Jack Sels the release of a collection of recordings "Minor Works"

Groove-heavy record label SDBAN are pleased to announce the release of a collection of recordings from famed Antwerp saxophonist, Jack Sels.

One of the legends of Belgian Jazz and a highly influential figure on the post-war Belgian jazz scene, Sels died in 1970 at the mere age of 48, and he remains the country’s most mythical jazz musician, almost fifty years after his death. Throughout his career, he would play with jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Lou Bennett and Lucky Thompson, but he remained virtually unknown outside Belgium due to his reluctance to leave Antwerp.

Released 31st August on 2CD, vinyl and digital formats, ‘Minor Works’ is a collection of rare, previously unreleased studio and live recordings paying homage to the life and jazz of the enigmatic musician. Often overlooked by a wider audience, partly due to a limited discography, his contribution to the development of the modern jazz scene in Belgium cannot be underestimated, and neither can his influence on his fellow musicians, to whom he was the embodiment of jazz. As vibraphone player Fats Sadi once said: “I loved Jack. He had never studied music and didn’t have the least bit of technique. But if Jack played, the gates of heaven opened. Jack was more jazz than jazz itself.”