Bands
Verbist/Baars/Lagatie
The trio met each other at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp in 2020, where they had lessons together with teacher Kurt Van Herck. The repertoire consists of originals by all band members, as well as jazz standards and songs by composers like Bill Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Bert Joris and others. The band's focus lies on interplay within groove, swing, and free improvisation, but with a lot of attention for melody and space. They played concerts at the Jazz in Thals festival, Rataplan, Jazz at Felix, Arts Centre Kaleidoscoop... as well as Milan Verbist's graduation concert in DeSingel. In February, the band recorded a concert video at Studio Toots (VRT) as part of Milan's selection for 'De Twintigers' by Klara.
Milan Verbist Trio
Milan Verbist - piano
Jef Manderveld - contrabas
Simon Van Brandt - drums
In 2015, three young musicians met each other at De! Kunsthumaniora in Antwerp. They discovered their love for the same music: bebop & hard bop. In 2016, they decided to form a trio under the leadership of piano player Milan Verbist. The other band members are Jef Manderveld (double bass) and Simon Van Brandt (drums). At this time, they all three study at the conservatoire in Antwerp. Their repertoire consists of a mix of standards, hard bop tunes and some own compositions. The trio already played a lot of concerts at festivals (Klara in de Singel, Wintervuur, Jammin' Festival in Rome, IT) and in bars/clubs in Belgium.
Verbist - Verbist
Milan Verbist - piano
Piet Verbist - double bass
Piet Verbist ('61) & Milan Verbist ('99), father and son, have been playing together at home since Milan was a kid. They started playing concerts together in the fall of 2019. Joined by other musicians in different line-ups, the repertoire mainly consists of their own compositions and repertoire from the modal and post-bop idiom, songs by John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk.
Cobalt Trio
Milan Verbist - piano
Wolf De Backer - bass
Klaas De Somer - drums
When Milan Verbist, Wolf De Backer and Klaas De Somer play together, they become 'Cobalt Trio'. The trio started playing together in June 2020 at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp, where the three musicians met each other. Their repertoire consists of a mix of own compositions and existing songs and standards.
In February 2022, the Cobalt Trio won the 2nd place of the '7 Virtual Jazz Club' in the 'under 25' category with the track Milan's Blues.