11 03Norah Jones at Gent Jazz Festival!Gent Jazz Festival announces the first names for the 2010 edition:
Norah Jones Daniel Lanois Black Dub feat. Trixie Whitley & Brian Blade Joe Bonamassa Chick Corea Freedom Band Vijay Iyer Trio De Beren Gieren and a tribute to Django Reinhardt.
Click here for an overview of the programme so far. posted on 2010-03-11 16:26:04, by Davy
11 03Tickets available- enClick here for more info. posted on 2010-03-11 12:00:00, by Davy
12 01Jazz & Sounds FestivalBeginning in 2010, Music Centre De Bijloke, Arts Centre Vooruit, Gent Jazz Festival, University College Ghent and the the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK)will work together in a first annual initiative the Jazz & Sounds Festival. This new festival focuses on the versatility of contemporary music. First edition takes place from March 22 until 28, 2010..
click here for more info. posted on 2010-01-12 16:00:00, by Davy
04 12Gent Jazz looking for young talent Jef Neve, Tom Callens, Isolde Lasoen, Carlo Nardozza, Mattias Van de Wiele, Robin Verheyen, François Delporte, Lionel Beuvens... All of them once participated in the Young Jazz Talent competition and eventually ended up as winners.
More info click hereposted on 2009-12-04 15:46:19, by Davy
23 07The Gent Jazz Festival edition 2009 ended Sunday with 35,000 visitorsThe Gent Jazz Festival thanks all festival-goers, volunteers and staff for this fantastic edition.posted on 2009-07-23 16:14:17, by Davy
19 07Jamie Cullum closing act Gent Jazz 2009On Sunday, July 19, piano prodigy Jamie Cullum will festively round out the Gent Jazz Festival. But only after the performance of the HoGent Jazz Orchestra, consisting of students, alumni and teachers, and followed by the pride of Ghent, Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven, and Melody Gardot. She was one of the discoveries at the Ghent Jazz Festival last year and repeats with a 2009 performance.posted on 2009-07-19 09:41:51, by Davy
18 07Marianne Faithfull & Joe JacksonOn Saturday, July 18 Marianne Faithfull is the headliner, preceded by the musical 'chameleon' Joe Jackson. Sixties legend Faithfull released one of the best albums of her career with last year's cover album Easy Come, Easy Go. The young Ghent-based band Kartasan opens the evening.posted on 2009-07-18 09:36:54, by Davy
17 07Gent Jazz PodcastBefore and during the festival, Gent Jazz Festival and REC Radiocentrum are elaborating a project to give young radio presenters a chance to get to know the radio medium and festival radio.
Urgent.fm collaborates with Rec Radiocentrum to make a serie of contemplative podcasts in the run up to the festival.
Click here to listen to the podcast. (podcast in Dutch). posted on 2009-07-17 15:54:37, by Davy
17 07Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Lambchop & José James feat. Jef NeveHet Mexicaanse gitaarduo Rodrigo y Gabriela sluit vrijdag 17 juli af, maar eerst mag José James, een van de ontdekkingen op Jazz Middelheim 2008, zijn nieuwe album komen presenteren. Hij doet dit samen met Jef Neve. Daarna volgt de Amerikaanse band Lambchop rond frontman en creatief brein Kurt Wagner, met een subtiele mix van country, rock, pop, folk en soul. posted on 2009-07-17 10:19:18, by Davy
13 07Jamie LidellAfter a few days of rest, Jamie Lidell is the first headliner of the second part of the festival on Thursday, July 16. Previous to that, the soul singer Leela James will present the long-awaited sequel to her debut album. The band starting that evening is the Ghent-based Briskey, which has released one of the better Belgian albums of the year entitled Before-During-After.posted on 2009-07-13 19:46:21, by Davy
12 07Richard Galliano All Star Quartet & Brad MehldauSunday, July 12, the Yaron Herman Trio will set the tone, followed by Nathalie Loriers Trio & Bert Joris with Strings. In the near future, an album from this new project of Nathalie Loriers will be released under the WERF label. Pianist Brad Mehldau will then step on stage with his own Brad Mehldau Trio. The first festival weekend will then be rounded out by the Richard Galliano All Star Quartet with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Richard Bona & Clarence Penn. posted on 2009-07-12 12:18:01, by Davy
11 07George BensonThe young Belgian piano player Free Desmyter opens the evening with his quartet on Saturday, July 11. The youthful trumpeter Christian Scott makes his debut on the GJF stage. As a guest musician, he often makes a trip to hip-hop, but with his own band, he is an example of the 'new Guard' of jazz musicians. George Benson, known as a premier jazz guitarist, will close the first Saturday.
