Bruce Ellison & The Jellodies - Tribute to Fats Waller
24 May 2019 - 25 May 2019
The Brussels Jazz Weekend
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The Music Village - 50 Rue des Pierres 1000
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Bruce Ellison began as a mime and voice-over for television, as well as in musical comedies in Indiana, USA. In 1986, after attending the Marcel Marceau International Mime School in Paris, Bruce founds the Mandragore Theatre Co. with Michel Carcan in Brussels. The troup creates the mimodrama, 'The Strange Mr. Knight', to international acclaim. Currently Bruce does voice work for radio, cinema, and children's tv programs. He is also the singer of rock group PPZ30. With The Jellodies, Bruce Ellison is certainly the best tribute to the wonderful Thomas « Fats » Waller…
The Jellodies combines swing, jive, hot jazz and rhythm ‘n blues, with a lineup similar to Cole’s trio, Basie’s rhythm section, or Willie Dixon’s Big Three Trio.
If you want to hear real hot jazz and swing the way it was played in the 30's and 40's, this band is what it's all about! Come and discover their unique groove!
The alchemy which rises from the meeting between Bruce Ellison and The Jellodies is absolutely magic..!
The Jellodies combines swing, jive, hot jazz and rhythm ‘n blues, with a lineup similar to Cole’s trio, Basie’s rhythm section, or Willie Dixon’s Big Three Trio.
If you want to hear real hot jazz and swing the way it was played in the 30's and 40's, this band is what it's all about! Come and discover their unique groove!
The alchemy which rises from the meeting between Bruce Ellison and The Jellodies is absolutely magic..!
The Music Village
50 Rue des Pierres 1000
Enjoying a 17th century location at the very heart of Brussels, only a few metres away from the legendary Grand’Place, the Music Village has opened its doors on the 1st of September 2000. With acoustics, sound system, lighting, stage, warm welcome, comfort, and food & drink that live up to the most prestigious clubs of New-York and London, the Music Village offers all music fans, listeners and musicians alike, a return to the Golden Age of international jazz clubs. On the live program (300 concerts a year), the best Belgian and international jazz musicians, who have adopted this cosmopolitan venue that does justice to its home in the Capital of Europe.
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