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'FOR ALL WE KNOW' EUROPEAN SUMER TOUR 2010 José James and Jef Neve have been on tour in Europe, second half of July, presenting their duo album, 'For all we know'. The tour started in Perugia (Italy) on the beautiful Umbria Jazz festival: they played in a beautiful old church in the middle of the city center. Next day they travelled to Paris to do some interviews and a live set was recorded by RTL. Next stop was the Nice jazz Festival. This time they did the 'Facing East' - project (hommage to John Coltrane), with the quintet. Jef had the chance tomeet Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, John Mclaughlin and Christian McBride. No need to tell that he had the time of his life! Then the duo continued the tour in Finland, on the Pori Jazzfestival, and then headed to Sweden to play 3 concerts as a support act for Melody Gardot: Stockholm, Gotheburg and Bastad. The setting of those concerts was always great: open air, beautiful royal parks and castles,... Good vibes!

" JEF NEVE TRIO - debute in SOFIA (BULGARIA) The trio was invited in Sofia by the Belgium Ambassy: lot's of european ambassadors and even the former king of Bulgaria attended the concert. This was a great preparation for the next recording of the new trio album, expected in september 2010."

"FACING EAST- THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE VIENNA (AUSTRIA). José James and Jef Neve presented their view on the Coltrane legacy in Vienna in the Porgy and Bess on sunday the 4th of july. The band consist of Michael Campagna (sax), Nevile Malcolm (bas) and Richard Spaven (drums), and Jef and José James. The energy is overwhelming, almost like a spiritual experience."

"FOR ALL WE KNOW" - TOUR USA-CANADA, June 2010 - part 2
The first part of the American Tour ended with a concert in the Roma (Antwerp- Belgium). Only 2 days later the duo continued their tour in the States. First city: Chicago. The day after they founded themselves stranded since all flights were canceled that day. So the day after José, Jef and Dieter (the soundengineer) have been driving a car for 7 hours to arrive in Mineapolis (José's hometown). No time to waiste, so they played directly in the Dakota. Next day the band headed to Canada (Victoria). The next day they took the boat to Vancouver. Next destination was Winipeg (opening for Martha Wainrwright), followed by Ottowa and final destination was Montréal. The concerts in general were a big succes and people reacted very freshly on their new view on the standards, presented on 'For all we know' (Impulse).

"FOR ALL WE KNOW" - TOUR USA, June 2010 - part 1
José James and Jef Neve played for the first time a real tour in the United States. The tour started in Seatlle (Jazz Alley), next stop was
Jef meets Junior Mance at Dizzy's Club
Hollywood - LA (Catalina's), San Francisco (Yoshi's). The repertoire is a reflection on what they recorded for the new Impulse record 'For all we know'. The first day in New York, Jef catched up with his good friend Gabriel Rios, and they decided to play an intimate concert in the Rockwood Hall. The day after José and Jef travelled to Washington DC to play at the Blues Alley. Then going back to New York, playing the official release concert at Dizzy's club, the most beautiful club in the world with it's famous view on Central Parc West. Junior Mance was in the crowd and he joined the young duo to play with them on stage. Next stop was Cambirdge (Boston) and Northampton ( Iron Horse). The American audience was incredible, a real eye-opener. The Usa- tour is interupted for a very good reason: Jef and José play at the Roma (Antwerp) and go back to the States to continue their American adventure.

BRNO (TCHECH REPUBLIC)
The trio played their first concert in the Tchech Republic on the 31th of May. The venue turned out to be a magnificent place where all kinds of music has been performed yet: from classical quartets over rockbands to jazztrio's: improvisation is the key word for this festival. The renewed trio (with Ruben Samama on the basss) has been received on a warm appreciation of the audience. It was all together a beautiful experience!

CHINA, MAY 2010, Jef Neve Trio
It was the first time that the trio played in China. This was again an amazing sensation. The band (still with Piet Verbist) first played two concerts at the World Expo in Shangai. Afterwards they played another concert in a great venue in Guangzhou, located in a beautiful park just out of the city centre. They were invited by the consul of Belgium, a charming man with a talented 4-years old son showing his view on jazz! China was allover: shure you feel there's something in the air; people want to discover new music, and participate active in the scene. The tour was organized by Jef Vreys, a young guy who is a promising man for bringing foreign bands to China."

