Stan Maris is a Belgian accordionist and composer, mainly active in the jazz and improvised music scene.

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Aside from his solo works, Stan is currently (co-)leading Kreis, Ocean Eddie, Suura, Erem, Belle//Maris, Kin Gajo and ONVERSTERKT. 
 

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, Niels Van Heertum, Manolo Cabras, Manuel Mota, Kobe Boon, Benjamin Hermans, Mathieu Robert, Nico Chkifi, Audrey Lauro, Farida Amadou, Hanne De Bakker, Peter Kutin, Ruben Machtelinckx, Ananta Roosens, Frederik Leroux, ...

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2022
- Split solo album release + tour 'Belle//Maris' (bwaa. records), with Nicolas Van Belle.
- Peter Kutin & Stan Maris album release 'Oscillation :​:​: Public Address 3' (umland editions).
- Kin Gajo, residency at Werkplaats Walter (Brussels).
- Suura, residency at Kunstencentrum Nona (Mechelen/Malines).
- Tour in Germany with Heidi Bayer 'Korsch', with Sven Decker, Robert Landfermann and Oliver Steidle.
- Music of Jürg Frey with Laurent d'Incise, Clara Levy, Michaël Liberg, Yannick Guedon and Florence Cats, residency at Q-O2 Werkplaats (Brussels), .

- Ocean Eddie album release + tour 'Ocean Eddie' (el NEGOCITO Records). 
- Praed Orchestra led by Raed Yassin and Paed Conca, residency at The Studio (Antwerp).
- Peter Kutin & Stan Maris, residency at Zonneklopper (Brussels).

- Kreis, residency at Kunstencentrum Nona.
 

2021

- Ocean Eddie, residency at Concert Hall of Luca School Of Arts (Leuven).

- Mathieu Robert Ensemble 'carte blanche' at Gaume Jazz Festival.
- Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau, Manuel Mota and Joe Talia, residency at Les Ateliers Claus (Brussels). 

- Giovanni Di Domenico's New Movement Ensemble, residency at Werkplaats Walter (Brussels). 

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2020

- Kreis, album release 'Embla' (bwaa. records), supported with a tour organized by Jazzlab series.
 

2019

- Composition 'Anna' selected for Fingerprints #3, organized by Klara and Composers Archipel Vlaanderen (ComAv). 
- Ken Vandermark's Marker, residency at The Studio (Antwerp) with . 
- Kreis, finals of Jong Jazztalent Gent. 
- Stan interview and front-page cover Gonzo Circus Magazine #152 (NED).
- Kreis, album release + tour 'Askr' (self-released).
- Co-founding of ONVERSTERKT. vzw, platform for acoustic music. 

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2018
- Tour in Hungary with Tom Bourgeois 'Murmures' ft. Veronika Harcsa.
- Kreis, residency at Les Ateliers Claus (Brussels).
- Master's degree at Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. 

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2016

- Man Staris, finals of Jazzcontest Mechelen.

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