Ceci n’est pas du jazz! Steiger is the maverick enfant terrible of the Belgian jazz and improv scene: impossible to pin down, and that’s exactly the point. After a few years in which keyboardist Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy, bassist Kobe Boon, and drummer Simon Raman each went their separate ways, the trio is back with their fourth album, Mowglowski’s First Take (2025, prod. Frederik Segers). It’s a dynamic album bursting with joie de vivre and humor, yet one that doesn’t shy away from darkness. The sweet clashes with the wild freedom, the controlled with the chaotic. What can you expect? Only the unexpected.