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010, BRUSSELS -LUXEMBURG, Schumacher- Neve

The 'Rising Stars'- tour has come to an end: Brussels (Bozar) and Luxemburg (Philharmonie) were the final destinations for a beautiful European tour. The concert in the 'Philharmonie' was recorded by the national radio. You can find all the material on the 'Face to face' album (Enya)."

MADRID (Sp) AND BRAY (DUBLIN- IRELAND)

'C'est parti!', the French would say. José James and Jef went to Madrid for their first day to do promo and a showcase in Madrid on Wednesday the 28th of April. They are promoting the 'For all we know' record (Impulse). 'It's all about capturing the moment', José recalls: 'We went into the studio for one afternoon, after I was invited for Jef's radioshow.'. The result is a beautiful pearl, songs from the great American Songbook, played in their personal way. Two days later Jef played in Bray, a beautiful little town at the Irish Coastline, together with Pascal Shumacher, presenting their 'Face tot face' album (Enya). They openend for Brad Mehldau's man on the bass, Larry Grenadier and the Austrian guitarplayer, Wolfgang Muthspiel.

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010, STOCKHOLM- Schumacher- Neve

" Pascal Schumacher and Jef Neve presented their new material for the 'Face to face' album in Stockholm on Saturday the 10th of April. It was the duo's debute in Sweden. The Swedish audience gave them a very warm welcome. This concert was integrated in the European 'Rising Stars' tour, and all the young artists, mainly classical musicians, had the chance to discover each others musical environement. "

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010 - Schumacher- Neve

"A dream comes true: on Tuesday the 23th of Februrary the duo played in the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Jef has always been the biggest Mozart-fan-alive, so no need to say that this meant a lot to him; they played the first part of Mozarts 'sonate facile' as an hommage to the Man. The day after, the duo played in one of the most prestigious venues of Vienna, the Konzerthaus. "

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010

" The Pascal Schumacher - Jef Neve duo is playing the European Tour for the release of their brandnew record: 'Face to Face' (Enya). The first concert was set in Barcelona in the beautiful 'Auditori'. In Amsterdam they played in the 'Concertgebouw', followed by two concerts in Germany: Hamburg and Köln. Pascal and Jef have been playing together for several years in Pascal's quartet: there they developed their personal musical language. The result is a fresh new sound, a combination of a jazzvocabulary and a classical approach of improvised music. Check out the coming up shows on the 'concerts' page"

TOUR LITUANIA & POLAND NOVEMBER 2009
The trio was invited in Vilnius on 25th of November, to play their first concert in Lithuania. The concert was set in a very beautiful place, covered by modern paintings, and the piano turned out to be a marvelous Schimmel Grand. Two days later, the trio played their debut for the Polish Radio 3 in Warsaw. Next day they played on the piano jazz festival in Kalisz: Jef was delighted since the piano provided by the organization was a brand new Steinway D, used only for the second time! The last concert of this tour was set in Rybnik, a beautiful venue! It must be said that the audience in both countries was terrific: people gave standing ovations, and the energy that the band received every time they were on stage, was more than a welcome compensation for the exhausting travelling. In other words: this was an inspiring trip! "

PARIS (F): "JOSE JAMES- JEF NEVE DUO"
On friday the 13th of november (!), the duo played in the legendary Olympia in Paris. It was their first concert to present the standard material they have recorded a couple of months ago. The venue was sold out, and the people reacted great! To be continued...."

REUTLINGEN (D): October 2009
On saturday the 24th of october, the trio played in a very inspiring art gallery in Reutlingen. For Piet, our beloved bassplayer, this venue had another nice quality: above the concerthall, is a one of the biggest bass shops in the world: he could choose his preferred instument among 60 high quality instruments. Tobias, the organiser was so delighted by the concert that he offered Jef to come back next year, and organise a series of concerts around him. To be continued..."

PARIS (F): October 2009
On 21th of October, the trio opened for the brand new band of drummer Jeff Tain Watts. The concert was set in the magical 'New Morning'. It turned out to be a very nice evening, hanging out with the guys, having a drink with Branford, who showed up since he was playing the day after with his quartet."

