SLR 5 New Band EX + Eliott Knuets (BE) at Marni Jazz Festival

It was one of the pillars of Belgian jazz, one of the best double bass players in the country, who opened the festival. Self-taught, stage man, he played with Vaya Con Dios, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, American els Steve Grossman, Lee Konitz.

A prestigious team and fresh compositions form his new quintet, which he outclasses with the young guitarist Eliott Knuets, like icing on the cake.
The compositions of SLR 5 New Ban Ex are full of passion and energy, they sound groovy, resolutely optimistic! Don't be surprised if you feel like dancing, laughing, celebrating life!
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It was one of the pillars of Belgian jazz, one of the best double bass players in the country, who opened the festival. Self-taught, stage man, he played with Vaya Con Dios, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, American els Steve Grossman, Lee Konitz.

A prestigious team and fresh compositions form his new quintet, which he outclasses with the young guitarist Eliott Knuets, like icing on the cake.
The compositions of SLR 5 New Ban Ex are full of passion and energy, they sound groovy, resolutely optimistic! Don't be surprised if you feel like dancing, laughing, celebrating life!

"Sal La Rocca is voluble in his presentations, complicit in his way of pushing the group to go further or, on the contrary, he lets himself be carried away by him. He is happy on stage. It shows. He likes it. And we Also". Jazzques, April 2022

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