| Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre |
| Date & Hour: , Friday 30th April, 8pm |
| Also featuring: Wolfgang Mutspeil's drumfree trio |
The Pascal Schumacher-Jef Neve duo was nominated to perform at the 2010 ‘Rising Stars’ concert series presented at the largest concert halls in Europe.
This means two things – both that today’s concert halls have an appreciation that far exceeds the mere “orchestral’, and also that the jazz performed by Pascal Schumacher and Jef Neve is far removed from the formulaic.
Their music is not “museum music”, does not lean on nostalgic jazz formulas, but instead invites the audience to listen to the diverse music of today through the ears of talented improvisators.
Schumacher cites as influences on his work the innovative European jazz of e.s.t., the minimalist compositions of John Adams, the eclectic concerts of New York-based Bang On A Can as well as such pop/rock/electro acts as Radiohead and Coldplay. while Jef Neve has in his piano repertoire the “Goldberg Variations” as well as Schumann’s “Dichterliebe.
Pascal Schumacher Quartet’s "Silbergrau", was voted Best Belgian Jazz Record of 2007, while Jef Neve was voted best artist at his native Belgium’s annual ZAMU Music Awards the same year.
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