazz Middelheim, World Harmonica Festival Trossingen ( D ), on tour with the Rhythm Junks in China ( 2x), in Italy ( Festa della Magnolia, Siena jazz festival, various clubs in Rome, Polen…, Al Weather festival Maaseik, Fleurus en jazz, Brussels Jazz Marathon, Ca Jazz à Huy, Jazz Jette June , Dranouter Festival, Rivierenhof Deurne, Sinksenfeesten Kortrijk, Gentse feesten, Fetes de la musique Namur, Jazz tour van Les Lundis d’ Hortense, …
Jazz clubs : The Music village, Le Hot Club de Gand, Jaques Pelzer Club in Luik , De Muze, De Hopper, Den Buster, The Sounds, the Paradox ( Tilburg ), Track muziekcafé Kortijk, Caveau de la Huchette ( Paris ), Centre culturel Wallonie – Bruxelles ( Paris ), Porgy and Bess Terneuzen, a number of cultural centers in Flanders and Wallonia, Le Zenith Lille, etc …