EUROPE: September 2009

The concerts with "Facing East : The music of John Coltrane by José James and Jef Neve" were an absolute success! Together with Neville Malcolm (bass), Richard Spaven (drums) and Michael Compagna (sax) they performed at the Ancienne Belgique (Brussels), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Ronny Scott's (London) and New Morning (Paris) end september 2009.
The audience was captivated by the spiritual mood of John and Alice Coltrane compositions. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!
The concert at Ronny Scott's was broadcasted by the Japanese radio.
You can watch the video of the Brussels concert on ABtv here, for online press articles click here.

KASSEL (D), July 2009
The trio played in the 'Kuturzelt' in Kassel on Saturday, July 25th 2009. They opened for the Helge Lien trio from Norway. The concert was set in a very nice circustent, 'die Kulturzelt'. The festival started at the end of June and ends at the end of August. The audience gave the band a very warm welcome, the perfect vibe for an inspired concert!'

TRIO TOUR ITALY, JULY 2009
The trio was invited to play in the south of Italy on Wednesday the 15th of July. The concert was set in a marvelous garden with 1000 year old olive trees of a 5 star hotel in Monopoly. Many things can be said about this relaxing trip, but the beauty of this region was very inspiring.

BARCELONA (Sp), SPRING 2009
' La Barça': what a city! Some cities just seem to have all the good things life can offer; such isBarcelona. Well, the trio played in the famous Jamboree club on Plaça Real on the 20th of June. It was the second time they presented their music to the people of Barcelona. It felt great: the audience was listening very concentrated and showed their enthusiasm in a way only Mediterranean people do! "

DEN BOSCH (NL), May 2009
On the 29th of May the trio played in 'de Toonzaal' in Den Bosch. This beautiful small concerthall has a very rich acoustic, with a great Steinway B. That same weekend, the festival 'Jazz in Duketown' was going on, with several good bands playing all over the city. The audience cheered the trio with a standing ovation. The concert was recorded by the VPRO"

TOUR PORTUGAL (Pt), May 2009
The trio played three concerts in the legendary 'Hot club de Portugal' in Lisbon in May 2009. It's great to play for the attentive audience that's coming to the oldest club of Europe. Louis Hilario, the club owner, has become a good friend of the trio, and that's why they felt so much at ease in this beautiful place with the right adapted acoustics for a real jazz club.

KEMPEN (D), May 2009
The trio was invited in Kempen (Germany) to play a concert on the 18th of May.
The venue turned to be a rather small one, but with a very enthousiastic audience! And, it was Dieter's (the soundengineer of the trio) 30 th birthday: so in any way a rather special day in a trio's life:-)!

BONN (D)
The 'Jef Neve - Pascal Schumacher duo' played a concert in the concerthall of Beethoven's 'Geburtshaus' in Bonn. No need to tell that the composer's spirit was inspiring to them. On top of that the instrument (Steinway D) was one of the best instruments Jef ever played on: perfectly adapted to the acoustics of the hall. Jef and Pascal didn't play for more then 6 months together, and that resulted in a fine discovery of each others new musical insights and energy. The duo will record an album for Enya records at the end of this summer.

MADRID (Sp), april 2009

The trio was invited in the concerthall of the Juan Carlos de Amberres foundation. Among all paintings you'll find an original work of Rubens (cruxifiction of Saint Andreas). The concert was one to never forget in different ways: during the first song, Piet's bass broke down, wich resulted in an enormous BANG! Luckely he managed to repair the instrument on the spot, but the atmosphere was from that moment on simply hilarious! This happened during a song called 'The space we need'. Afterwards Jef decided to give the song a new title: 'The Bass we need'. But the audience was great again. Spain has always had a remarkable attraction to Jef, and you could hear the man was touched by the spririt of what surrounded him.

AMSTERDAM (Nl), april 2009

Sometimes you're just amazed by the impact of a venue. Such was the case for the trio when they played in the 'Concertgebouw' in Amsterdam in april. The concerthall is covered by the names of all big European composers such as Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven,... The acoustic is rather designed for classical concerts, but it gave the trio the chance to play in a slightly different way, using the natural reverb of the place. The concert was recorded by radio6. The audience cheered the band twice with a standing ovation. Thank you Amsterdam!

