... will bring us to Liège, Brussels and Rouen (FR). Fall and Spring are already promising some concerts in Germany and Luxembourg as well. See our agenda.

By Philippe Schoonbroodt for the magazine Jazz Around - 2 April 2016

" OakTree au Centre Culturel d'Ans hier-soir... superbe concert et spectacle du trio formé par Sarah Klenes (voix, percussions), Annemie Osborne (violoncelle, voix) et Thibault Dille (accordéon, voix)... les trois "T" ont encore frappé : le Talent, associé au Temps (donner du temps au temps) et le Travail... le tout au service d'un répertoire dominé par des accents très "Europe Centrale" pour le premier set (le chant de Sarah Klenes ravivait les souvenirs de l'univers de la violoniste roumaine Iva Bittova !) et un second set plus différencié ( de Sam Cook à Gabriel Fauré), le tout, ponctué par compositions originales que l'on peut entendre sur leur album "Well" paru chez Home Records...Oak Tree a touché le public par son professionnalisme : par delà la maîtrise technique de l'instrument, l'écoute mutuelle sans faille, l'attention à l'autre et au public de chaque instant... le concert a emporté les spectateurs des rires aux larmes, mais toujours dans la retenue et la maîtrise... comme le travail à l'accordéon de Thibault Dille, pas de fioritures, mais un jeu net et précis... ou encore la virtuosité au violoncelle de Annemie Osborne, et même surprenante quand elle arrive à faire entendre les sonorités d'un tuba ! (Michel Massot sort de ce violoncelle !!!), et, Sarah Klenes, ancienne élève de David Linx, jusque dans la gestuelle, les postures... chanter c'est bien plus qu'une voix, c''est se laisser habiter par une composition, un univers... ici et là, Sarah s'aventure même sur le terrain de ce qui pourrait être un spectacle total... ce serait juste, OakTree c'est plus qu'un concert, c'est une invitation au voyage, voyage dont on sort mieux que quand on y est entré... so, what else ? "

The tour brought us all across Wallonie where the warm welcome of the diverse audiences left us with beautiful memories. We also played in France at the Opéra de Reims, a special concert with, exceptionally, the cellist Sébastien Walnier.

Here some live extracts from our concert in CC Chênée filmed by AirTV and an interview for TVLux. See music & media for more videos.

With Anu Junnonen trio, a great experience! Long live this innovative festival!

On 9th August, the Gaume Jazz Festival invites for a peculiar experience: we'll be playing a double concert with Anu Junnonen. Two universes melt into a new one! Don't miss the Gaume Jazz Festival and discover Anu !

We'll be travelling through Wallonie, France, Luxembourg and Germany for a nice serie of concerts from september on and more intensively in December 2015-January 2016! Some stops: Munsterland Jazz Festival (DE), the Reims Jazz Festival (FR) ... New pieces are on the work table!
All the details in our agenda !

It will be in the Studio de l'Ermitage in double bill with the trio Zephyr.
The other concerts to come in the agenda!

Our new CD is officially released! You'll find it at the Fnac, here at music & media or in digital version on Homrecords, our label, or on iTunes.
The release concert with our three guests Michel Massot, Tcha Limberger and Kristof Hiriart will remain an incredible memory thanks a.o. to the great team and audience of the Gent Jazz Festival.

Here is a little footage of our last rehearsal before the concert on the site De Bijloke.
Produced by COBRA !

In the Mad, by Jean-Claude Van Troyenh
And MORE on our press & pro page.

... more photos ... under photos !

Only 10 days to go and we'll be on the big stage of the Gent Jazz Festival to present our new album! It will be arriving already tomorrow! Also, this week we'll be playing in Brussels and in the Germany (Bitburg), and later in July we will be doing the opening concert of 'Ca Jazz à Huy'!

For the impatient among you, you can listen to the radio broadcast "Jazz" with Philippe Baron on Musiq3 of the June 26th 2014 by clicking here.

Produced by Eva Koch @ Homerecords Liège Avril-Juin 2014

In April, we've been recording our new opus "well" in Liège. It'll be sent to the press firm next week!!

Our guests Michel Massot, Tcha Limberger and Kristof Hiriart were great, as well as the team of Homerecords.be who is producing it all. Lucky we are! The artwork is developped by the French artist Nina Reumaux. It will be a beautiful object!

Meanwhile, we'll take off to Athens this Sunday to play at the Technopolis Jazz Festival! More news to come!

The JazzLabSeries ended beautifully at the Casino in Sint Niklaas with Michel Massot! A beautiful and rich experience! Many warm thanks to Michel, Tcha Limberger and Kristof Hiriart, as well as to our great sound engineers Pascale Snoek and Leonard Clarys for their talent and generosity.

Very soon we will be in Liège for a concert in trio at the cinema LE PARC. To your agendas :-)
And, finally, the icing on the cake: despite the critical state of the CD industry, some lables are finding new ways and open their doors to young artists! We'll be having the chance and joy ...

... to record in april with and for the LABEL HOMERECORDS !
Looking forward to sharing all this with you!

Made by Joop Pareyn of PaprikaMix Productions.

OakTree just won the JongJazzTalent 2013 price of the Gent Jazz Festival !
This means: guests on our JazzLabSeries tour in January, the recording of a new album in spring 2014, and a release at the Gent Jazz Festival 2014 ... looking forward to sharing all of this with you!!
:-)

It's fresh, it smells good, it doesn't lose its needles ... and it's available all year long!
"à dos d'âmes", OakTree's first album, was released on 6th september 2012 and it would be our pleasure to give you company ... in your living room, on your iPod or autoradio!
You can find it online via iTunes or Mogno, or get a hard-copy via music & media or after our concerts :)