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DJAZZ : The Durham City Jazz Festival
Various venues
Durham City
June 7th - 9th
Tickets: £20 available from buytickets.at/djazz
A festival is bringing
together an eclectic mix of regional, national and international musicians to
Durham, including multi award winning artists at the cutting edge of jazz, and
placing them in the city’s most iconic buildings.
Now in its
3rd year, DJAZZ: The Durham City Jazz Festival brings you an eclectic mix of
contemporary and traditional jazz set against the backdrop of some of Durham's
most intriguing venues. Highlights include 2 x MOBO award winner Moses Boyd who
will be headlining at Redhills: Durham Miners Hall and 2018’s ‘Jazz
Instrumentalist of the Year' Arun Ghosh, who will be opening the festival.
The festival brings a
fresh perspective to the world of jazz, celebrating its vast and varied nature.
The focus is to bring together a number of different musical styles, groups,
networks and audiences in the small but perfectly formed city of Durham. At
only £20 for a full weekend ticket festival-goers gain access to over 20 events
ranging from intimate sets in hidden locations to big names in big venues!
Think cafes, pop-ups and bars to venues and iconic historic buildings. This not
only has the effect of pairing up acts with a unique environment but is part of
the festival’s ambition to reach new audiences and get music lovers to try
something new!
So one minute you’re
watching multi-award winning
Moses Boyd Exodus in the historic Durham Miners Hall, Redhills - and the next
you’re in the 25 capacity Holy Grale for an intimate solo set.
The organisers
encourage anyone who is interested in live music to engage with the festival,
and not to be deterred by the term ‘Jazz’. The genre has enjoyed a huge
resurgence over the past few years as we find ourselves now within a period of
exciting UK revival.
Carlo Viglianisi says:
“Jazz can be quite a loaded phrase but
the truth is, jazz as a genre can be traced through almost every form of music
since the 1920s. At our festival you’ll hear everything from new straight ahead
trios and bossa nova right through to grime and electro. You’ll definitely
catch the best examples of Jazz as you think you know it, and jazz as you don’t
know it”
Collaboration plays an
important part of the festival not only in bringing musicians together but also
by working with the local businesses to transform existing spaces into festival
venues for the weekend.
Heather Spencer says:
“Not only will you see a diverse range of artists from a local,
national and international stage but from all angles of the festival, we seek
to create an environment that makes everyone welcome through our collaborative
approach. We work with so many different partners, from local groups to student
societies and small businesses to big organisations meaning we have no single
core audience - DJAZZ is truly a festival for everyone.”
Taking place across
multiple venues in the city audiences will experience jazz in all of its forms
in a range of unique and intriguing venues.
The
festival venues are:
● Durham Cathedral
● Redhills: Durham Miners Hall
● The Square at The Riverwalk
● Pop-up hub at The Riverwalk
● Pop-up jazz bar st The Riverwalk
● The Norman Chapel at Durham Castle
● The Holy GrAle
Featured acts include:
●
Moses Boyd Exodus - 2X MOBO Award
winner (link)
●
Arun Ghosh - 2018 Jazz
Instrumentalist of the Year (link)
●
Paul Edis and Graeme Wilson -
Durham Cathedral pipe organ and saxophone (link)
●
Between Waves - Archipelago + Fran
Bundey - Newcastle based genre-fluid trio featuring electronic vocal-looping
artist Fran Bundey
●
Ceitidh Mac - Cello,
vibraphone/percussion, vocals, reeds and synths - blending alt-folk and mellow
vocals
●
The Nu Bossa Band - Porteguese
father-daughter duo with stunning sax and percussion - music spanning the afro-cuban
and latin tradition
●
Kinesis + Paul Grainger - local
drumming star Abbie Finn returns to Durham with her duo - then trio - showing
the changing timbre of the music
●
LoLanders - Collaboration between
leading Scottish and Dutch jazz musicians - an exciting sextet of varied
influences: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Scottish and Highland tradition and the
Asian diaspora
.
Full line
up is at: https://djazzfestival.co.uk/
Contact:
Carlo Viglianisi
Carlo Viglianisi
07787 144 894
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