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November 29, 2012
Sal La Rocca | Contact
CONTACT BOOKING (Belgium) 🇧🇪
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Official Agent
Christine Verdussen (SAMSA)
EN : Christine Verdussen is active in the Brussels publishing world (SAMSA). She also collaborated for many years with the conductor and musician Dominique Jonckheere (1954-2018), both for jazz and rock projects (Bach to rock, Beatles, etc.) and for philharmonic projects (La Musique storytelling, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms) or chamber music. She knows the musical networks where she has made many friendships, which leads her to devote herself to the promotion, distribution, in particular of jazz, classical or mixed musicians.
contact@samsa-music.be
CONTACT BOOKING (België) 🇧🇪
Official Agent
Jaak Boon (LiveJazz.be)
Who is Livejazz ? : Livejazz was founded in 2004 by Jaak Boon. Initially under the name “Haricot Music” and later “livemusic vzw producties”. It worked/works as an accredited mediator for performing artists, mainly active in jazz and classical music. Live events and production for ministers Anciaux and Vandenbroucke, leading corporate activities, KBC, ABB, KULeuven, Fortis, CM, Belgian Bankers’ Association, cultural centers, and productions with cultural houses, Flagey, Arenberg, Concertgebouw…Activities were interrupted for personal reasons between 2015 and 2023.
What does Livejazz do? : We offer groups orchestras to cultural and event organizers. Groups with which we also work in terms of management and production. As a recognized agent, we can also always select the best tailor-made group. To do this, we rely on our extensive network of professional musicians
Who is Jaak Boon Livejazz ? : Jaak Boon has worked as a live musician (saxophone & flute) with leading Belgian pop and swingbands: Jan Muës (Gruwels), Jan Leyers (Beri Beri), Bart Herman, the rock & soul scene of Louvain including The Boxcars, Gerry & the Hattricks, Mark Marshall, and other “classic” ensembles. Ex- Media & Marketing Manager. Former marketing & sales manager at MSC Comelco, De Standaard Newspaper Group, Roularta Media, BIVV/IBSR, Wolters-Kluwer. Flemish government. We understand the language and needs of events & communications, culture, and the musician’s world. Full-time management of Livejazz in 2024.
Jaak Boon +32 0472/017055
jaak.boon@livejazz.be
CONTACT BOOKING (FR) 🇫🇷
French Agent
Evelyn Merlier
EN : Manager and agent of jazz, soul, classical and world music formations, I let you discover the groups that I have the pleasure of accompanying. Agent of c. bassist Sal la Rocca, from c. bassist Laurent Brouhon, singer-pianist Karen Malka in duet with bassist Shai Hamani, manager of the Davy Palumbo Trio, the WWQuartet, the Quartet Tshirikly and the “Multicordes” ensemble.
evelynmanagement@gmail.com
CONTACT PRODUCTION (BE) 🇧🇪
IGLOO Records since 1978
In 1978, in the midst of the cultural and artistic “post 68” effervescence, a label was born. Igloo was created by passionate fans of fiercely original, independent and singular music. Over time, the label has released recordings and contributed to the history of jazz and improvised music in Belgium, with a catalogue of over 400 references! Although the first Igloo releases were definitely far from being intended for mass consumption – soundscapes, improvised music – the merger with the LDH label in the early 80s led to it releasing its first jazz productions (and significant ones): Chet Baker, Philip Catherine, Jacques Pelzer, Michel Herr, Steve Houben and Charles Loos All these names contributed to building the label’s reputation not only in Belgium but on the international scene. This enabled it to realise its primary ambition: to necome a platform for future talents.
This led to the label putting the spotlight on the generation of Nathalie Loriers, Eric Legnini, Ivan Paduart and Manuel Hermia in the early days… followed by Mélanie de Biasio, Greg Houben, Pascal Mohy, and many others right up to the new wave of jazzmen such as Igor Gehenot, Antoine Pierre and Jean-Paul Estiévenart. The label’s philosophy has always been to promote diversity, allowing expressions of more marginal music to be heard and supported in a musical context that lives under the threat of standardization. Although jazz became its main domain, the label remains open to more “unclassifiable” creations via its “Igloo +” collection. It has also diversified by integrating, in the late 90s, projects that grew from cultural encounters under the «Igloo Mondo» banner. Lastly, chanson française remains important. After the productions of the Franc’Amour label in the 80s (Maurane, Pascal Charpentier, Claude Semal, Dunker), Igloo created the Factice label to provide support for more contemporary French-speaking artists such as Sacha Toorop, Mochélan, Mathias Bressan and Karim Gharbi.
So for 40 years the label has been recording, producing and promoting the music of its artists across the 5 continents!
sowarex@arcadis.be