NORWAY, VOSSA JAZZ FESTIVAL APRIL 2009
The trio played their first concert in Norway on sunday the 5th of april: they were invited on the Vossa jazz festival.The band tried out some of the new material, and it was the bands new soundengineer, Dieter Claeys, first time to go on tour with them. Since they arrived some days before, they had the chance to check out some of the other artists who were on the program. They were overwhelmed by the beauty of this country. A very inspiring trip!

GDANSK (P), JANUARY 2009

"The trio played their first official concert in Poland on saturday the 17th of january in Gdansk. The venue is called 'Zàk', and it's one of the oldest jazzvenues of Poland."

WINTER TOUR MEXICO 2008
Well, let's put it this way: Mexican winters are not the same as what we call 'winter' in Europe. The trio headed for Mexico City on Monday the 8th of December. They first stayed 2 days in a very inspiring place called Tepoztlan, just 2 hours away from the city. After doing some interviews and promotional business, they played two concerts on Friday and Saturday in the legendary 'Zinco Jazz Bar' in the old centre, and a third one in the magnificent 'Amfiteatro Simon Bolivar' near Zocalo. This theatre is covered by Diego Rivera paintings and belonged to the old university. Mexico was all over again: a place to come home and meet old and new friends. Sure, the trio had a wonderful time again!

LONDON, NOVEMBER 2008

The trio played in the pizza Express Jazz club in Soho (London) on the 22nd of november. The crowd was overwhelmed by the new compositions of the band.

BERLIN JAZZ MEETING, OCTOBER 2008
On Saturday the 11th of October 2008 the trio played on the Berlin Jazz Meeting. The festival was set in a great venue, called the ‘Ufa-fabrik’. They played a set which contained all the new repertoire: the band is looking for new musical boundaries. They‘re introducing new rhythmical complex figures and using new harmonical colours based on Messiaens approach of functionality. Jef attended Yaron Herman's solo concert the next day: a moment of great inspiration!

LAS PALMAS, OCTOBER 2008

“Viva la vida!” We love Spain! The trio played a concert on Gran Canaria on the 18th of October 2008. The venue turned out to be a beautiful auditorium in Las Palmas: auditoria Alfredo Kraus, for the ‘El rincon del Jazz’ festival. The festival programmed people like Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter, John Scofield,... The place was packed with people and they gave a warm receive for the band. The trio had one day off to discover the beauty of the island.

CD RELEASE CONCERT FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 2008 ,

On Wednesday September 24th , the trio played in the legendaryjazzclub, 'The Sunset' in Paris. It wasn't their first concert in this great venue since the trio played here as well for the previous cd- releases. So, it felt a little bit like coming home, and when that city is Paris, you're double as lucky!

TOUR THE NETHERLANDS, AUGUST 2008
"On friday the 22nd of August, the trio played in the legendary 'Concertgebouw' in Amsterdam. The day after, they headed for Leeuwarden (Friesland). Jef played a duo concert with the magnificent classical tenor Koen Vereertbruggen. They did their interpretation of Schumans' "Dichterliebe". That same day Jef's trio played an open air concert in the centre of this beautiful city."

VICTORIA GASTEIZ (SPAIN), JULY 2008
On Thursday the 17 th of July, the trio played on the Jazzfestival of Victoria Gasteiz. The venue turned out to be a magnificent theatre, the ‘Teatro Principal’, in the centre of the town. Other artists programmed on the festival were Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Cassandra Wilson,... All the artists stayed in the same hotel wich resulted in great jamsessions, with Dado Moroni and Louis Nash in the rhythm section. No need to say that the trio had a ball!

EXETER (UK) CD RELEASE CONCERT 'SOUL IN PICTURE' JUNE 2008

The trio played in the Barnfield theatre on the 15th of June. It was the first time for the trio to play in this beautiful student town with it's amazing cathedral and cosy shops. The theatre has great acoustics, very inspiring.

MADRID (SP) CD RELEASE 'SOUL IN A PICTURE' MAY 2008

On Saturday the 10th of May, the trio played the release concert of 'Soul in a picture' in Madrid.

