Entries by Ewout

Booking News: Chet Baker Project

Chet Baker Project just played a fun and successful try-out at Schouwburg De Kern in Wilrijk (B) and is happy to announce that it’s been booked for this year’s edition of Leuven Jazz in March. Find more info on the band here. For bookings, don’t hesitate to reach out via bookings@soulfactory.be! xSFR

Season’s Greetings from Tutu Puoane

Hi everybody. We are reaching the end of yet another year – and December is often a time to look back at the months that flew by, and forward to what’s lying ahead. 2024 has been an intense year for me, but also a very rewarding one: we finally succeeded in making a 10-year old […]

Booking News – Final Episode (for now): Marjan Van Rompay

A last addition to our extended booking roster for now: Marjan Van Rompay is an alto saxophonist with beautiful vocal qualities in her playing, and the music she writes often feels and sounds like what could be called instrumental singer-songwriting. These are two typical and defining aspects of her musical personality that also indicate that […]

Booking News Continued: Verbist/Baars/Lagatie

Another addition to our extended booking roster: VERBIST/BAARS/LAGATIE. This piano trio uses their combined last names to emphasize they operate more as a collective than as a pianist with a rhythm section. They make no-nonsense music with a lot of well-informed inspiration from the American origins of the jazz tradition. Pianist Milan Verbist was one […]

More Booking News: Celestial Planes

Next up in our extended booking roster is CELESTIAL PLANES, the beautiful trio of guitarist Roeland Celis. Together with his friends Hendrik Vanattenhoven (bass) & Matthias De Waele (drums) (and some guests), he released his lauded debut album on our label SoulFactory Records in 2022. The trio is now working on its follow-up album, due in 2025 […]

Booking News: WOLF

We are excited to announce that we are extending the activities of the SoulFactory booking platform, starting with WOLF, the beautiful trio of Marjan Van Rompay (alto sax), Fien Desmet (voice) & Wout Gooris (piano). For more info, visit the artists/bands/projects page. More bands for our booking roster will be announced soon! xSFR