Stan Maris is a Belgian accordionist and composer, mainly active in the jazz and improvised music scene.
Aside from his solo works, Stan is currently (co-)leading Kreis, Ocean Eddie, Kin Gajo, Erem and Belle//Maris.
As a sideman, he works with bands like Suura and Mathieu Robert Ensemble.
Stan played and recorded with musicians such as Ken Vandermark, Joe Talia, Robert Landfermann, Oliver Steidle, Sam Shalabi, Radwan Gazi Moumneh, Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau, Manuel Mota, Farida Amadou, Clara Levy, Laurent d'Incise, Hanne De Bakker, Peter Kutin, Ruben Machtelinckx, Ananta Roosens, Frederik Leroux, ...
2024
Jong Jazztalent Gent Award 2024 at Gent Jazz,
with Kin Gajo.
Album release 'Hay', with Ocean Eddie ft. Martin Küchen.
Release tour in Belgium, Germany and Denmark.
Brussels Jazz Weekend, with Kin Gajo.
Compilation album "Lefto Presents Jazzcats, Vol 3",
with Kin Gajo.
2023
Album release 'Fimbul', with Kreis.
Release concerts in Belgium and the Netherlands.
EP release 'Āku アーク', with Kin Gajo.
Album release 'Circular Music of Jürg Frey', with Laurent d'Incise, Clara Levy, Michaël Liberg, Yannick Guedon, Florence Cats, Victor Guaita and Antoine Läng.
Concerts in Belgium.
Brussels Jazz Alert, with Kin Gajo.
Album release 'Stuve', with Suura.
Release concerts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Residency at Kunstencentrum Nona (BE), with Ocean Eddie ft. Sofia Jernberg.
Tour in Belgium and Germany, with Ocean Eddie ft. Martin Küchen.
Album release 'Aare' (esc.rec.), with Erem.
Release concerts in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Tour in United Kingdom, with Ocean Eddie.
2022
Album release 'Belle//Maris' (bwaa. records), split solo with Nicolas Van Belle.
Release concerts in Belgium.
Album release 'Oscillation ::: Public Address 3' (umland editions), with Peter Kutin & Stan Maris.
Residency at Werkplaats Walter (BE), with Kin Gajo.
Residency at Kunstencentrum Nona (BE), with Suura.
Tour in Germany with Heidi Bayer 'KORSCH', with Sven Decker, Robert Landfermann and Oliver Steidle.
Residency at Q-O2 Werkplaats (BE), music of Jürg Frey with Laurent d'Incise, Clara Levy, Michaël Liberg, Yannick Guedon and Florence Cats.
Album release 'Ocean Eddie' (el NEGOCITO Records), with Ocean Eddie.
Release concerts in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Residency at The Studio (BE), with Praed Orchestra, for Summer Bummer, organized by SoundInMotion.
Residency at Zonneklopper (BE), with Peter Kutin & Stan Maris, for Oscillations Festival, organized by Q-O2.
Residency at Kunstencentrum Nona (BE), with Kreis.
2021
Residency at Concert Hall of Luca School Of Arts (BE), with Ocean Eddie.
Mathieu Robert Ensemble 'carte blanche' at Gaume Jazz Festival.
Residency at Les Ateliers Claus (BE), with Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau, Manuel Mota, Joe Talia.
Residency at Werkplaats Walter (BE), with Giovanni Di Domenico's New Movement Ensemble.
2020
Album release 'Embla' (bwaa. records), with Kreis.
Release tour in Belgium, organized by Jazzlab series.
2019
My composition 'Anna' selected for Fingerprints #3, organized by Klara and Composers Archipel Flanders (ComAv).
Residency at The Studio (BE) with Ken Vandermark's Marker, for Invitiations, organized by SoundInMotion.
Finals of Jong Jazztalent Gent 2019, with Kreis.
Interview and front-page cover Gonzo Circus Magazine #152 (NE), with Stan.
Album release 'Askr' (self-released), with Kreis.
Release concerts in Belgium.
Co-founding of ONVERSTERKT. vzw, platform for acoustic music.
2018
Tour in Hungary, with Tom Bourgeois 'Murmures' ft. Veronika Harcsa.
Residency at Les Ateliers Claus (BE), with Kreis.
Master's degree at Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (BE) finished.
2016
Finals of Jazzcontest Mechelen, with Man Staris.
1994
Born and raised in Ghent (BE).