TOUR HUNGARY & MEXICO 2008

On Monday, 10th of March, the trio played in Budapest on the Lowland Festival. It was the band's first concert for the Hungarian public. The day after they travelled all the way to Monterrey, the north of Mexico. The firstconcert was in the "Teatro de la Ciudad", organised by the Belgian consul Jose Maria Lopez. On Thursday, 13th of March, the Jef Neve Trio played in "Teatro de la Universidad". Saturday was a busy day: the first open air concert on the Eurojazz Festival in Mexico City was almost like a popconcert, thousands of people going crazy! The same evening the trio played their last concert of this tour, in the amazing "Zinco Jazz Bar".

PASCAL SCHUMACHER QUARTET, LISBON, 2008
The Pascal Schumacher Quartet played 3 concerts in the 'Hot Club de Jazz' in the beautiful city of Lisbon, on February 28th, 29th and march 1th. Louis Hilario, the owner of the club, is one of the most funny persons on this planet (of course, with such a name). The crowd seemed to like the quartet's latest repertoire. The band presented their newest album 'Silbergrau'.

VENICE, (02/ 2008)

This was the second time for the trio to play on the Veneto Jazz Festival. On Thursday, February 21th 2008, they played a concert in the theatre of Mirano, a town only 30 minutes away from the beautiful center of Venice. The Veneto Jazz organisers believe in their music. They compare the efforts they do for this trio, with the efforts they did years ago for bands like E.S.T. (and that's a real compliment because we all know that the Italians have a good taste for art and music).

TOUR ANDALUSIA
The trio did a tour in the south of Spain from the 12th until the 15th of February 2008. The first concert was in Sevilla on the 12th, in a beautiful concert hall, just in front of the city hall. The newspapers awarded the concert with a five stars article! The next day the band headed for Cadiz, where they played in a very inspiring venue, called 'La Lecheria'. The local television recorded the concert. After the gig the trio had a good 'hang' with local star Nono Garcia, one of the leading flamenco guitar players, at a jam session just a few blocks away from the hotel. The last concert was in Jerez De La Frontera, known for it's 'fino', a typical liquor. The tour was organised by the fine people of 'La Bikina'. The trio wants to thank Yvan, the tour manager from the organisation , who made this midweek a pleasant journey with his good taste for nice restaurants and fine humour.

TOUR JAPAN, OSAKA & TOKIO ( 02/2008)
It has always been a dream for the trio to go on tour in Japan. From the 5th untill the 10th of February 2008, the band was invited in Osaka and Tokio to play some concerts. The first concert was organised in the 'International House' in Osaka by Bernard Catrysse and his lovely team. The second concert took place in a town, a little bit outside Osaka's centre, namely in the cityhall of Nyaagawa. The trio was really charmed by the Japanese gratitude, respect towards everybody and one thing must be said: belgian and japanese people share the passion for good food-)! The trio did a recording of the song that previously appeared on "It's Gone", "Not What I asked for"with jazz-star-singer-flügelhornplayer Toku! This recording was made possible by the fine coöperation of the people of Universal Japan

'TOUR GERMANY' (01/2008)
The trio started the beginning of the year with two concerts in Germany. The first concert was in a very beautiful town, Bad Kissingen (on January the 2nd, 2008). The second concert was in Münster(on January the 6th) for the 'Jazz in Between' festival. It was a real dream to play there: the venue was sold out weeks before (more then a thousand people). The crowd was going mad after the last 'encore'! Next year they 'll celebrate their 30th edition: a great opportunity to discover some of the european talents in jazz!

BARCELONA, JAMBOREE JAZZ CLUB (Spain 2007)
On thuesday the 4th of december, the trio played their cd-release in Spain in the legendary Jamboree jazzclub in Barcelona. They played two sets including a lot of the new material since they will go into the studio at the end of december to record their new album. The band wants to thank Alex from Universal who did a great job on the promotion of this gig and of course Pierre who gave them the chance to play in this beautiful venue.

London, Pizza Express (UK 2007)
The trio played on the London Jazz Festival 2007 on the 22nd and 23rd of november in the Pizza Express. This club has an impressive tradition of programming jazzconcerts. People like Sting, Diana Krall, Jamie Cullum and many others have been playing in this special spot in Soho, the most exciting neighbourhood of London. The trio's concerts were a big succes: the crowd just loved it! And so did the trio! This two evenings were a first step for the British to discouver the magic of the live-concerts of this band. The BBC recorded the first evening and this will be broadcasted on the 19th of january 2008.

