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Lynn Cassiers

Lynn Cassiers is a Brussels based singer in the new jazz and improv scene. In Belgium she has worked with contemporary jazz ensembles such as Octurn, The Brussels Jazz Orchestrated and Mäâk. As a singer and soundscaper she’s part of bands like Tape Cuts Tape (Trouvé/Cassiers/Thielemans), Lilly Joel (Jozef Dumoulin), Oba Loba, Alexandra Grimal’s ‘Naga’, Jozef Dumoulin & Lidlboj,… Besides performing solo and as a sideman, Lynn leads her own projects: ‘Imaginary Band’(clean feed 2018) and ‘YUN’(clean feed 2020). Two midsized electro-acoustic ensembles that, despite a partially overlapping lineup, have each their own distinct sound and repertoire. Recent collaborations include: ‘Konbini’ (Pak Yan Lau), ‘Holsen & Cassiers (Hilde Holsen) and the audiovisual performance ‘On The Edge Of Memories’ (Sylvaine Hélary & Anne Palomérés). “…One of the most remarkable voices of our Improv Scene…”(Enola magazine) “…Cassiers is brilliant

Kraków Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors

by Martin Longley
December 9, 2024

Kraków Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Kraków, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Kraków Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz ...

Live From Brussels: The Residents, Marco Marcelletti, Lynn Cassiers & Jean-Paul Estiévenart

by Martin Longley
February 19, 2023

The Residents Botanique jny:Brussels, Belgium January 29, 2023 Right at the start of their European tour, The Residents appeared at Botanique, a principal Brussels music venue. Calling this venture Dog Stab! 2023 strongly suggests a concern with their classic 1978 album Duck Stab! and the more recent (2020) ...

Augusto Pirodda: The Monkey and The Monk

by Neri Pollastri
January 31, 2023

Pianista sardo da molti anni trasferitosi in Belgio, Augusto Pirodda è nel tempo stato autore, con formazioni diverse, di assai pregevoli lavori, l'ultimo dei quali è il singolare duetto con la cantante Emilia Vancini And If You Fall, You Fall. Qui lo troviamo alla guida di un settetto composto, accanto alla ritmica, da tre fiati e ...

Steve Tintweiss, Chad Taylor Trio & Dan Rosenboom

by Maurice Hogue
November 7, 2022

This episode touches on current releases from artists like Chad Taylor, Dan Rosenboom, English drummer Tom Skinner, French free jazz saxophonist Roland Devocelle, Swiss saxophonist Christoph Irniger with the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and Germany's AAAPUZ, but it also takes a look back to the earlier free jazz scene of the 70s in New York with music ...

Josefine Cronholm, Lilly, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Stefano Tamborrino & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 26, 2021

We might be living in difficult times but the music scene, key to our mental well-being in this challenging phase, is on fire. Literally every day it brings us new voices or new projects. This week we feature a few, with a special focus on vocalists, from the powerful debut of Ve.Nika to Dominique Fils-Aimé's remarkable ...

Sylvaine Hélary: Glowing Life

by Henning Bolte
March 8, 2021

Is flute an odd one out in the present jazz field? Not really and not at all in France. France not only has Michel Edelin in the older generation, it has still more flautists in the younger generation that are also bandleaders in their own right, for example Magic Malik, Eve Risser, Naïssam Jalal and, of ...

One Man’s Jazz’ 2020 Favourite Releases

by Maurice Hogue
February 3, 2021

These days, it seems we all like to pick our favourites or best-of lists. I've been doing this for several years so why stop now. Despite the pandemic and its disastrous effect on the music business, there was some excellent music released in 2020. I'll cover some of them in this show and the next. If ...

Dan Weiss & Starebaby, Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell and SPIME 2019

by Maurice Hogue
November 4, 2020

Everyone's favourite drummer Dan Weiss created quite a stir with the debut album of his band Starebaby. That ball keeps rolling with their sophomore release, Natural Selection. And what else could you expect from a band with Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Ben Monder and Trevor Dunn? The album rocks! Friend and mentor become playing partners on ...

Charlotte Greve, Lynn Cassiers, Federica Michisanti & Camila Nebbia

by Maurice Hogue
September 16, 2020

These days no one should be surprised at the quantity of highly talented women instrumentalists active in the current jazz and creative music scene. They come from all over the globe, and this episode casts the spotlight on some with current new releases: New York-based German saxophonist Charlotte Greve (The Choir Invisible), Belgian singer and keyboardist ...