Laurent de Wilde - Over the clouds

the musician : Laurent de Wilde
the tune : Over the clouds
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Aka Moon playing with Baba Sissoko

the musician : Aka Moon
the tune : Live at the KVS
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Aka Moon & DJ Grazzhoppa DJ big band

the musician : Aka Moon & DJ Grazzhoppa
the tune : Live exhibition
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Dave Brubeck - Ei, uhnem

the musician : Dave Brubeck
the tune : Ei, uhnem
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Here is a fantastic footage of Dave Brubeck improvising on a Russian folk song. And while playing he is joined by a violonist from the crowd, very inspiring.

Moondog - Bird's lament

the musician : Moondog
the tune : Bird's lament
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Jazz in Brussels - Toots Thielemans

the musician : Toots Thielemans
the tune : Sophisticated Lady
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

I did this drawing for the "they draw & travel" blog where you can find maps and cityscapes drawn by artists from all over the world. It really is a nice place to spend some time. My illo shows the four best jazz clubs in Brussels. And to go with that, I chose the music of our most famous jazz musician: Toots Thielemans. He is an amazing musician, incredible what he can do with an harmonica, and he also played with all the great ones. If you have some time, browse on the youtube selection of his music, you'll be blown by his music.

My second child was born this last monday

the musician : Abdullah Ibrahim
the tune : Green Kalahari
the artist : Léon

As the title says, our second child was born this last monday.

His name is Léon and I sure hope he enjoys music and especially piano as much as I do.

Jazz exhibition in Stavelot next week-end

Yai, an exhibition again! This time, I am the one showing my work with Blaise thanks to this blog again. We are setting up an exhibition of our jazz paintings - only big formats, the two images you see here both measure at least 1 meter. The show takes place during a small jazz festival at l'abbaye de Stavelot.

the musician : Bill Evans
the tune : My Foolish Heart
the artist : Blaise Dehon, Philippe Debongnie

Miles Davis - Tenderly

the musician : Miles Davis
the tune : Tenderly
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Billie Holiday - Strange fruit (again)

the musician : Billie Holiday
the tune : Strange fruit
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

I know it is a song I already featured. But I read an excellent book by David Margolick about it which made me discover this excellent recording (the first recording of Strange fruit by Billie Holiday I think) and I figured I'd share it with you.

Marek Patrman - discreet but very efficient

the musician : Marek Patrman
the place : any concert
the artist : Philippe Debongnie

Avishai Cohen - an incredible bass player

the musician : Avishai Cohen
the tune : remembering
the artist : Philippe Debongnie