PASCAL SCHUMACHER QUARTET AUSTRALIAN TOUR (2007)

The Pascal Schumacher quartet has been touring in Australia from the 25th of October untill the 10th of November 2007. After some serious delays with airplanes, the band arrived in Brisbane on friday the 26th of October, one hour after the show was programmed... Luckely the audience was so nice to wait for the band and I guess you could say the band was still flying during this gig:-). The day after, they were heading for Sydney. On thuesday the 30th, they played at the 'Excelsior Hotel' and on the 1st of November they opened for the great Groove Mothership Orchestra (with the great musical director David Theak on the saxofone) in the 'Factory Theatre'. The day after the band took the plane to Melbourne for a concert in the 'Spiegeltent'. The band played on the 'Wangaretta Jazzfestival' on sunday the 4th of November. It was great playing there because every australian jazzmusician hangs around in this lovely little town at this time of the year. On the 7th the band played in Canberra at the 'Hippo Lounge bar' and the day after they played again in Melbourne at the 'Chapel'. This tour was a succes due to the splendid coorporation with people who helped them out with the organisation of the whole project: David Theak, Kristen Barardi, Adrian Jackson and so many others: Thanks a lot!

Jazz à Jacobins, Toulouse (F 2007)

This anual classical festival, situated in the heart of Toulouse, exists for more then 25 years. Among artists that played on this prestigious piano festival, you'll find Martha Argerich, MiRoslav Richter, Michel Petrucciani, Martial Solal and many others. Jef was invited to play in the "cité de l'espace" on monday 24th of september 2007. The concert was sold-out. The people of Toulouse have a very particular type of humour: they try to get an artist as much as possible back on stage for yet another encore. Well, they 've had Jef, that's for shure!

POPKOMM CONCERTS, Berlin (D 2007)

"On the 19th and 20th of september 2008 the trio played two concerts in Berlin. They were invited by the 'Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen' to present Belgium on the 'Popkum': this is one of the world's biggest and most important musicfairs."

JAZZ MIDDELHEIM, Antwerp (Belgium 2007)

That's what we call 'coming home': at 3 pm, the festival was already crowded, more then everyone of us could ever have hoped. Indeed, the trio played it's very first concert in Antwerp, only six years ago, and look where we are now: on sunday, the 19th of august, this legendary festival was sold-out from the afternoon! Thank you everybody, this is a great stimulans to go on, and go even further musically and spritualy.
Also enjoy this nice impression of Mwanji!

JAZZ A JUAN, JUANS-LES-PINS (FR 2007)
What a life! Living as God in France, well that's what the trio felt like when they arrived in Nice. The trio was invited to play on the 'Jazz à Juan' jazz festival on July 22th 2007. They had a great time on and off-stage! The trio would like to thank the bassplayer who was willing to provide his stick-bass, showing up 5 minutes before the concert started, since the double bass provided by the organisation unfortunately suffered from a jetlag...

PASCAL SCHUMACHER QUARTET CANADIAN TOUR (2007)
The Pascal Schumacher Quartet did a tour in Canada. They played in the 'Upstairs Jazz Club' in Montreal on July 15th. Afterwards they were heading to Ottawa, Canada's capital, to play a concert in the 'Avant-Garde Bar on July 17th. The day after they took a day-off to visit the marvellous 'Niagara Waterfalls'! The tour ended in Toronto's famous jazz club 'The Rex' on July 21th. Jef was invited on the 'Jazz FM' radio with his music and a live interview.

NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL, Rotterdam (NL 2007)
On July 13th 2007 the trio played on the prestigious 'North Sea Jazz Festival'. more then 100 groups from all over the world make Rotterdam the European jazz Mekka during this weekend. It was the trio's first time to play on this big event. You can read some comments on our 'reviews page'.

BLUE NOTE RECORDS FESTIVAL, GHENT (Belgium 2007)
It was the trio's second time to play on this huge festival. On July 8th 2007, the trio invited the Italian trumpeteer Flavio Boltro to sit in for the second part of their set. It was great to feel Flavio's enthousiasm and energy! They played some of the new repertoire since the trio is planning to go into the studio again soon for the new record (release planned in april 2008). The concert was recorded by the radio and will be broadcasted later on this year.

