ABConcerts NewsAn overview of upcoming concerts at the AB BrusselsDAVE HOLLAND QUINTET, ABTheater, 2008-10-23 20:00- June 13, 2008 AB has invited a series of impressive international jazz musicians to visit in past years. Remember Brad Mehldau, Joe Lovano, John Zorn, Cassandra Wilson, John Scofield and also Marsalis. We can now add double-bass player DAVE HOLLAND to this impressive list, he'll be dropping by AB with his extremely impressive QUINTET. In the past Dave Holland was sidekick to a number of jazz titans including pianist Thelonious Monk and also Miles Dahttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102085 STEVE WYNN & THE DRAGON BRIDGE ORCHESTRA, ABClub, 2008-10-02 20:00- June 12, 2008 STEVE WYNN & THE DRAGON BRIDGE ORCHESTRA 'Crossing Dragon Bridge' must be just about Steven Wynn's 12th solo adventure, not counting the CdD he made with Dream Syndicate and Gutterball or his project Danny & Dusty (with Dan Stuart of Green On Red). A regular to the AB, this time he's coming to play the songs that he wrote in Ljubljana in the studio of Walkabouts frontman Chris Eckman. Eckman forced Wynn to write an album on his own and that resulted in a comphttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102084 PIERRE ANCKAERT TRIO + BORD DU NORD, WARANDEPARK, 2008-08-26 19:00- June 11, 2008 7:00 pm : SOUNDTRACK BY... BLUE FLAMINGO (Nl.) Ziya Ertekin from Rotterdam is addicted to 78-rpm records. His superb mix-album 'Blue Flamingo 78 r.p.m.' is a timewarp to the 30's where jazz, exotica and mambo rule. Unique and deliciously crackly as well. For those who think that MP3s and CDs sound good: refresh yourself with the real shit! 8:30 pm : PIERRE ANCKAERT TRIO (b) The contemhttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102058 IN FLAMES + GOJIRA + SONIC SYNDICATE, Zaal, 2008-10-07 19:00- June 11, 2008 'A Sense Of Purpose', that's the title of the new IN FLAMES album. This melodious, Swedish death metal band is a pioneer in its genre, together with bands like At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity whose original members also grew up in Gothenburg. 'A Sense Of Purpose' is onto its ninth studio album already and so it's about time that - after a number of major festival like Graspop - the band alight the AB stage this autumn. httphttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102083 LAMBCHOP, ABFlex, 2008-10-26 20:00- June 11, 2008 Singerguitarist Kurt Wagner's band performed for the last time in the AB in October 2006. That was for the fantastic CD 'Damaged', the umpteenth from the band that became known for it's country-soaked soul music or, as you like, soul-soaked country. A breathtaking concert that was eternalized on the live DVD 'No Such Silence'. Come 8 October their new studio album will be released under the title 'Ohio' and true to tradihttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102082 YASMINE, ABClub, 2009-02-01 15:00- June 11, 2008 The word. Writen. Spoken. Sung YASMINE's new theatre project focuses completely on words. Yasmine dismantles her music until only the essence remains: the naked truth, pure poetry. Without frills, honest and fragile. Acoustic. Serious, but always with a wink. Songs that don't shy from the light or the dark side of life. Personal stories that are universal enough for Yasmine to draw you into her story. The poetry of great Flemish poets like Whttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102081 MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND, ABTheater, 2008-10-01 20:00- June 11, 2008 May we momentarily lapse into a little namedropping Here we go: DOCTOR ROCKIT, HERBERT, THE MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND, WISHMOUNTAIN, RADIO BOY and MR. VERTIGO. All alter-egos of busy-bee MATTHEW HERBERT, who has been musically active for 10 years now. As innovative and experimental musicianproducer Herbert has often disregarded the conventions of the electronica genre. His leitmotiv is the self-imposed PCCOM or Personal Contract For Thhttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102080 HANNELORE BEDERT + FLIP KOWLIER, WARANDEPARK, 2008-08-28 12:00- June 10, 2008http://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102066 THE KIDS, ABBox, 2008-09-19 19:00- June 10, 2008 THE KIDS play 'The Kids' (1978) With much panache, AB launched a brand new series last autumn: REWIND. Central to this series are Belgian musicians who perform 'their classic' in its entirety. Be it a milestone in their career or to go a little further: a key record for Belgian pop music. Often, but not always, we're talking about albums that are etched into our collective memory. Call it a pivot point in the Belgian musical landschttp://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=102050 JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS, Zaal, 2008-10-12 20:00- June 7, 2008 An everlasting, timeless blues! And long may it continue. Recently he made his tribute to Freddie King: 'In The Palace Of The King' (here via Pias). And at the very least his site also features a nice, educational blues archive with creditable references. But here we reiterate the praise given at the packed AB in the spring of 06. JOHN MAYALL is a living legend. And living is the word, in view of his unstoppable tours and releases.http://www.abconcerts.be/ab2/&l=3&p=200&c=101868 |