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Djabe Performs with World Famous British Guitarist Steve Hackett at Wine and Jazz Festival

The popular representative of the Hungarian jazz-world-progressive rock fusion genre and Steve Hackett will perform at the MOMKult in Budapest on the 8th of August, at the Richter Hall in Győr on the 9th of August, in Trencsénteplic on the 10th of August and at the Debrecen Wine and Jazz Days on the 11th of August.

Djabe and Steve Hackett have released twelve albums under their joint name, eight of them on the British Cherry Red Records label. The latest was released in June this year under the title Back to Győr. The double LP and DVD release features a concert recording from last June, recorded at the Richter Hall in Győr, where the band was invited to perform again this year.

A special feature of the 2024 summer tour is that Steve Hackett will be joined by another British musician, saxophonist Rob Townsend, who plays in the world-famous guitarist’s band, and Djabé will be joined by Tamás Barabás on bass, Péter Kaszás on vocals and drums, Zoltán Bubenyák on keyboards and Attila Égerházi on guitar.

Djabe & Steve Hackett’s material for this year’s tour is made up of well-known Genesis and Steve Hackett songs as well as Djabe compositions. This year they will also be performing one of the most popular Genesis songs, Carpet Crawlers.

Djabe, formed in 1996, has performed in 44 countries in Europe, North America and Asia over the past almost three decades, and since 2003 has been recording with Steve Hackett, who played on eight studio albums and two live albums between 1970 and 1977 as guitarist for the world-famous progressive rock band Genesis.

Date: 11 August within the programmes of  Wine and Jazz Festival, 7.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m., 8.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.
Location: Great Forest

Source:dehir.hu