PARC FLORAL, PARIS (France 2007)
It's always great to discouver some new amazing venues to play; the 'Parc Floral' in Paris is just one of those great parcs where you want to hang out when the first summer-sun breaks through. On July 7th 2007 the trio played at the "Paris Jazz Festival" for a very attentive and enthusiastic audience.The concert was broadcasted live on the radio. Well, what can we say? We love Paris!

VANCOUVER & MONTREAL
(Canada 2007)
On July 1st 2007 the trio played on the "Vancouver Jazzfestival".
It was their first time in Canada. This festival is known for it's programming of alternative music. The trio hooked up the other day with de crazy 'Flat Earth Society' Big Band of Peter Vermeersch. Only two days later they played on the prestigious "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Beside some 'big shots' (like Keith Jarrett, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan,....), the festival promotes some of the newcoming talents. On both festivals the trio received a standing ovation!

VIENNA (Austria 2007)

On tuesday the 26th of june 2007, the trio was invited to play at the "Jazzfest Wien". They played in the legendary 'Jazzland' club, a place where all the jazzallstars have played over the years. The concert was recorded by the national radio and will be broadcasted on the 20th of august 2007 for the European Broadcasting Union.Jef was delighted to visit all the places where the world-famous composers (such as Mozart, Beethoven, SChubert,...) used to live.

RABAT (Morroco 2007)

"On friday the 15th of june, the 'Jef Neve trio' played on the "Jazz au Chellah Festival" in Rabat. The festival is situated just outside of the city in an astonishing environment of old Arabic and Roman ruïns. Big was their surprise when thousands of people started to clap on the 'shabi' (typical Moroccan rythm patern) which is used in the 'Nothing but a Casablanca Turtle Slide Show Dinner'-song! The festival gives the opportunity to European musicians to hook up with local artists, which gives a particular flavour on the whole concept. It has to be said that the organisers were extremely friendly and handled a highprofessional standard: the ideal situation for artists to be creative and feel comfortable. Among the artists people could enjoy the performances of Bobo Stenson, Ghani Krija (percussionist of Sting, Herby Hancock, Chick Corea,...), Tomasz Stanko, Erik Truffaz and others."

WARSHAU (Poland 2007)
"The 'Jef Neve- Pascal Schumacher duo' was invited in Warshau to play a concert on the ambassy of Luxemburg on monday the 11th of june 2007. It was their first performance in Poland. They were introduced to some great local artists (photographers, designers, painters...) which resultated in a very inspiring journey."

EUROPEAN JAZZFESTIVAL ATHENS (Greece 2007)

On wednesday the 30th of may 2007, the trio played on the European Jazzfestival in Athens (Greece). The festival was situated on the old gazfactory 'Gazi', wich has been renovated to the fancy and trendy 'Technopolis', just at the foot of the Acropolis mountain. The trio played there for the second time since they did their first concert on the same festival only two years before.For the first time, the trio had the pleasant company of Jan Verschoren, the trio's sound engineer, and Toon Verachtert, a young talented cameraman.

BRUSSELS JAZZ MARATHON (2007)

On the 25th of may the trio was invited to play on one of the most beautiful squares in the world: the 'Grand Place' in Brussels (the trio's home town). It was great to play there because it allowed the band to play some of their new compositions for the belgian audience, who has followed Jef 's trio since the very begining

QUASIMODO CLUB BERLIN (2007)

"The trio played the cd-release concert in Germany on the 16th of May in the "Quasimodo Club" in Berlin. They met some really nice people over there: Giorgio, the owner of the club, and Christina, the lady of Universal Germany. The concert was recorded by the radio and will be broadcasted in the future. They had a great time being in this amazing city. The trio had the chance to take a day off and visited the main tourist-highlights such a the 'Brandenburger Tor', the 'Reichstag' andsome remaining parts of 'the wall'.

VENETO JAZZ FESTIVAL (2007)

"The trio played a concert in Italy on the 8th of may.

The concert was set in the beautiful 'Fenice' theatre in the old centre of Venice.

This concert was a real succes, due to the lovely organisation of the 'Veneto jazz Festival'. The trio had a great time being in this magnificent town and playing for this warm-hearted audience."