posted on 2009-07-11 10:35:31, by Davy
10 07McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell & Gary BartzThe Belgian band Aka Moon is the first band on stage on Friday, July 10, followed by Randy Weston with his African Rhythms Trio. The McCoy Tyner Trio will close the evening with his special guests Bill Frisell & Gary Bartz. This year, McCoy Tyner celebrates his seventieth birthday. His last album, Guitars (with, among others, Bill Frisell) is the start of one of the most creative chapters of his impressive career. posted on 2009-07-10 11:11:10, by Davy
09 07Sing The Truth: Nina Simone TributeOn Thursday, July 9, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra interprets the selected big band compositions that were submitted for the BJO International Composition Contest.
Next, the American piano player Fred Hersch will perform with his Trio + 2. The headliner is 'Sing The Truth', a Nina Simone Tribute, an ode to the High Priestess of Soul, interpreted by Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Simone (Nina Simone's daughter.posted on 2009-07-09 19:19:13, by Davy
03 07Gent Jazz PodcastBefore and during the festival, Gent Jazz Festival and REC Radiocentrum are elaborating a project to give young radio presenters a chance to get to know the radio medium and festival radio.
Urgent.fm collaborates with Rec Radiocentrum to make a serie of contemplative podcasts in the run up to the festival.
Click here to listen to the podcast. (podcast in Dutch). posted on 2009-07-03 10:08:54, by Davy
29 06WorkshopsTraditiegetrouw biedt Muziekmozaïek tijdens het Gent Jazz Festival amateur-muzikanten de gelegenheid om deel te nemen aan de Artist Workshops. Op het programma staan niet te missen leersessies met tenorsaxofonist John Ruocco (11/07) en Brad Mehldau’s ritmesectie, drummer Jeff Ballard (12/07) en contrabassist Larry Grenadier (12/07).
Meer info: Muziekmozaïek posted on 2009-06-29 09:30:24, by Davy
20 06Online Gent Jazz Festival Quizand win:
a citytrip to London annual subscription newspaper De Standaard a mobile phone double album The Best of 70 years Blue Note
16 06Gent Jazz Festival zoekt reportersAltijd al festivalreporter willen worden? Samen met het REC Radiocentrum biedt Gent Jazz Festival opnieuw tien jongeren tussen 18 en 30 jaar de kans om de kneepjes van het vak te leren kennen. Van 16 tot 19 juli backstage, frontstage en upstage, exclusief én op het festivalterrein tussen artiesten en festivalgangers!
Deelnemen is gratis. Interesse? Mis dan deze unieke kans niet en mail naar info [a] gentjazz.com
posted on 2009-06-16 16:35:09, by Davy
29 05José James invites Jef Neve as special guestJosé James invites Jef Neve as a specials guest for his concert Friday July 17. Last year they gave a great concert at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels and now they team up again for the Gent Jazz Festival. Lambchop and Rodrigo y Gabriela complete the festival day.
Friday july 10 saxophonist Gary Bartz joins the line-up of McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell. Also that day we find Aka Moon and Randy Weston African Rhythms on the program.
Click here for an overview of the program.posted on 2009-05-29 09:38:48, by Davy
04 05Lambchop completes line-up of the Gent Jazz FestivalThe last group for the Gent Jazz Festival is Lambchop.This American band completes the line-up of Friday, July 17th, featuring José James and Rodrigo y Gabriela.
