BEN SLUIJS’s 3/4 Peace

This Sunday 15 January 2012 at 5pm – 10€
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BEN SLUIJS’s 3/4 Peace

Ben Sluijs (Sax)
Brice Soniano (Bass)
Christian Mendoza (Piano)

Experiences as sideman: Octurn, BRT Big Band, Brussels Jazz- Orchestra, Myriam Alter Quintet, Act Big Band, Jean Warland’s Sax No End, Ivan Paduart Septet, Radoni’s Tribe…
Played (or plays) also with: Philip Catherine, Toots Thielemans, Stacy Rowles, Bert Van den Brink, Michel Herr, Bert Joris, Dre Pallemaerts, Hein Van De Geijn, Nathalie Loriers, Chris Joris, Joe Fonda, John Betsch…
or solo combined with poetry and spoken-word with: Remco Campert, Jules Deelder, Peter Holvoet Hanssen, Don Fabulist, Pjeroo Roobjee, Tom van Bauwel, Michaël Pas, Rogert de Neef, Jan Decleir…
Besides his own bands and projects you can frequently hear Ben also with: Augusto Pirroda Quartet, Brick Quartet, Christian Mendoza Group…
In 1997 he represented Belgium in the European Big Band in Slovenia.
In march 2003 he was selected by the Flemish Community to represent Belgium at Euro Jazz Festival in Mexico.
He receives the Antoon Van Dijck-award in 1999 presented by the city of Antwerp. Nominations for: Zamu-Awards 2003, 2007 and d’Jango d’Or 2006.
Performed on various national and international festivals as: Jazz-Middelheim and Blue Note festival (Belgium), Knitting Factory (New York), festival de Montreal (Canada), North Sea festival (Holland), Tremplin Jazz (France)…
Main influences
John Ruocco, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Peter King, Lee Konitz, Hank Mobley, Ornette Coleman…

http://www.bensluijs.be