BMB!

It has been 20 years now since the Benoit Martiny Band or BMB are jazz`n`rolling and that is of course a reason to celebrate with a tour and a live album!

The jazz-rock band, formed in summer 2004 somewhere in between a garage in Rameldange (LU) and the streets of Rotterdam (NL), has been playing all over the globe, from Luxembourg to Bahrain, from Hungary to Japan and from Germany to Venezuela. The group consists of Benoit Martiny (LU) on drums, Sandor Kem (HU) on bass, Jasper van Damme(NL) and Joao Driessen (NL) on saxophones and Frank Jonas(NL) on guitar.

The music they play is composed by Martiny and inspired by artists like Jimi hendrix, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa and King Crimson a.o. . Over the years BMB has released 7 albums and 2 DVD`s. The band was nominated for the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2005 and won the Amersfoort Jazz Talent Award in 2008. Apart from touring all over Europe playing at festivals like Burg Herzberg Festival in Germany, Manchester Jazzfestival in the UK, Gaume Jazzfestival in Belgium and Oerol Festival in the Netherlands the band has also played Sapporo Jazzfestival in Japan and Barquisimeto Jazzfestival in Venezuela. Their last album “Moons of Uranus”, a sort of Big Band Project, includes many legendary guests like Michel Pilz on bassclarinet, Itaru Oki on trumpet and flute, Steve Kaspar on soundcollages. The album received many positive reviews from magazines like “Eclipsed”(D), “Mint”(D), “Sticks”(D), “Tageblatt”(Lux), “Le soir”(B), “Jazzthing”(D), “Slagwerkkrant”(NL),"Jazzjournal"(UK).

To celebrate their 20 year anniversary they will release a live album called “BMB Live in Germany” this year, which serves as a sort of best of, presenting the band as it sounds today!

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