"Making music to make a difference!" That's the motto of Ghetto Classics, the music academy in the slums of Nairobi that took our hearts away. In order to be able to work there on a yearly basis, I will perform living room concerts in Belgium, where a share of the income will go directly to Ghetto Classics Belgium to keep on collecting instruments, materials and raise funds to be able to get us back there. Please use the contact form here to ask for more information! Hope to see you in your living room soon (from April onwards)! Jef
My new album is coming out on April 21st, but the first single is there! Together with the wonderful Madeleine Peyroux, we recorded the beautiful classic "That Old Feeling". Have a listen to it on all DSP's by clicking here!
In a world filled with readily available data and (fake?) facts, I feel the need, the urge, to seek the mysterious: Respect and a deep bow to the beauty of the unknown, the liberating joy of a child's innocence, the white blanket of serenity, the total absence of the exact and the surrender to the allencompassing. The music is complex and at the same time surprisingly simple, a balance I tried to keep during the entire composition process. The musicians have livened the scores with a sense of masterful craftsmanship and personal interpretations. And this is why I do this: after months of research in the deepness of my soul, the score comes alive through the first breath of life in the music; Ultimate beauty. For the instrumentation I was inspired by the massive sound of three tenor saxophones, which can sound both aggressive and soothing, or play freely improvised and strictly classical at the same time. I complemented these with trumpet and bass trombone, the two extremes of the brass sound gamma. Already confident with the sound of the piano and double bass from the beginning, these form the backbone, the foundation on which I built the compositions. Please join me and my band through this musical mystery, let go of the real world for a while and discover the feeling of relief at not understanding something.
In a world filled with readily available data and (fake?) facts, I feel the need, the urge, to seek the mysterious: Respect and a deep bow to the beauty of the unknown, the liberating joy of a child's innocence, the white blanket of serenity, the total absence of the exact and the surrender to the allencompassing. The music is complex and at the same time surprisingly simple, a balance I tried to keep during the entire composition process. The musicians have livened the scores with a sense of masterful craftsmanship and personal interpretations. And this is why I do this: after months of research in the deepness of my soul, the score comes alive through the first breath of life in the music; Ultimate beauty. For the instrumentation I was inspired by the massive sound of three tenor saxophones, which can sound both aggressive and soothing, or play freely improvised and strictly classical at the same time. I complemented these with trumpet and bass trombone, the two extremes of the brass sound gamma. Already confident with the sound of the piano and double bass from the beginning, these form the backbone, the foundation on which I built the compositions. Please join me and my band through this musical mystery, let go of the real world for a while and discover the feeling of relief at not understanding something.
Line-up:
-piano: Jef Neve
-double bass: Jasper Høiby (DK)
-trumpet: Teus Nobel (NL)
-tenor sax: Nicolas Kummert
-tenor sax: Bruno Van der Haegen
-tenor sax: Andy Dhondt
-bass trombone: Pieter Kindt
From this site we will stream our live concerts from May 18 to June 10.
Every Monday and Wednesday, at 8 pm. Each concert has a duration of +/- 40 min.
We keep the concerts in the gallery so you can always revisit everything.
For these 8 concerts we ask a one-time fee of 20 euros. You can register and pay by clicking the button below. As godfather of Ghetto Classics (music school in the slums of Nairobi) I would like to support them with these concerts.
Have fun listening and thank you in advance!
Jef Neve
Concerts on the following dates:
-Monday May 18
-Wednesday, May 20
Monday 25 May
-Wednesday, May 27
-Monday June 1
-Wednesday, June 3
-Monday, June 8
-Wednesday, June 10
Welkom iedereen!
Van op deze site gaan we van 18 mei tot 10 juni onze live-concerten streamen.
Elke maandag en woensdag, telkens om 20u. Elk concert heeft een duurtijd van +/- 40 min.
We bewaren de concerten in de galerij zodat je alles altijd kan herbekijken.
Voor deze 8 concerten vragen we een eenmalige vergoeding van 20 euro. Het aanmelden en betalen kan je doen door op de knop hieronder. Als peter van Ghetto Classics (muziekschool in de sloppenwijk van Nairobi) wil ik hen graag met deze concerten ondersteunen.
“A new year, a new album coming up for you! Rehearsing in the studio with my new band (piano, double bass, 3 tenor saxophones, trumpet and bass trombone), playing 2 try-outs this weekend and next Monday we push the record button for a whole week! Looking forward to releasing my new album on the world on March 27th!”
