Open Music invites SLR 5

Open Music Jazz Club invites SLR 5

Friday, October 24, 2025 from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m

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Line up

Sal La Rocca (d. bass), Steve Delannoye (t. & s. sax), Phil Abraham (tb), Igor Gehenot (pn)  &  Umberto Odone (drs).

About SLR 5

Sal La Rocca is a major bassist of the Belgian and European scene. He is the guardian of actual hard bop and post bop, solid and strong. He’s a protector of a mainstream jazz that knows how to reinvent itself, look forward and jostle with the ordinary while respecting fundamentals. Alongside his old accomplice Phil Abraham at the trombone, he’s gathered a new guard of spirited and talented jazz musicians. Nothing beats this ensemble in blowing up an already energetic music, and melodies full of sensitivity.

On stage, the incandescent saxophonist Steven Delannoye responds to the attacks of pianist Igor Gehenot, while, behind his ‘barrels,’ Umberto Odone beats skins and cymbals. It’s incredible! Sal’s jazz is pleasure in its purest form: good mood that travels along the stage and spills into the audience. It’s a jazz slightly tainted by Latin or Caribbean choruses, but also a jazz full of demands (it remains a music born out of struggles) turned towards optimism. If you don’t like this kind of jazz, then you don’t like life. You’re welcome.

About Open Music Jazz Club

This limited liability cooperative is the result of a comprehensive approach to the acquisition, renovation, and provision of an alternative cultural venue primarily dedicated to music, but also capable of hosting exhibitions, literary cafés, cooking classes, lectures, and debates, etc. The venue is located at 13 Place Sainte-Anne (the main square) in Comines (Belgium).

It is a former nightclub that attracted a young audience between 1980 and 2000. The building is in need of complete renovation. However, it is possible to retain the industrial style and the mezzanines connected by a footbridge… Enormous potential!

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