Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2010
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The Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2010 aimed to be in-keeping with the times. With jazz constantly moving forward and beyond the boundaries defining jazz as jazz, the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2010 tried to fit into this trend by staging more than 10 jazz groups from all corners of the world. Through the period from 3 to 9 October 2010, the Festival uplifted the audience enthusiastically with its global lineup. There was Stefan Rusconi (Switzerland) with his magically captivating playing, and Steinar Raknes (Norway) who merges ballads with folklore from Norway in a way beyond anyone’s imagination. There was Pekka Global Unit (Finland, Ireland, Greece) whose slightly tart expressive approach is at the service of an expansive romanticism, and Logic (Australia) who are such a rarity, having themselves attained commercial success while remaining an exploratory jazz group. There was also Stanley Jordan (USA) who impresses with a immeasurable depth of expressiveness, and Joey Calderazzo (USA) who plays with a slight genteel air that is unmistakably his own and last but not least, there was the red hot drummer John Thomas (Malaysia). |
Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2009
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Running in its second consecutive year, the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2009 brought veteran jazz musicians to Hong Kong from 1 to 15 October 2009 during which a total of 14 groups performed in 5 different venues across Hong Kong, namely ELEMENTS, Backstage, Dada Lounge, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall and Shatin Town Hall Piazza. |
Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2008
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The Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2008 took place in 16-22 November 2008. |
