De Werf is a Belgian arts center based in Bruges. It organizes concerts and records CDs for jazz musicians. The first record it released (in 1993) was Sketches of Belgium by K. D.'s Basement Party, a band led by Kris Defoort. The next year, Octurn's first album went out on this label. In 1995, it released Variations On A Love Supreme (compositions by Kris Defoort and Fabrizio Cassol). In 2002, an 11-CD box was edited by De Werf under the name The Finest Of Belgian Jazz. It contained CDs by Greetings From Mercury, Aka Moon, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Octurn and Kris Defoort Quartet.
Rik Bevernage, De Werf's main collaborator, received a special prize at the 2002 Golden Django ceremony.
In February 2009, the public funding for the venue was removed, it being felt that the club didn't produce relevant or up-to-date concerts and theatre performances, making a closure of De Werf from 31 December 2009 likely, unless an appeal can be accepted.
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