JAZZ AU CHELLAH

 If you happen to be in Rabat. Morocco next week, don't miss this festival!


JAZZ AU CHELLAH


Great programme this year.  See you there!

JAZZ IN MOROCCO

ECHOES OF MAWAZINE (Rabat, Morocco)

This year saw the tenth edition of the Mawazine – Rhythm of the World Festival in Rabat (Morocco).

As usual an ambitious programming mixing big international names  (Kanye West, Shakira, Quincy Jones, Earth-Wind & Fire  …), African (Femi Kuti, Salif Keita, the Mahotella Queens, Papa Wemba …) and Middle-East big names, and some “classic-rock/has-beens" (Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, Joe Cocker). All that mostly FREE!!

As a jazz fan, I went to see Joachim Kuhn who was playing with Gnaoua Master Majid Bekkas and his band, and Argentinian drummer Minino Garay.  Kuhn and Bekkas have already recorded a couple of CD together but I wasn’t convinced, I think the “fusion” did not occur.

Joachim Kuhn - Majid Bekkas, from : blog Afropop

Quincy Jones?  Too much World Music, too little jazz … sorry Quincy.

I missed the concert of Hindi Zahra, a talented singer but more “jazzy” than Jazz, in the Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux vein  spiced with Berber / oriental influences.

Read more about Mawazine HERE

Next month we’ll have Jazz at the Chellah with a.o. Portico Quartet I haven't seen them yet but my artistic daughter was very enthusiastic about this band so I'll give it a try.  In the wonderful setting of the Chellah this ethereal music should be quite magic! 

The Chellah in Rabat, wonderful setting for a jazz festival!

BOURSE AUX DISQUES DE JAZZ - JAZZ RECORDS FAIR - JAZZ PLATENBEURS

SWEET & HOT JAZZ CLUB - BRUSSELS

CERCLE D'ÉTUDE ET DE PROPAGATION DE LA MUSIQUE DE JAZZ FONDÉ EN 1959

Le SWEET AND HOT organise une 

BOURSE AUX DISQUES DE JAZZ 

WHEN ?  Samedi/Saturday/Zaterdag 14 mai 2011 de 10h30 à 16h.

WHERE ? JAZZ STATION, 195 chaussée de Louvain, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

(en face du boulevard Clovis, entrée derrière le coin par la rue Wauwermans). Bus STIB 29, bus De Lijn 318, 410 (arrêts Clovis). 

Ouverture de la porte à partir de 9h30 pour les vendeurs uniquement. La Jazz Station invite cependant les exposants qui le peuvent à venir déposer leur marchandise la veille, le vendredi 13/05 de 16H30 à 20h00.

Belgian (but also French and Dutch) record collectors and jazz fans have known for many years that rare treasures and real bargains can be found at the Sweet & Hot Records Fair which is held twice a year in Brussels.

If you happen to be in or near Brussels on that date, don't miss it !  

And if you're living in Brussels, you may be interested by the weekly meetings:

N'OUBLIEZ PAS NOS RÉUNIONS DU VENDREDI SOIR À 20H15 (AUDITIONS DE DISQUES COMMENTÉS) (adresse de notre local: 14 rue Wauwermans, 1^er étage, juste en face de l'entrée de la Jazz Station). Programmes: voir la brochure de la Jazz Station, la rubrique jazz dans le supplément MAD du journal Le Soir ou le site http://www.jazzinbelgium.com/venue/jazz-station-annexe. 

Pour toute information complémentaire vous pouvez  vous adresser à psweetandhot@gmail.com

p.s. : I haven't posted any music this week end because I was traveling but stay tuned ... Rarity # 4, a rare EP by the SHAKE KEANE QUINTET (1961),  from the vault of my friend Paul D., is on its way.  Coming soon too, some blues tracks from Dr Robur-Loos & Mr Jay, recorded live in a Brussels' bar.