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| 4th MOL Jazz Festival Budapest 2006 From 13th to 17th September, the 4th Mol Jazz Festival Budapest 2006 will hold the attention of jazz lovers who, we believe, will turn out in droves again at the twelve venues in Ferencvaros providing the music. Apart from world class performers from abroad, the mainliners of the festival will still be the Hungarian jazz-musicians. The festival will focus on brass players this time. The opening and closing sessions will be held again at the Palace of Arts (Muveszetek Palotaja) where the concert halls have some of the best acoustics in the world. The Portuguese diva, Maria Joao and her band will provide the opener. Her act is a real gem not to be missed. The second half of the opening session will present the highly-rated and world-famous New York trumpeter, Wallace Roney, who will play with the adventurous Modern Art Orchestra led by another trumpet-man, Kornel Fekete-Kovacs. Apart from the leader's own compositions a few pieces are also likely to be revived from the material of the legendary Miles Davis/Gil Evans album, Sketches of Spain. The closing concert will kick off with the Tin-Tin Quintet featuring Kornel Fekete-Kovacs and concludes with Canadian trombonist, Tom Walsh teaming up with Hungarian fellow-musicians. Near the old Communal Depots (Kozraktar) there'll be a massive tent holding 1500 people where top-notch European and American jazz stars like Miroslav Vitous, Franco Ambrosetti, Sylvain Luc, Michel Portal, Tomasz Stanko, Robin Eubanks and Eric Marienthal will perform. The cutting edge of Hungarian jazz will be represented by Elemer Balazs, Laszlo Des, Gabor Gado, Bela Szakcsi Lakatos and Gabor Winand. On the Jazz Ship Europe three EU countries: Belgium, Holland and France will be represented with a band from each. Early afternoon concerts on the open-air stage in Raday Street and after hours gigs in the surrounding cafes will feature countless Hungarian bands. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |