VARIOUS-JAZZ Utopic Cities : Progressive Jazz In Belgium 1968-1979 (2021 Belgian 12-track double vinyl LP compilation, an eclectic selection of forward-thinking jazz from the Belgian underground, including the left-field fusion of Marc Moulin’s Placebo, Koen De Bruyne and Solis Lacus; the intense post-bop of Jacques Pelzer and Lou MacConnell; the cutting edge soul jazz of Philip Catherine and Open Sky Unit or the otherworldly avant-garde of Babs Robert and the Brussels Art Quintet.th of the revolutionary year 1968, this music is the fruit of a highly creative momentum in Belgian jazz history that produced a unique sound which distinguishes itself from its American source of inspiration by an indefinable characteristic that can be hardly better described than ‘Belgian’. The gatefold sleeve has extensive sleevenotes for every artist, still with the obi strip. Both sleeve and discs are in a Near Mint condition SDBANLP15).