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Kicking off a new season

04 Sep 2023

BJO30, Gwilym Simcock & Gainsbourg

03 Nov 2022

Philippe Coffyn in the spotlight

02 Sep 2022

Stijn Declercq in the spotlight

05 Jul 2022

Rox Bosmans in the spotlight

15 Jan 2022

Betty Vanlangendonck in the spotlight

04 Nov 2021

Frederik Heirman in the spotlight

01 Jun 2021

Laurent Hendrick in the spotlight

02 Apr 2021

Bart De Nolf in the spotlight

04 Feb 2021

Meet Dieter Limbourg

10 Nov 2020

Meet Bo Van der Werf

08 Sep 2020

Discover the favourite BJO memories of Kurt Van Herck

01 Jun 2020

Discover the favourite BJO memory of Bart Defoort

31 Dec 2018

On 11 & 12 February the BJO and Tutu Puoane will perform We Have A Dream in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City!

31 Dec 2018

In early February BJO and David Linx will go to Canada for 2 performances of BREL.

01 Nov 2018

BJO25 Birthday tour with Maria Schneider (US)

31 Oct 2018

with OPRL (Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège) in Liège

27 Oct 2018

A new youth big-band project

16 Apr 2018

On 15 April Tutu Puoane and several BJO musicians were guests on "De Zevende Dag" on the Eén (VRT) TV network.

10 Apr 2018

Q&A about We Have A Dream

22 Feb 2018

Now for sale in the BJO webshop!

22 Feb 2018

****1/2 review for Smooth Shake with Bert Joris

09 Nov 2017

The sheet music of many BJO arrangements (by Michel Herr, Frank Vaganée, Lode Mertens,...) now for sale in our webshop!

30 Jun 2017

In June 2017, the BREL album with David Linx wins a prestigious Edison Jazz/World Award.

29 Nov 2016

24 Nov 2015

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Season 22-23
The new season is just around the corner! Let yourself be carried away by the sounds of Footprint, the protest songs of We Have a Dream, the stories of Night 352 and the exciting grooves of Two Places. In 2023, the BJO will perform together with Aka Moon for the first time, and we will pay tribute to Serge Gainsbourg, together with rising star Camille Bertault.

Take a look at the concert calendar

BJO in Utopia
On Sunday 18 September, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra kicks off the new season with a concert in Utopia, the library in Aalst. With Footprint we present a selection of our extensive repertoire, surrounded by an impressive collection of books. With this concert, the non profit organization De Luchtbrug waves goodbye to Peter Thomas, the outgoing director of the Academy for Performing Arts in Aalst.

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Revisit Toots 100
Over the past few months, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra has paid tribute to jazz legend Toots Thielemans at various venues. The first in the series was the official anniversary concert on 29 April 2022 in Bozar, together with Philip Catherine (guitar), Tutu Puoane (vocals), Kenny Werner (piano) and Grégoire Maret (harmonica) which you can watch here. Thanks to Klara, you can also listen to the concert at Jazz Middelheim again.

Watch the Toots 100 anniversary concert

Meet Stijn Declercq
"After day 1 with the BJO I was immediately sold and the Two Places project continues to hold a very special place in my musical heart."

Sound engineer Stijn talks about the secret behind a good monitor mix, the projects he works on and his first encounter with jazz.

Picture: Rafael Deprost.

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