WHO WON?
First prize (‘Grand Prize Albert Michiels’) = Florian Favre Trio (Switzerland),
a trio lead by Florian Favre on piano, Manu Hagmann on double bass and Arthur Hnatek on drums.
Florian Favre Trio – winners ‘Grand Prize Albert Michiels’ @ B-Jazz 2016
Second prize = Laurent Coulondre Trio (France)
Laurent Coulondre Trio – winners second prize @ B-Jazz 2016
Third prize = Maciek Wojcieszuk Quintet (Poland)
Maciek Wojcieszyk Quintet – winners third prize @ B-Jazz 2016
Prize for best soloist: Florian Favre (piano – Florian Favre Trio)
Prize for best bass player: Manu Hagmann (Florian Favre Trio)
Sabam for Culture Prize (= prize for the best live interpretation of ‘Eternal July’: Florian Favre Trio
Prize for the winner of the Composition Contest B-Jazz 2016: ‘Eternal July’ by Piotr Matusik (Poland)
The fourth place is shared by Atrìo, Pentadox 3 and Wlodarczyk / Plecher Duo.
Atrìo, Florian Favre Trio, Laurent Coulondre Trio, Maciek Wojcieszuk Quintet, Pentadox 3 and Wlodarczyk / Plecher Duo.
Atrìo from Italy
Atrìo was born in 2012 with the meeting of three yooung musicians sharing the same passion for jazz in particular.
Along with their original compositions their repertoire ranges from reinterpretations of famous songs and jazz standards in a modern key.
They took part in several competitions and national festivals. In september 2015 the trio recorded their first live EP in Auditorium Parco della Musica de Roma, featuring J. Girotto and R. Giuliani as special guests.
Atrìo got a wildcard to play B-Jazz 2016 via Saint Louis College of Music (Rome, Italy).
band members
Moreno Maugliani – drums
Dario Giacovelli – bass & effects
Gianluca Massetti – piano & keyboards
Florian Favre Trio from Switzerland
This trio exists since 2010 and tours mostly in Switzerland and Germany.
After releasing their first album, playing a lot of shows and being invited to perform a showcase at Jazzahead! 2015, the trio takes on a new form.
Drummer Arthur Hnatek (Tigran Hamasyan, Erik Truffaz, …) joins them for a new album, wich will be released in April 2016 on Traumton Records (Berlin).
band members
Florian Favre – piano
Arthur Hnatek – drums
Manu Hagmann – double bass
Laurent Coulondre Trio from France
Laurent Coulondre belongs to this new generation of incredibly skilled musicians.
This 26 years old pianist got involved into the deep world of organ music. He features an old style feet bass playing while delivering a percussive and very dynamic hand play.
His compositions reflect an idea of what jazz could be today, mixing a profound taste of swing music with contemporary influences.
band members
Laurent Coulondre – organ & piano
Martin Wangermee – drums
Rémy Bouyssière – (double) bass
Maciek Wojcieszuk Quintet from Poland
This quintet is an initiative aimed at presenting Maciek Wojcieszuk’s own vision of jazz music. Their work is an outcome of Maciek’s experience both in jazz and other genres, including rock, Celtic, folk and Balkan music, playing in numerous projects both during concerts and at theater performances. So far they have been selected among various groups to be part of many jazz festivals both in Poland and abroad, including Jazz Juniors, OdNowa Jazz Fest, Jazz w Światowidzie, Bueno Jazz Fest, JazzBer, International Jazz Festiwal in Getxo and others.
Maciek Wojcieszuk Quintet got a wildcard to play B-Jazz 2016 by winning the Getxo International Jazz Festival competition (Getxo, Spain).
band members
Paulina Atmańska – piano
Adam Tadel – double bass
Kuba Łępa – saxophone
Paweł Palcowski – trumpet
Piotr Budniak – drums
Pentadox 3 from Belgium
A contemporary jazz trio consisting of Samuel Ber, Bram De Looze and Sylvain Debaisieux, based around Ber’s compositions, a mix of written scores and free improvisation.
The tenor saxophone-piano-drums formula allows blending of textures, harmonic, melodic and rhythmic experimentation and a real time exploration of the links between the three protagonists.
band members
Samuel Ber – drums
Sylvain Debaisieux – tenor saxophone
Bram De Looze – piano
Wlodarczyk / Plecher Duo from Switzerland
Grzegorz and Stephan met for the first time at the Swiss jazz festival Generations 2014 in Frauenfeld.
What started as a loose project developed into a long term cooperation. Both musicians contribute their original compositions to this duo.
A mix of jazz roots stuff, elements from rock/pop and contemporary classical music. Music with a strong rhythmic sense and full of atmosphere.
band members
Grzegorz Włodarczyk – double bass
Stephan Plecher – piano
WHO APPLIED FOR B-JAZZ 2016?
