Jef Neve

Born in 1977 and classically trained at Leuven&#39;s Lemmensinstituut, the Flemish pianist has showcased his skills in everything from orchestras to funk-pop bands, but achieved his big breakthrough when he teamed up with bassist <a href="spotify:artist:2KNkpjv3ffBtgdVoGNjUn9" data-name="Piet Verbist">Piet Verbist</a> and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:2eMZsuJlUdllW1yrtGWNDA" data-name="Teun Verbruggen">Teun Verbruggen</a> to form the Jef Neve Trio. Touring worldwide for more than 15 year now, Jef wrote 15 albums, more than 10 soundtracks for films, 2 classical piano concerti, chamber music, etc. Performing as solo pianist, with his band, as a soloist with classical orchestra&#39;s, as a conductor of his own orchestra,... He worked together with a whole list of musicians (ao. <a href="spotify:artist:1gPY6jETlC02stpXOUmSBH" data-name="Branford Marsalis">Branford Marsalis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3XxxEq6BREC57nCWXbQZ7o" data-name="Jamie Cullum">Jamie Cullum</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0efPzYd3bDvvPZFUIFI6iJ" data-name="Maya Belsitzman &amp; Matan Ephrat">Maya Belsitzman &amp; Matan Ephrat</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4l2MwXYwUDQKHcUXwCZjEz" data-name="José James">José James</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3KEOwvDwVcQsdjP8Fdunc0" data-name="Dré Pallemaerts">Dré Pallemaerts</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6yXri0y0q95UDiAyLzTM1y" data-name="Richard Galliano">Richard Galliano</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6kBlEsdNeNW2qnmW56xDhx" data-name="Typhoon">Typhoon</a>, ) and his newest album is &#34;That Old Feeling&#34;, an album where he invited 8 fantastic vocalists to sing a song on this album: <a href="spotify:artist:7nXyULtoL8k7wP9l6kg8Ef" data-name="Madeleine Peyroux">Madeleine Peyroux</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1HExVl6jUdYXFYmB6GoKDV" data-name="Robin Mckelle">Robin Mckelle</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7nJtdgCxkhZFvFMPTsHavb" data-name="Trijntje Oosterhuis">Trijntje Oosterhuis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0H0rBbf7vHXO3qh50Wap7y" data-name="Sam Sparro">Sam Sparro</a>, &#64;Johnny Manuel, &#64;Monique Harcum, &#64;Sam Merrick and &#64;Typhoon.
For the live tour, he will ad his rhythm section of <a href="spotify:artist:6aF2zTGGmfSLFRms6tXsRT" data-name="Nathan Wouters">Nathan Wouters</a> and &#64;Jens Bouttery and horns by Teus Nobel, Andy Dhondt and Pieter Kindt, while <a href="spotify:artist:7f2VTYaVjkhqIy7EGixDcF" data-name="Monique Harcum">Monique Harcum</a> and &#64;Sam Merrick will do the vocals.
Jef wrote 3 piano books &#34;Start&#34;, &#34;2&#34; and &#34;Play&#34; accompanied with his solo album <a href="spotify:album:5SMkjTUpDgIElfWPu2Bt9w" data-name="Sharing Life Stories - The Music Of &#34;Start 2 Play&#34;">Sharing Life Stories - The Music Of &#34;Start 2 Play&#34;</a>. In 2023, he launched 2 new books, &#64;Reflections in Black and White.