Gent Jazz Festival / Line-up
Thursday – 11/07/2013 Tickets >
Standing
22:30
18:30-19:45
Pianist, composer and producer Eric Legnini takes us on a trip around the world on his latest album ‘Sing Twice!’. Starting in the Bronx, via the south of England, the Salisbury plain and Bamako, and after a short stop in Tokyo, we finally arrive in Rome.
Friday – 12/07/2013 Tickets >
Unnumbered seats + standing
22:30
The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO) celebrates its twentieth birthday with a series of concerts at a variety of European festivals, for which they have employed the talents of none other than American saxophonist Joe Lovano.
20:30-21:45
Ever since the early 1970s, flamboyant singer and stage actress Dee Dee Bridgewater has been hailed as the successor to Ella Fitzgerald, not least because of her unmistakable sense of swing and impressive vocal talent. omposer, pianist, three-time Grammy Award winner and radio personality Ramsey Lewis combines dynamic piano playing with hints of soul and funk.
18:30-19:45
With the album ‘Gouache’, Jacky Terrasson celebrates his 20-year career with a joyful, creative and profound album that comprises 14 solid tracks of Latin-inspired jazz, straight-ahead jazz and more experimental work; an album that seamlessly blends technicality with passion.
16:30
The Unrevealed Society won last year's Young Jazz Talent Ghent contest. The jury was full of praise for the irresistible lightness of their rich and complex music.
Gardenstage
23:45
Initially briefly interested in guitar rock, Sal La Rocca discovered the jazz genre in the early 1980s. He traded the guitar for the bass and taught himself the jazz idiom, inspired by the model of Paul Chambers. La Rocca tirelessly built on his abilities as a musician, and it did not take long before he was noticed playing alongside Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, Nathalie Loriers, and Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios).
At barely 23, Miami-born singer Cécile McLorin Salvant is steadily conquering international audiences with her expressive interpretations and phenomenal vocal technique. In 2010 she won the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington D.C. and since has performed with renowned artists such as Rodney Whitaker, Jacky Terrasson and Wynton Marsalis.
At barely 23, Miami-born singer Cécile McLorin Salvant is steadily conquering international audiences with her expressive interpretations and phenomenal vocal technique. In 2010 she won the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington D.C. and since has performed with renowned artists such as Rodney Whitaker, Jacky Terrasson and Wynton Marsalis.
Initially briefly interested in guitar rock, Sal La Rocca discovered the jazz genre in the early 1980s. He traded the guitar for the bass and taught himself the jazz idiom, inspired by the model of Paul Chambers. La Rocca tirelessly built on his abilities as a musician, and it did not take long before he was noticed playing alongside Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, Nathalie Loriers, and Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios)
Read more: http://www.europejazz.net/news-pagenew-3974.html
Read more: http://www.europejazz.net/news-pagenew-3974.html
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