- Aga Derlak Trio (Poland)
- Allison Philips Trio (Netherlands)
- André Santos feat. Tristan Renfrow & Alessandro Fongaro (Portugal)
- Andreas Feith Quartett (Germany)
- Andrew Boudreau Quartet (Canada)
- Arba (Germany)
- Bangin’ Bülows Nice Jazz Quartet (Denmark)
- Barba Roja (Belgium)
- BB Quintet (Austria)
- Bilge Günaydin Trio (Turkey)
- BRIBES (France)
- Conflection (Belgium)
- Daniel Westin Quartet (Sweden)
- DAOUD (Netherlands)
- Der Weise Panda (Germany)
- DIOOD (France)
- Double Deal Quartet (Belgium)
- DuckTapeTicket (Germany)
- Duologues (Italy)
- Eva Klesse Quartett (Germany)
- Family Band (United Kingdom)
- Filipe Raposo Quartet (Portugal)
- Filippa & Antoine (Germany)
- Florian Favre Trio (Switzerland)
- Garbage Ghost (Belgium)
- Gijs Idema Trio (Netherlands)
- Giovanni Agosti Trio (Italy)
- Giulio Scaramella (Italy)
- Haines Quartet (United Kingdom)
- Horacy Sextet (Poland)
- Inner Out (Poland)
- Jannis Wolff Quintet (Netherlands)
- Jens Böckamp FLOW Quartet (Germany)
- Jérémy Dumont Trio (Belgium)
- João Coelho Trio (Netherlands)
- Joern and The Michaels (Germany)
- Johnny Hunter Quartet (United Kingdom)
- Juniper Tree (Sweden)
- Just Another Foundry (Germany)
- Juzz (Spain)
- KADAWA (United States of America)
- Kamil Piotrowicz Quintet (Poland)
- Karel Cuelenaere Unstrumental (Belgium)
- Kristina Barta Quartet (Czech Republic)
- Lajos Tóth Quartet (Austria)
- Laurent Coulondre Trio (France)
- LES CASANOVAS (Norxay)
- Lorenzo Naccarato Trio (France)
- Ludanyi Quartet (Hungary)
- Lukas Brenner Trio (Germany)
- M.E.N. (United States of America)
- Malstrom (Germany)
- Margaux Vranken Trio (Belgium)
- Marutyri (Netherlands)
- Me&Mobi (Switzerland)
- Meedn’Jim (Belgium)
- Megalodon Collective (Norway)
- Mertens / Medvedev Duo (Belgium)
- Morgan Freeman (Netherlands)
- Natanael Ramos Band (Spain)
- NOJAKîN (Switzerland)
- Open Source Trio (Bulgaria)
- Ophir (Italy)
- Osipov & Nadzharov Duo (Russia)
- Pedro Branco Quartet (Netherlands)
- Pentadox 3 (Belgium)
- Questionin’ Answers (Croatia)
- RED REITER (United States of America)
- Röchter-Tamayo Duo (Germany)
- ROHEY (Norway)
- Sander De Winne & Bram De Looze (Belgium)
- Sebastiaan van Bavel Trio (Netherlands)
- Skarkali Trio (Iceland)
- Skulski | Roth (Germany)
- SOJazz Group (Netherlands)
- Sophie Min Trio (Australia)
- SoundMeck (Poland)
- Square One (United Kingdom)
- Spoken (Belgium)
- The Vera Marijt Trio (Canada)
- Tim Finoulst Trio (Belgium)
- Tom Green Septet (United Kingdom)
- Totenhagen (Germany)
- Treehouse (United Kingdom)
- Trio fANTOSI (Sweden)
- Vehemence Quartet (Poland)
- Waiting for M. (Belgium)
- Wako (Norway)
- Weezdob Collective (Poland)
- Wlodarczyk / Plecher Duo (Switzerland)
- Yuliya Perminova (Russia)
MEMBERS OF THE JURY
Jury for the qualifications
Peter Hertmans (BE)
guitarist & composer / teacher at Conservatorium Brussel and at Lemmens Instituut Leuven
Maarten Weyler (BE)
chairman of music programme at School of Arts/Koninklijk Conservatorium Ghent
Jury for the final
Jan Formannoy (NL)
chairman of the jury / guitarist / guitar teacher at Conservatorium Maastricht
Leon Lhoëst (NL)
pianist, composer & arranger / lecturer general theory subjects at School of Arts/Koninklijk Conservatorium Ghent and at Conservatorium Maastricht
Sabine Kuehlich (DE)
singer & composer / jazz voice teacher at Conservatorium Maastricht
Fernando Iza San Miguel (ES)
representative of Getxo International Jazz Festival
Pierpaolo Principato (IT)
pianist / Jazz Department director at Saint Louis College of Music
Susan Leliveld (NL)
assistant programmer of Amersfoort Jazz Festival and Congres
Patrick Mortier (BE)
musician, producer & publisher / representative of Sabam for Culture
Filip Verneert (BE)
secretary of the jury / musician / director of Muziekmozaïek Folk & Jazz vzw
Jury for the Composition Contest
Ilse Duyck (BE)
singer & composer
Leon Lhoëst (NL)
pianist, composer & arranger / lecturer general theory subjects at School of Arts/Koninklijk Conservatorium Ghent and at Conservatorium Maastricht
Manuel Hermia (BE)
sax player, fluteplayer & composer
Alex Koo (BE)
pianist & composer / winner of the Composition Contest B-Jazz 2015