* NEW PROJECT *
Kimono Garden
Very excited to present this new band!
We’re touring with JazzLab this Fall, along with an exclusive vinyl only release.
TOUR DATES:
30 Sep – Hnita Jazz Club (try-out), Heist-op-den-Berg (BE)
1 Oct – Motives Festival, Tongeren (BE)
15 Oct – De Schakel, Waregem (BE)
23 Oct – Rataplan, Antwerpen (BE)
24 Oct – De Ververij, Ronse (BE)
30 Oct – De Werf, Aalst (BE)
3 Nov – Nova Express (nona), Mechelen (BE)
4 Dec – OC Merselborre, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (BE)
3 Mar 27 – Flagey, Brussels (BE)
30 Apr 27 – Ha Concerts, Gent (BE)
piano, drums, vocals: Alex Koo
keyboards, vocals, loops: Lorena Del Mar
bass, cello, vocals: Trui Amerlinck
EWI, flutes, electronics, percussion: Andrew Claes
* Alex Koo Trio *
Blame It on My Chromosomes
“Isn’t it gorgeous.” – BBC (UK)
“Contemplative yet lively, peace-seeking but intense, contrasts abound as Koo embraces jazz’s freedom of expression without forsaking technique” – ★★★★ – Mojo (UK)
“One of the special pleasures of listening to jazz in the 2020s is hearing lineages that surprise. Those thoughts recurred in listening to the latest from Belgian/Japanese pianist Alex Koo. His distinctive blend of jazz, neoclassical, ambient and minimalism is built on a solid foundation of contemporary jazz romanticism” – ★★★★ – DownBeat (US)
“Alex Koo has as many shimmering facets as a diamond” – ★★★★ – Jazzthetik (DE)
“Koo is more than a combination of the extended piano jazz story around Evans, Jarrett, Mehldau, Moran, Iverson and so on. Koo is Koo, please keep it that way!” – ★★★★★ – Concerto (AT)
“Heerlijk album van een toptalent” – ★★★★ – De Standaard (BE)
“A wealth of great music, a delightful excess of ideas and class (…) Koo’s playing is insane. Absolute world class” – ★★★★ 1/2 – Written In Music (NL)
“Un album qui restera comme un des meilleurs de 2025” – ★★★★ – Le Soir (BE)
“An exquisitely velvet tone, wonderful rhythmic timing, memorable melodic riffs and a preference for harmony over dissonance, the latter used judiciously in the overall blend.” – UK Jazz News
“Op zijn nieuwe album is Alex Koo authentieker dan ooit” – ★★★★ – Trouw (NL)
“Without disguising their technical mastery, the trio refrain from any gratuitous virtuosity. The chemistry is born of a complicity that allows spontaneity and generosity to shine through, without either partner ever seeming to try to take all the limelight.” – ★★★ – Jazz Mag (FR)
‘”Belgium is too small for pianist Alex Koo” – De Tijd (BE)
Alex Koo – piano & vocals
Dré Pallemaerts – drums
Lennart Heyndels – double bass
feat. Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet (* 1 , 9)