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title: "Joachim Caffonnette invites Bert Joris • Very Special Guest"
url: "https://toots.brussels/en/concert/11745/joachim-caffonnette-invites-bert-joris"
locale: "en"
type: "concert"
date: "2026-04-24T17:30:00+00:00"
site: "Toots Jazz Club"
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# Joachim Caffonnette invites Bert Joris • Very Special Guest

- **Date** : Friday 24 April 2026 · 19:30
- **Venue** : Toots Jazz Club, 6 rue des Chapeliers, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- **Line-up** : Joachim Caffonnette (p) ; Bert Joris (trp) ; Mathieu Najean (ts) ; Jasen Weaver (b) ; Armando Luongo (dr)
- **Genres** : hardbop, mainstream, modern

## Biography

Before fully devoting himself to the management and programming of a jazz club like the Toots, Joachim Caffonnette was, first and foremost, a pianist and composer. While he is often seen opening jam sessions or inviting Brussels-based musicians for aperitif duos, he returns here as a bandleader for a proper concert, built around his own compositions and a selection of standards he holds particularly dear.

For the occasion, he is joined by long-time musical partners: drummer Armando Luongo, with whom he has shared nearly 15 years of music-making and who already featured on his debut album _Simplexity_ (2015); New Orleans-born bassist Jasen Weaver, whom Joachim invited for the recording of _Bittersweet Times_ (2021) and with whom he shares a deep affinity for a certain tradition of American jazz; and Mathieu Najean, whose sound breathes the history of jazz, and who has long been entrusted by Caffonnette with leading the house band of his clubs.

To complete the quartet, a very special guest will appear on the Toots stage for the first time: Bert Joris. A true legend of Belgian jazz, composer, arranger, and above all a trumpeter of remarkable musicality, he stands as a major reference. Having admired him since first encountering his music through a competition piece in 2008, Caffonnette now relishes the opportunity to bring their musical worlds together for a unique and exceptional evening.

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