(Press release)
Newcastle
jazz musician, Zoë Gilby, has already started 2020 in fine form, following up
her 2019 Parliamentary Awards Jazz Vocalist of the Year with the announcement
that she is the 2020 NE Online Magazine Artist of the Year, and now she’s
Belgium-bound in late March for the Leuven Jazz Festival.
Situated in
the Flanders region, twenty-five kilometres east of the capital, Brussels, the
Leuven Jazz Festival celebrates its eighth year this March, a ten-day
extravaganza between the 19th and 29th, with a focus on the female artists –
‘singers, pianists, drummers, trumpeters; meet the female power of modern
jazz.’
“Andy and I
have been to Belgium on holiday before, a few years ago, and it’s an amazing
place”, smiled Zoë.
“In fact,
Andy has performed in Ghent, Brussels and Saint-Niklaas with other acts so
we're no strangers to the country.”
Zoë will be
performing on the Sunday afternoon from 2pm at the Huiskamer familie
Hermans-Pini, timing which affords an opportunity for the pair to take in some
of the delights of both the festival, and of the city and its surrounding
areas, then heading to the cosmopolitan region for a long weekend.
In bringing
her duo performance, alongside husband and bass player, Andy Champion, to the
festival’s ‘Female Focus,’ a delighted Zoë added: “I am so honoured to be
included alongside other female singers, pianists, drummers and trumpeters.
“It really
will be a meeting of the female powers of modern jazz, although it’s not just a
focus on the women in jazz.
“I’m also
delighted to be performing with my fantastic double bass playing husband, Andy
Champion and it’ll be a pleasure to be able to share our duo project.
“It’s
intense to perform as just voice and bass but the buzz we create from our duo
is about embracing space, and exploring energies that just the two of us can
create.
“It’s a
soundscape with two instruments.”
Alongside
headline acts which include Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, Julian Lage Trio,
Jakob Bro & Jesse van Ruller, Philip Catherine & Eric Legnini, LG Jazz
Collective, The Breath, Incognito and LTJ Bukem, Zoë’s performance takes place
on Sunday 29 March at 14:00 at the Huiskamer familie Hermans-Pini – places are
at a premium so it’s urged to visit https://www.leuvenjazz.be/en/programme/detail/Zoe-gilby--andy-champion for
further information.
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