Les soirées

Formation créée en décembre 2015, Reverent Juke est née de la collaboration d’un danseur et d’un musicien. C'est donc dévoué à la danse que ce groupe prend ses sources. De Jelly Roll Morton à Chick Webb, en passant par Fletcher Henderson, Buddy Johnson ou encore Hearls Hines, Reverent Juke interprète quelques perles de l'âge d'or du swing. Avec une section rythmique explosive construite autour du swing redoutable de Tom Lambrecht à la batterie, associé au "bounce" du contrebassiste / chanteur Andrew Bolton et au piano "stride" sauvage de Renaud Crols, Reverent Juke et ses trois souffleurs Martin Bolton à la clarinette, Olivier Faber à la trompette et Mathieu Najean au saxophone, allument le feu du swing et soufflent tant qu'ils peuvent sur ses flammes ardentes.

Lester's Blues lend their name from one of the most bittersweet songs by saxophonist Lester Young, arguably the greatest stylist that has been in jazz. Inspired by 1930's small band recordings of Count Basie and his alumni, Lester's Blues want to approach their music, style, vibe and effortless swing that changed the face of jazz with a fresh and vigorous touch. The septet is modelled after some of the bands the Count had: a four-piece rhythm section with piano and rhythm guitar, and three horns, composed of leading Belgian and Dutch seasoned jazz and swing players, each having earned their stripes through many years of gigging and practice. They will surely cater for a stomping party!

The band was formed by Tom Callens out of enthusiasm for this wonderful music and the deeply felt need to spread and bring back alive the heritage of these men. Above all, Lester's Blues wants to capture the raw energetic rhythmic playing conveyed in these recording sessions with the Basie-ites, and not to become a copy-cat band. Automatically, something new will be created while playing the original music as the personalities of each one of the all-star musicians will come to influence the final sound, thus creating something 'new', as is always the case in music. And it will surely guarantee a moment of pure exhilaration, joy and sizzling energy for the listener as well as the musician as the rhythms and riffs pound their way deep into the night...