Over the past 15 years, Lambchop has become one of the most exciting bands within the Americana genre. With their subtle mix of country, rock, pop, folk and soul, the group centered by Kurt Wagner has released 10 albums. Year by year, Lambchop has developed into a musical collective built around front man and creative mastermind Kurt Wagner, one of the best song writers of his generation.
As we had already announced, BB King, Jamie Cullum, George Benson, Jamie Lidell, Marianne Faithfull, McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell and Joe Jackson will also be present.
Click here for an overview of the program.posted on 2009-05-04 12:00:00, by Davy
07 04Program Gent Jazz Festival announcedThe Gent Jazz Festival programme (July 8th until 19th, Bijlokesite) is nearly completed, including names such as Jamie Cullum, George Benson, Jamie Lidell, Joe Jackson, McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau Trio, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Fred Hersch Trio, Randy Weston and a tribute to Nina Simone featuring, among others, Dianne Reeves & Lizz Wright.
As we had already announced, BB King, Marianne Faithfull and Richard Galliano All Star Quartet will also be present. Click here for the programposted on 2009-04-07 12:00:00, by Davy
03 03BB King and Marianne Faithfull at Gent Jazz Festival The Gent Jazz Festival begins on July 8 this year with a Special Night featuring none other than BB King. Even after five decades, the absolute King of the Blues is still a legend of blues music. On Saturday July 18, sixties icon Marianne Faithfull will close the evening.
The Richard Galliano All Star Quartet rounds out the first festival weekend on Sunday July 12 with Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano, Richard Bona on bass and Clarence Penn on drums. That same day, the Nathalie Loriers Trio & Bert Joris with Strings is the first band on stage.
On July 9, among others, Bender Banjax (winner Young Jazz Talent Ghent 2008) and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra will be present. The BJO will then perform the big band compositions of the International Composition Contest's finalists.
The Gent Jazz Festival also announces that, as from this year, the festival's youth competition, Young Jazz Talent Ghent, an initiative of the Duvel Moortgat brewery, will take place during the Gent Jazz Festival itself. This stage moves from the Duvel Droomschip in the Ghent city center to a festival cafe near the festival site.
Tickets are available as of today, 3 March.
posted on 2009-03-03 11:03:00, by Robot
26 02Gent Jazz Festival zoekt vrijwilligers.
Ben je verzot op het Gent Jazz Festival en wil je ook actiever meewerken hieraan? Dat kan!
Voor, tijdens en na het festival hebben we immers een klein leger aan vrijwilligers nodig dat het kernteam van het festival versterkt. Dit alles gebeurt in een gemoedelijke en vriendelijke sfeer.
08 12Gent Jazz Festival looking for Young Jazz Talent.
Jef Neve, Tom Callens, Isolde Lasoen, Carlo Nardozza, Mattias Van de Wiele, Robin Verheyen, François Delporte, Lionel Beuvens... All of them once participated in the Young Jazz Talent competition and eventually ended up as winners.
The winners of this competition do not receive an amount of money but are guaranteed to play a number of (paid) concerts. The main ambition is to give young musicians opportunities to play their music so that they can convince an audience and not just the members of a jury. Those opportunities consist of a number of prestigious concerts: a Jazzlab Series Tour, a concert at the Gent Jazz Festival, the closing concert of the Young Jazz Talent competition 2010 and a concert at Jazz Maastricht and Dinant Jazz Nights.
Young Jazz Talent is a Duvel Moortgat initiative. It is organised by the Gent Jazz Festival in collaboration with Jazzlab Series and searches for young and talented musicians every year. There are no restrictions concerning the line-up: solo, duo, trio, quartet... everything is possible. Eight bands will be selected to perform in the Duvel Droomschip in the historic centre of Ghent during the Ghent Festivities (July 19 until July 26). Monday July 27 the laureate will be announced after the concert of Bender Banjax (last year's winner).
If you would like to participate you should send a demo before March 15, 2009 with at least 4 songs, a biography of the band, contact details and the age of all musicians to:
Gent Jazz Festival Young Jazz Talent Ghent Abrahamstraat 9 9000 Ghent
Beginning of April the selected bands will be anounced and contacted. Competition rules: click here.
posted on 2008-12-08 10:00:00, by Robot
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